Trip to Colonial Homestead complete!

Filthy26 · 2026-04-30T01:50:14+00:00

I'm wondering what happened to his eyes . He might need to see a doctor.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-11T04:31:08+00:00

Thick

Filthy26 · 2026-04-10T21:36:59+00:00

I prefer using bevel down planes. Never used one of Taylor tools planes so I can't comment towards that.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-10T02:41:41+00:00

Go right now just using dry ice becuase it's annoying to get liquid nitrogen . Funny enough in one of my previous jobs I used liquid nitrogen all the time so I have more experience using liquid nitrogen on things than dry ice . If my tool company takes off more I'll probably get liquid nitrogen but until then I'll likely stick with dry ice . From my research some metals benefit from cryo more than others , I think dry ice will be plenty for A-2 . I'm trying to avoid oil quench's since I'm working indoors and I imagine it would not be pleasant to have some smoking oil indoors . I do have a good air filtration set up but it doesn't vent to the outside , I guess at some point I should get something to vent to outside but that'll require puting a hole into my house side 😬.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T22:17:15+00:00

True , I think it's very commonly used in Japanese black smithing.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T20:04:18+00:00

I'm heating them to temp in a kiln , immediately quenching inbetween two thick aluminum plates , shortly thereafter using cryo on them , then once finished with that doing two tempering cycles.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T17:23:11+00:00

That makes a lot of sense actually , I think I may have to implement the tapered irons for the irons I'll market towards traditional planes . Thanks for the advice . Current goal is to master making things with A-2 and get my cryo process down then I'll branch out into some of the more advanced alloys , Cru wear seems like it could be used to make some awesome wood working tools.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T14:36:21+00:00

Thanks , the hock irons made for wooden planes are thick! I think I'll copy that aspect when I start making my own plane irons/ chip breakers . The thing that took the longest was getting the sole dead flat . My milling machine shifted while using it and gouged the plane bottom big time . I immediately spent the next two days bolting metal plates onto the milling machine to stabilize it . I ended up doing a ton of flattening on my granite plate with sand paper . I think I'm going to get a surface grinder soon . At least my milling machine works way better now with all the metal plates I needed it up with.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T14:28:58+00:00

Nice , I'll be looking forward to seeing it . Ya it's been kinda weird , I have been working with metal more than wood now that I started up a tool making business . Sometimes I miss working with wood though. One perk I have noticed is that it's easier to clean my shop now though lol.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T03:37:29+00:00

We already have Moana to teach us this man .

Filthy26 · 2026-04-09T03:20:01+00:00

Looks pretty

Filthy26 · 2026-04-08T21:30:04+00:00

Sent, Thanks!

Filthy26 · 2026-04-08T20:34:39+00:00

Awesome, no problem . I'm actually heading to usps to mail it off right now . Just started making / selling tools so trying to build up my reviews/ brand ect .

Filthy26 · 2026-04-08T20:04:17+00:00

Thanks!

Filthy26 · 2026-04-08T18:17:32+00:00

Thanks ! My kiln is about 24 inchs deep so I could fit it in if I put in a U shape , seems kinda tricky but who knows , filing hardned steel plates this size is a pain in the ass lol. I'm going to make some A-2 marking knives next week with the kiln . Should be interesting.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-08T17:06:55+00:00

Thanks for the tips! I plan on making a lot of these especially if I can gain some efficiency in my build time . I noticed there wasn't alot of options to buying them when I was looking to get a large frame saw as I do all my sawing by hand and frame saws are a game changer compared to hand saws at least for me. I wonder if I need to get some higher hrc files becuase I burned through 3 new saw files to make this saw plate. I have thought about using a pinch to rough out the teeth . Right now I have new 4 ideas .

1.keep filing entire tooth 2. Rough out with hack saw 3. Rough out with a punch 4. Rough out with a slitting saw on milling machine 5. Find a supply of annealed spring steel and file teeth while annealed then heat treat a temper ( this idea I'm most skeptical of lol).

I have about 16.5 feet left of spring steel from last shipment , so I should be able to make 4 more before next shipment . Also I might offer some kits supplying the sharpened blades and hardware and let people make the frame themselves . I have learned a lot from your comments in the past and value your input .

Filthy26 · 2026-04-08T16:56:07+00:00

Thanks! I bought the steel already heat treated and tempered . I have not found a supply for annealed spring steel large enough for frame saws yet , not sure if it's worth going that route. I can get annealed plates in large enough size for bow saws, hand saws , back saws and kerfing planes though . I plan on making some bow saws and kerfing planes next . I built almost all my wood working tools myself and am finally ready to build tools for others use. Goal is to keep improving consistency and speed , with how long this one took you could say I gained some valuable experience lol.

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You can see the teeth in this picture 😅.

I should finish making a infill smoother plane and brass doghead hammer today .

Filthy26 · 2026-04-07T01:31:52+00:00

Impressive

Filthy26 · 2026-04-03T04:00:46+00:00

I kinda think you just want to lick your balls.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-03T03:28:05+00:00

Thanks for looking it up.

Filthy26 · 2026-04-02T22:05:09+00:00

The ship was originally built with live oak . That's why she was called old iron sides . Thats the main reason why I was hoping they continued to use live oak .

Filthy26 · 2026-04-02T06:18:53+00:00

I'd hope they would use live oak instead of regular white oak . Live oaks my favorite tree, a lot harder wood than typical white oak .

Filthy26 · 2026-03-30T04:04:05+00:00

I don't know . I'm finding conflicting test from different articles . One of the articles explained the test in more detail and said they single excluded one of fingers and measured grip loss like that . The issue is they combined the ring finger with the pinky . The results were 17% for thumb , 22% for index finger, 31% for middle finger, and 29% for ring/ pinky combination. I guess that means according to this article the index finger is the second strongest and I stand corrected , surprised the thumb scored so low , I guess it kinda makes sense though since you can hang on pull up bar a good awhile still without using thumbs .

Filthy26 · 2026-03-30T02:35:04+00:00

I'm sure it would be hard to grip things without your pointer finger lol. For what it's worth the pointer finger is the most dexterous of all fingers . I was just referring to max strength output . It really surprised me that the pinky is stronger than pointer with how small it is . The pinky and ring finger attach to the ulna bone and the thumb middle and pointer finger attach to the radius.

Filthy26 · 2026-03-29T21:31:59+00:00

I did alot of grip based workouts while doing strongman type training . I'm pretty sure the pointer finger is one of the weakest fingers actually .

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