Comments on: The Voodoo of “The Schwarz” http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/ Education and Entertainment for the modern woodworker. Thu, 09 Feb 2012 16:43:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v= By: jack http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-44686 jack Mon, 06 Jul 2009 04:16:16 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-44686 i must admit this is very creepy. I can see myself doing this. i must admit this is very creepy. I can see myself doing this.

]]> By: Matt http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-32376 Matt Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:37:27 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-32376 Recently I attended the Turn On Chicago event that you posted on your calender. Thanks, by the way, I never would have gone had I not seen it there. We weren't able to attend the entire weekend but a friend of mine and I made it for the Friday night sessions. We were only there for about 5 hours and after watching David Ellsworth turn a natural edged bowl in 13 minutes and talking with Alan Lacer I felt like I coudl turn anything. I returned home with $115 worth of turning blanks and didn't even think twice. It wasn't until the following day when I was showing off my new prized pieces of wood that I realized what I had done. Oops. Fortunatly my wife understands. She gets my weakness for burls and ambrosia. Recently I attended the Turn On Chicago event that you posted on your calender. Thanks, by the way, I never would have gone had I not seen it there. We weren’t able to attend the entire weekend but a friend of mine and I made it for the Friday night sessions. We were only there for about 5 hours and after watching David Ellsworth turn a natural edged bowl in 13 minutes and talking with Alan Lacer I felt like I coudl turn anything. I returned home with $115 worth of turning blanks and didn’t even think twice. It wasn’t until the following day when I was showing off my new prized pieces of wood that I realized what I had done. Oops. Fortunatly my wife understands. She gets my weakness for burls and ambrosia.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-32160 thewoodwhisperer Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:28:47 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-32160 Check out this forum discussion Glenn. http://thewoodwhisperer.com/townsquare/index.php?topic=315.0 Check out this forum discussion Glenn.

http://thewoodwhisperer.com/to.....opic=315.0

]]> By: Glenn Preslar http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-32158 Glenn Preslar Tue, 16 Sep 2008 14:24:51 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-32158 I'm planning to purchase a #8 & #4 1/2 Lie-Nielsen plane... I'm Interested in opinions from any one who has actually compared corrugated base planes with non-corrugated base planes of the same size, especially the #8, #4 Lie-Nielsen planes Are there any negatives of the corrugated base option (in performance, ignoring cost difference). I’m planning to purchase a #8 & #4 1/2 Lie-Nielsen plane…

I’m Interested in opinions from any one who has actually compared corrugated base planes with non-corrugated base planes of the same size, especially the #8, #4 Lie-Nielsen planes

Are there any negatives of the corrugated base option (in performance, ignoring cost difference).

]]> By: Neal Aronson http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-31775 Neal Aronson Sat, 13 Sep 2008 04:32:37 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-31775 I'm my own worst influence when it comes to buying tools. I do check in to see what the big boys have to say about the relative merits of the different brands, but I've usually decided to buy the tool by then. I guess I'm lucky in that I have two economies in my house: the career economy and the woodworking generated one. I'm able to pay for pretty much any toy I truly desire (within reason) with money from the woodworking economy. Unfortunately, that often means building fences , re-roofing houses or building decks. I did just talk a customer who wanted to raise her TV into letting build her a Mission style table to put it on. I’m my own worst influence when it comes to buying tools. I do check in to see what the big boys have to say about the relative merits of the different brands, but I’ve usually decided to buy the tool by then.
I guess I’m lucky in that I have two economies in my house: the career economy and the woodworking generated one. I’m able to pay for pretty much any toy I truly desire (within reason) with money from the woodworking economy. Unfortunately, that often means building fences , re-roofing houses or building decks. I did just talk a customer who wanted to raise her TV into letting build her a Mission style table to put it on.

]]> By: Germain http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-31756 Germain Sat, 13 Sep 2008 00:35:34 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-31756 Oh yeah. "The Schwarz" has bitten me as well. I read his book about workbenches. I decided I had to have the Schwarz workbench. It seemed the best thing going for this bench was "low cost". Ha! The Schwarz bench is made of Southern Yellow Pine which I can't get in my area. Ash seemed like a good alternative and is $5.00 a board foot. But so is hickory. Cool! I decided to make the top hickory. I used Home Depot douglas fir for the base, which actually worked pretty well. And it was cheap. I thought I was on my way to a cheap workbench. Alas, I've spent $300 on hickory for the top thus far and I'm not sure if I'll have to buy more. And I cut the thickness of the top by 40%! Sheesh, I haven't even thought about what clamp I'm going to put on the bench... Oh yeah. “The Schwarz” has bitten me as well. I read his book about workbenches. I decided I had to have the Schwarz workbench. It seemed the best thing going for this bench was “low cost”. Ha!

The Schwarz bench is made of Southern Yellow Pine which I can’t get in my area. Ash seemed like a good alternative and is $5.00 a board foot. But so is hickory. Cool! I decided to make the top hickory. I used Home Depot douglas fir for the base, which actually worked pretty well. And it was cheap. I thought I was on my way to a cheap workbench.

