May 22, 2012

Back to the 18th century…


 

 

First cuts with the Kenyon saw, by Wenzloff & Sons.
Just in time for

Woodworking in America conference in St Charles, my Kenyon saw replica by Wenzloff & Sons arrived this morning. Although other chores awaited, I had to open the box and give the new saw a trial run.

I am glad I ordered the saw and, better yet, that I wait no more. The new/old saw worked great, it was extremely easy to start the cut, and was effortless to use. I will be giving it a full workout when I have a little break from other projects in the shop, and a short trip to West of Chicago… Something about a nice conference going on in the next few days.

I will have more in a later entry. In the meantime, to read the background to this wonderful saw, I invite you to read several entries on the Woodworking Magazine blog, by Christopher Schwarz.

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Hot: Buy a new Leigh D4R dovetail jig, and get two free clamps!

Special promotions from Leigh are pretty special, as they happen only a limited number of times during the year. THIS is one of those times. In case you have not received notification from them, please read on. In the interest of full disclosure and transparency, Leigh is one of my sponsors. Why am I so excited about this promotion? Because I believe in the Leigh products – I used them in my shop for a long time before they became my sponsor; and I have used the new clamps since just after they launched them as a new product.

I received via e-mail from Leigh Industries the following, which makes the entire package a truly terrific deal for someone looking for a Leigh D4R dovetail jig. Until March 31, you buy the D4R and they will throw in two hold-down clamps, one bench and one surface hold-down clamp. And this deal is available through Woodworker’s Supply, Woodcraft, and Highland Woodworking.

So, I summarize as follows. Buy one of the D4R dovetail jigs:

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and they will send you one of each of the following, FREE:

………………………………….Bench clamp…………..Surface mount clamp

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I bought some of these clamps to hold down my FMT and the D4; to hold down small boards on which I hand-cut dovetails for very small drawers; to hold down the “extended base” for the FMT; and to hold down just about everything else I can on my workbench. Do I recommend this deal? YES, without any reservation whatsoever!

Related posts:

More on the long legs for the FMT
Adding long legs to the FMT
New Leigh hold-down clamps: Workholding made easy
Intro to the Leigh FMT (my own video production)

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Leigh Industries - March promotion

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Episode 13. Introduction to the Leigh D4R dovetail jig


In this episode I will be trying something new – I think you will like it: I have been given permission by Leigh to post on the blog the videos they have produced for their entire product line, updated for 2008.

I will publish the entire set of videos over the next few weeks. These will thus become a full reference video library on the entire Leigh product line. So, let me know in the Comments section, or via e-mail, how well you like the series. Thanks!

This episode is the Introduction to the Leigh D4R 24-inch dovetail jig. The D4R is an update to the D4 I have in my shop, and that I use exclusively for many of my box projects – I LOVE to make boxes!

Some of you are already familiar with a little box I made with inlaid dovetails, and with what I called “bow ties” on the lid; the bow ties are inlaid end-on-end dovetails. At the request of one of the nice people at Leigh, photos of this little box found a home in the Leigh Inlaid Dovetail Gallery- the photos below reside at the Gallery:

Box with inlaid dovetials and bow ties Bos lid detail

As many of you know, Leigh Industries is one of my two new sponsors. What some people have not yet discovered is that Leigh has produced many videos on the use of their dovetails jigs; also, for the various templates used with these dovetail jigs; and for the FMT; for the router bit sets made for the jigs; for the vacuum systems used on the jigs; and for the superb User Guides they publish.

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