Ha, wow, my arms are aching just thinking about shoving around a 36 inch infill jointer! And man, I’m so jealous of your supply of Boxwood. All I have here in the US is a little stump I bought late 2020 that I’m terrified of messing up when the day comes and I decide to make something out of it, like infills or a chisel or gents saw handle of some sort
fwiw i do a bit of knife making -- mostly putting handles on other people's blades to be honest -- and that boxwood is perfectly suited for handles (on partial or rat tail tanged blades) and/or knife scales (the slabs of wood you use as handle material on a full tang blade). probably least faffing about to give it to a knife making friend but if it's junk to you i'd happily buy it and pay for the shipping.
The boxwood scraps can be useful for other things - I had to replace the front knob (and the tote, to match) on my modern Stanley no 4 smoothing plane, which was some sort of plastic and had cracked, and I was able to use smaller pieces of boxwood left over from making a mitre plane. Looked really nice, until I dropped the plane!
Bill I'm IN THE U.S. WHERE CAN i PURCHASE BOX WOOD FROM WHERE YOU ARE? IS THERE SOMEPLACE THAT THAT PURCHASE YOUR BOXWOOD FROM THAT YOU COULD TELL ME? THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
Ha, wow, my arms are aching just thinking about shoving around a 36 inch infill jointer!
And man, I’m so jealous of your supply of Boxwood. All I have here in the US is a little stump I bought late 2020 that I’m terrified of messing up when the day comes and I decide to make something out of it, like infills or a chisel or gents saw handle of some sort
fwiw i do a bit of knife making -- mostly putting handles on other people's blades to be honest -- and that boxwood is perfectly suited for handles (on partial or rat tail tanged blades) and/or knife scales (the slabs of wood you use as handle material on a full tang blade). probably least faffing about to give it to a knife making friend but if it's junk to you i'd happily buy it and pay for the shipping.
Quercus. With Mortisee&Tenon magazine. Both jewels .
The boxwood scraps can be useful for other things - I had to replace the front knob (and the tote, to match) on my modern Stanley no 4 smoothing plane, which was some sort of plastic and had cracked, and I was able to use smaller pieces of boxwood left over from making a mitre plane. Looked really nice, until I dropped the plane!
Oh dear, I can make some Little Billy's out of the leftovers.
Bill I'm IN THE U.S. WHERE CAN i PURCHASE BOX WOOD FROM WHERE YOU ARE? IS THERE SOMEPLACE THAT THAT PURCHASE YOUR BOXWOOD FROM THAT YOU COULD TELL ME?
THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
I have been given a lot of boxwood over the year.
Huw Crompton sells boxwood and sends it all over the world, he is in the UK. Huwcrompton@aol.com.
May I suggest that you change "baring" to "bearing" in the title before you attract the wrong sort of audience?
Thanks done I hadn't noticed.