Greetings,
Novice here, honing up some used Japanese chisels from Electronic Bay. After checking with a square, the chisel seems to be skewed, and confirmed with the scratch pattern. My question is do I proceed with even pressure, and will the saw work itself out, or do I apply more pressure to the high side? I am doing this by hand on diamond plates… nothing without labor.
Thank you in advance!
Hello,
I really like this saw, and I ant to continue to use it for a long time of possible. Trouble is replacement badges seem to be a struggle to find. Any ideas on where to find blades within te US, or is there an aeptabe Gyokucho alternative blade that is more readily available? Thanks in advance!
I use the term “misfits” endearingly. I got these used and beat chisels on electronic Bay with the idea of fixing them up a bit to not only develop and practice my skills, or lack tree of, but to also give these guys a second life. I was hoping to learn a little more about them if possible , and I figured the fine folks here may be able to shed some light based on the markings. Any insight is greatly appreciated, thank you.
Also, my apologies for lacking hoot quality.
In over my head!
Greetings,
I recently acquired a few Camphor logs, plus some honey locust and Valley Oak. Tree service guys were happy to dump in my driveway rather than take it to the dump.
In any case my question concern the Camphor. Google gives some pretty harrowing information about the toxic nature of Camphor. Am I gonna die from this stuff? Are gloves and a mask sufficient when handling? It seems like it is covered for woodworking, so people obviously use it, and the guys cutting it down seemed unphased. Any recommendations and advice is much appreciated. Thank you.
P.S. my end game here is to get it milled up, dry it, and eventually use it to make stuff.
Greetings,
I’m not certain of the appropriateness of this post here, but I figure arborist would know better than anyone. Some gentlemen down the street were clearing branches and cutting down trees and I asked them if I could have some of the leftover wood to which they replied. They have a bunch in their dump, but I would need to take all of it, seeing as their sizable logs that needed to be dumped out of the truck. I asked them what was in it and they said Camphor, some oak and honey locust. I am looking to either confirm or deny these species and or figure out what I am working with. In addition I have heard some scary things on the Internet Internet about Camphor, and would like some advice on best practices for handling.
I thought about making multiple posts with each specific tree, but thought that might get redundant and I didn’t want to spam the group so the best way I can think is just to post the pictures I have of the various logs and take it from there. I appreciate anyone’s help and advice in advanced thank you very much.