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New knife from Czeck Edge

September 4, 2008 By

If you have been looking at the content of the blog, you will notice a new banner, located on the right-hand Sidebar. It is from Czeck Edge, owned by Bob Zajicek. Just last week I received his latest creation, the Kerf Kadet; the handle is kingwood.

The Kerf Kadet received a glowing review by none other than Christopher Schwarz, Editor of Woodworking Magazine. Chris wrote:

“…The knife is flawless. Crisp and smooth with a perfect transition from wood to metal…”

I could try to add to the review by Chris Schwarz, but that would not make sense. The best I can do is share with you that the Kerf Kadet, with its very thin blade, is close to perfect to mark in very tight spaces. To complement my router/jig dovetail skills, I have started practicing hand-cut dovetails; from these dovetails I will mark the tiny pins. The Kerf Kadet will be perfect to mark the skinny pins.

In addition to the Kerf Kadet, I also received the Bird Cage Awl. The handle on this tool is also kingwood, custom size; it is larger than the handle on the stock awl. I wanted to be able to exert a lot of pressure when boring into the harder woods. This bird cage awl is an awesome tool to start larger screw holes!

Czeck Edge does something nobody else does: The Kerf Kadet and the bird cage awl come with blade guards, plus two sets of spares. It is the only company that offers guards for the layout tools. In addition, the ferrules on the Kerf Kadet are machined bronze, not the typical brass ferrule.

Is this the beginning of the slippery slope?

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September Giveaway from Sommerfeld Tools

September 3, 2008 By

In September we continue with the router bit joinery theme.

A lucky winner drawn at random will receive Sommerfeld’s 22-1/2º Lock Miter Set. To register, send me an e-mail to sandal_woods@bbwi.net with your name and full address. And please remember that if you have registered for the monthly drawings before, you do not have to register again. Good luck to everyone!

From the Sommerfeld catalog, page 51:

Now, Sommerfeld’s Own new 22.5˚ Lock Miter Set provides a fast, accurate way to build a strong, tight 45˚ joint. Better still, the lock miter design makes it easy to clamp!

This router bit set makes it very easy to create 45° joints:

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Workbench crown – revisited

September 2, 2008 By

When I found the crown/high spot on the top of my workbench, I did everything in my power to understand what was going on. As it turned out, the bench top was simply drying due to heating of the shop using an electric furnace. This is very normal. Early on I drew sketches and performed some calculations that did not help me understand, and even less solve, the bench top crown issue. In the end, I made a short video of how I flattened the bench top with hand planes.

To help me understand, I relied on some resources from my science and engineering background:

And just this past weekend Sandy received an e-mail message from a friend that pretty much explains what I had missed. A school kid had already found the missing hypotenuse in a trigonometry exam:

I got a good chuckle out of this creative solution. But I am certain this kid failed his trig exam.

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