• 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

    How I restore badly pitted chisels...

    Hello Brothers, I have found restoring old chisels (and gouges, planes, marking gauges, etc.) a pleasant pursuit for my retirement years... :) with one exception... flattening the back. :( I am certain that many of you share that sentiment. Often, otherwise excellent chisels are heavily...
  2. BentonTool

    Tools to solve a common problem

    Aye, me also...
  3. BentonTool

    Tools to solve a common problem

    I also have many of these... on most of my "cheaters", which are TNTC (too numerous to count). I make my own using bits of rubber roofing material (left over from the shop roof... glad that's over!) and some paracord. The commercial ones are a bit short for me. They have to be long enough to get...
  4. BentonTool

    Somewhat interesting rip saw which was my grandfather's.

    Looks like an ice saw to me as well, but no reason you can't use it on wood! Well-done! :) P.S. I would consider "painting" the handle with a rust-conversion solution, followed by enamel.
  5. BentonTool

    Hornbeam or oak?

    Ash makes great handles, etc. Works well. Looks like Ash to me as well. I have found that the density varies, but most often lighter than oak. Around these parts, we have "Hop-Hornbeam", which is similar to Hornbeam. Also makes great handles. Quite dense... I made a mallet form the H-H...
  6. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Yes, as it turns out, the shop building is larger than the house! A fact that I am often reminded by the wife... But, I have managed to fill every corner of it... I have too much junk mixed-in...
  7. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Here is the little hand-tool-work corner of my current shop... A work-in-progress:
  8. BentonTool

    Repair split in chisel handle

    Hello J4F, I am sure your repair will serve you well. After all, the split is really not that bad. They do not bother me much... and, my repairs are always visible! :LOL: So, don't feel badly, after all, it is just a tool handle. That reminds me of a quote from Christopher Schwarz on the...
  9. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    No worries, Mate! :LOL: (Did I get that right? :))
  10. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Hello Sam! Finally! I was hoping you would check-in! Thanks for all... :D (Please excuse the repetition... :LOL:)
  11. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Yes indeed... but that is my youngest brother. He is much more handsome than I! :D The post office desk (Carlyle Lynch design) was for his wedding 36 or so years ago.
  12. BentonTool

    Greetings from the Colonies...

    Hello to all my Brothers in the UK, I must say, prior to my introduction, that the UK has (arguably) made the finest woodworking tools the world has ever seen! To that end, I have had a friend in the UK scour the tag sales and flea markets on your side of the pond for decades. I have an...
  13. BentonTool

    Salvaged this saw from local dump.

    Yes, cleaned-up rusty saw plates, even with a small to moderate amount of pitting, still function admirably... Well-done! Congrats...
  14. BentonTool

    Stanley # 28, Whoops a # 78

    Thank you, Andy. Thank you for the add as well... I will do so tomorrow. I find it takes a lot of time to post and reviews posts! 😄 I did a little of each today. I have a lot of work to do to get my shop up and running since moving out here to a small farm (25 years ago) and trying to...
  15. BentonTool

    Repair split in chisel handle

    Yes, certainly Boxwood. I have found that many of my better UK chisels (e.g. Marples) are handled with boxwood made from smaller pieces of timber, perhaps branches (so to speak), the pith included, and they tend towards cracking. I cannot be sure if yours has the pith from the photograph...
  16. BentonTool

    Another little infill plane

    Lovely little plane!
  17. BentonTool

    My first ever table......final use

    Very nice carving job (IMHO)!
  18. BentonTool

    Best value"Stanley" knife blades

    I also resharpen them... but, I am a fanatical cheapskate (a descriptor used in the UK?). I keep them all over the shop, and a fine diamond paddle is never far away for a quick touch-up. If not abused, you can keep them alive for (just about) ever... And pass the blades on to your progeny... 😄
  19. BentonTool

    COMPASS PLANES

    They work well if properly set-up. You must set the bed to a curve that is slightly larger than a convex surface, and conversely slightly smaller than a concave surface. Most get frustrated when they set the bed to the same curvature as the work at hand...
  20. BentonTool

    Stanley # 28, Whoops a # 78

    Hello Duke, This website is an excellent source for quality (new, not vintage) parts. I highly recommend them. The owner is Anthony Cimiglia. He is now shipping to the UK. https://woodyah.com/
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