• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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  1. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Perhaps even more so on "UKW"... 😄
  2. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Yes, I like to think that sharpening is my "thing", as we say here in the Colonies... I have many alternatives for sharpening, that take up less room. But, it is a novel machine... a one-stop station.
  3. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    No, I have never used them. :( I purchased them for restoration. They need to be cleaned, painted, and converted to V-belt drive. I have an SCMI/MiniMax FS35 J-P that is 14.1" wide and relatively compact. If is sell these, I can then purchase a helical cutterhead for it and come into the...
  4. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Selling these... to make needed room... breaks my heart... Vintage F. H. Clement Rochester, NY. 20 inch Jointer Vintage F. H. Clement Rochester, NY. 20 inch Planer Vintage MUMMERT-DIXON CO. # 475 oilstone grinder HANOVER, PA.
  5. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Yes, I have been practicing... getting better...
  6. BentonTool

    Tools to solve a common problem

    My apologies to you! In the prior list of the best of Scotland, I entirely left out the brews (beers and ales)! Here again, Scotland has the BEST... I hope there will be no arguments on this! 😄 P.S. I admire those who can brew their own!
  7. BentonTool

    Tools to solve a common problem

    Yes... gentlemen... a few things to consider... Perhaps you Scots do not realize the incredibly good fortune that you have living in Scotland... (and near Ireland as well 🙂 as Irish Whiskey is a very close second IMHO)... You live in the home of the finest tools ever made... in the home of...
  8. BentonTool

    Best value"Stanley" knife blades

    Here is a selection of some marking knives, pseudo-marking knives, and marking knives to-be: (Yes, I raided the kitchen utensil drawer! :) ) Contained herein are some certain to offend at least a few in the audience... These Dexter-Russell utility knives make very good marking knives on the...
  9. BentonTool

    Tools to solve a common problem

    Thank you for the post. Glad to see it arrived safely. To date, my tracking link still does not work! :LOL: All that remains now, is perhaps the application of some stain, to get the antler to match the color of your Peterson... Perhaps a bit of light sanding and/or solvent first, as I may...
  10. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    My homage to Derek Cohen (I am a fan!). In lieu of an entirely new jig, I have managed to bring my humble Paul-Sellers-ish mortising jig into non-vise-destroying compliance with the simple addition of yet more phenolic. I did not even have to obtain new hardware... This time, I added a sheet...
  11. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I totally agree... that is why I gave up on drilling mortices. Additionally, I found that the holes introduced inaccuracy. The chisel seemed to want to follow the path of least resistance, rather than where you want to steer it.
  12. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Some are trapezoidal, some are square/rectangular (such as those that Rob Cosman uses and sells). The jig can still be used, with either style. All one has to do is make sure the chisel edge is perpendicular to the jig face. :)
  13. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Why did I not think of that... reverse the jig so the work is on the bench-top! Brilliant design (as usual for you)! Darn... now I have to build another jig! :LOL: Funny... that is rather rude and suggests he is rather petty. I had no idea.
  14. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Yes, that's the one! Brilliant!
  15. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Totally agree! I cringe each time he does that!
  16. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Very interesting... thank you for the links. I like that hot dog plane handle... did you make that? BTW, the jig is best for starting your mortise. Soon thereafter, one can be further guided by what you have already cut, so it can soon be removed. Better yet, when I develop more skill or a...
  17. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I was wondering about that... it caught my eye. I have always read that you should chop mortises outside of your vise (it has become my habit), on a stout corner of your bench, or on a mortice bench. We should ask him if he has broken any of his vises... Another thing I dislike is his method...
  18. BentonTool

    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    Good Morning Brothers, I was very impressed with Paul Sellers techniques for hand-cutting mortises. His videos on the topic (there are several) are very much worthy of watching. The one in question is linked below: I liked his idea for these jigs, but then thought I could perhaps make one...
  19. BentonTool

    The tale of a forty-year-old mallet... and its transformation...

    Good morning Brothers, In 1985, I made made my first (and only) mallet in the (arguably) traditional style below. It was laminated from a very dense bit of American Red Oak timber, with a full-length through tenon. I should have left well-enough alone... but... as it was laminated, and...
  20. BentonTool

    How I restore badly pitted chisels...

    Greetings to all! Thank you for your courteous comments. Yes, I agree, and that is the route I take in most cases as well. In this instance, I wanted to clean-up the badly pitted back a bit more than is customary. As it turned out, I flattened the back far beyond my original intent. In...
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