Alas, I’ve spent $300 on hickory for the top thus far and I’m not sure if I’ll have to buy more. And I cut the thickness of the top by 40%! Sheesh, I haven’t even thought about what clamp I’m going to put on the bench…

]]> By: BoredCutter http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-31685 BoredCutter Fri, 12 Sep 2008 10:29:53 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-31685 Good grief, Spagnuolo! No more telling us about these cool DVD's, OK?????!!! I (we) have a mortgage to pay this month, sir!!!!!!!! :) :) (I ordered The Schwarz's "Coarse, Medium, Fine" and his "Building Furniture with Handplanes" volume as well.) Thanks for the great info. (Seriously). BTW...Looking forward to the new DeNiro/Pacino collaboration? I know WE are. And (sorry I tried to resist....) "May The Schwarz be with us ALL!" Good grief, Spagnuolo!

No more telling us about these cool DVD’s, OK?????!!!
I (we) have a mortgage to pay this month, sir!!!!!!!! :) :)

(I ordered The Schwarz’s “Coarse, Medium, Fine” and his “Building Furniture with Handplanes” volume as well.)

Thanks for the great info. (Seriously).

BTW…Looking forward to the new DeNiro/Pacino collaboration?
I know WE are.

And (sorry I tried to resist….) “May The Schwarz be with us ALL!”

]]> By: Denis Rezendes http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-31480 Denis Rezendes Wed, 10 Sep 2008 19:25:27 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-31480 I'm with ya marc. i personally like restoring a tool. but not taking a piece of rust and resurrecting it. maybe if i have to take some 220 or 400 to the sole and then just sharpen and tune it i'm fine with that. but i don't want to have to as i said resurrect it from the dead I’m with ya marc. i personally like restoring a tool. but not taking a piece of rust and resurrecting it. maybe if i have to take some 220 or 400 to the sole and then just sharpen and tune it i’m fine with that. but i don’t want to have to as i said resurrect it from the dead

]]> By: Rookster http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-31468 Rookster Wed, 10 Sep 2008 17:56:58 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-31468 I'm mostly led astray by projects: nothing justifies a tool's purchase as easily as having a use for it. But my self control is tested every time I read a tool review by Chris Schwartz. I know he and St. Roy share responsibility for the moving fillister plane I bought recently, and I keep fearing that one day I'll open a box and find a Bridge City Jointmaker Pro. If that ever happens, I will blame "the Schwartz" (and you know there will be a project in my workshop that really needed it). Rob Bois: I found that Klingspor makes a great sandpaper that has a gold color to it and comes in rolls. This gold sandpaper has a good tooth, cuts fairly quickly, and vacuums clean quite nicely (so it lasts a long time). I have lapped a plane sole using a single piece of this sandpaper, and I'm still using that same piece as fast metal shaping when I have flattening or reshaping to do on blades. The lapping process was still lengthy, but well under two hours. BTW: I found this sandpaper fairly pricy, and I put off buying it for over a year, but I've been happy that I finally opened my wallet. And I still have almost a full roll of it, which should last me years. I’m mostly led astray by projects: nothing justifies a tool’s purchase as easily as having a use for it. But my self control is tested every time I read a tool review by Chris Schwartz. I know he and St. Roy share responsibility for the moving fillister plane I bought recently, and I keep fearing that one day I’ll open a box and find a Bridge City Jointmaker Pro. If that ever happens, I will blame “the Schwartz” (and you know there will be a project in my workshop that really needed it).

Rob Bois: I found that Klingspor makes a great sandpaper that has a gold color to it and comes in rolls. This gold sandpaper has a good tooth, cuts fairly quickly, and vacuums clean quite nicely (so it lasts a long time).

I have lapped a plane sole using a single piece of this sandpaper, and I’m still using that same piece as fast metal shaping when I have flattening or reshaping to do on blades. The lapping process was still lengthy, but well under two hours.

BTW: I found this sandpaper fairly pricy, and I put off buying it for over a year, but I’ve been happy that I finally opened my wallet. And I still have almost a full roll of it, which should last me years.

]]> By: thewoodwhisperer http://thewoodwhisperer.com/the-voodoo-of-the-schwarz/#comment-31449 thewoodwhisperer Wed, 10 Sep 2008 14:58:56 +0000 http://thewoodwhisperer.com/?p=1287#comment-31449 That's kinda how I feel about rehabbing Rob. Im not much of a fan. For me, its worth the money to have a tool that is milled/tuned properly right out of the box. Not to take away from the dedicated rehabbers. But I find it to be almost a hobby within a hobby, and one that doesn't interest me much (although I have done it a few times). That’s kinda how I feel about rehabbing Rob. Im not much of a fan. For me, its worth the money to have a tool that is milled/tuned properly right out of the box. Not to take away from the dedicated rehabbers. But I find it to be almost a hobby within a hobby, and one that doesn’t interest me much (although I have done it a few times).

]]>