• Friday, November 28th, 2008
Coming up next week: the Lie-Nielsen Hand Tool Event, December 5&6, 2008 (Friday and Saturday) at the Sturbridge Host Hotel, Sturbridge, Massachusetts. John Economaki, Chris Becksvoort, Bob Van Dyke, and I will be among the demonstrators showing techniques and talking tools and woodworking. Here is a fun and informative opportunity to try out top quality hand tools and pick up skills and tips at the many workstations. I hope to meet some readers of this blog there. This is a relaxed, hands-on event. Admission is free.
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Rob, Thanks for being at the show. I learned quite a bit while attending on Friday.
At some point in the mid/late afternoon, you were demonstrating a high angle plane which you described as just the thing for working difficult grain. One of your light colored wood samples produced a great aroma (not the red oak which has an odor I detest.) I neglected to write down the type of wood it was, and hope you can remind me. (We did not talk. I just lurked as you demonstrated and helped another fellow try out the plane.)
–Algot
Algot,
No problem. The fragrant wood was Port Orford Cedar. See this post:
http://www.rpwoodwork.com/blog/2008/10/14/port-orford-cedar/
That particular wood you will find very easy to plane with just a 45 degree frog bevel down plane, or for that matter, just about any other configuration plane.
Happy woodworking.
Rob
Rob,
Thanks for coming out to the show, it was great to talk to you on Saturday.
-Duane
Duane,
You’re welcome, I enjoyed it. Good luck with your woodworking.
Rob