I posted in another thread that several WN self-admin tools are broken (for me anyways).

Subsequently I received the following note from a WN admin. I assume he/she doesn't mind if I share.

FYI:

" We had a ransomware attack early Monday morning and are in the process of rebuilding all our servers - some are back but it may be early next week before the system is fully up and functioning. Sorry for inconvenience."

-Mark

Ok so I have been on a role in the little shop trying to clear out MORE unfinished saw blanks, etc..
First up my personal 17ppi 12" x canted 2" x 0.020" dovetail with mother of pearl inlay and infused maple burl.
20250130_150719 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
my 17ppi saw3 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
Next another 16ppi triple loop in walnut
walnut triple loop3 16ppi by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
walnut triple loop1 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
Finally a 16" x 4" x 0.025" tenon saw in figured maple 11ppi rip
20250130_190221 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
20250130_190233 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
Lastly an open dovetail for a very patient customer
12" open dovetail, infused maple burl by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
20250130_150532 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
It's been a busy week, but progress finally made clearing out those unsung songs hiding in work bench drawers. Just one drawer left. ( I think) Almost time to start working on this old shack again. Oye Vey.
Well it seems I forgot one last night. I told you it's been a long week.

So here is a 12" x 3" carcass saw filed 14ppi x 15* rake x 25* fleam in walnut. I may clip off the toe at some point as this style was meant to look more traditional.
walnut carcass2 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
20250131_115047 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
20250131_115037 by Ron Bontz, on Flickr" />
And that is that for a long while. I owe, I owe, it's back to work I go.

But, still about an essential hand tool in my shop?  

These..
   
Yes, I do know about those "Mechanical" ones out there....But, a good old No. 2 works just fine in my shop...they are cheap, and fairly easy to sharpen...I send mine "out" to Boston..either the full size one..
   
The old one that fits almost any sized Pencil, or, a more "specialized" one...
   
The Boston Ever Handy...that only takes one size...
   
And..I can get the pencils sharper than a needle...as often as I need them to be..
   


The Problems arise when this other style of Pencil needs sharpened...
   
Carpenter's Pencils.   The main feature with these?   They will never roll off the top of your bench and go hide somewhere...There was even a clip to hold one of these on the side of my Hard Hat...

Use to be, to sharpen one of these..depending on what was in your Tool Belt...
   
Everyone always had a Utility Knife....and they did work nice at the start of a day..with a fresh blade..
   
However, the chisel that rode around in one's tool belt, was rarely sharp enough...
   
Has the edge tended to be rather beat up...

There IS another way....and it does not involve an Angle Grinder, either....
Stay tuned..

I built four doors for a lady's kitchen "pantry" cabinet.  I went there and measured, came home, drew it up on SketchUp and then made the doors.  White oak with Osmo Polyox finish.  The kerfs in the floating panels were done on my CNC.  



I did the install this afternoon.  I had made a story pole for all the vertical elements, so I used it to mark and drill for the faceframe hinges.  The doors clipped on perfectly.  I got the two doors on one side installed, then began on the other side.  I got the top door mounted and swung it closed to admire my work - to find a 3" gap between them!  What the ......  OK, no fix for this except to make new ones.  Not a good day.  

After I got home, I looked at my SketchUp drawing and see that I somehow used the actual inside dimension between the face frames as the outside dimension for my drawing.  That'll do it.  Next time, I will make a horizontal story pole, as I normally do.  

Anyone need some 15-1/2" wide doors?  

John

https://sfbay.craigslist.org/scz/tls/d/s...79221.html

Photos in the link
https://photos.app.goo.gl/MPEMmwkAQVhWg1B47

1. 8" Dia-Sharp Diamond plates in Coarse, Fine and Extra Fine, they are in excellent condition. Asking $150 + Free Shipping for all 3 to the lower 48.

2. Dan's Whetstones Black Arkansas 8X3X1/2" I don't believe I've ever used this, if I did it was once forever ago to try it out. Stone goes for $248.99, Asking $200 + Free shipping to the lower 48

If you buy all the stones/plates I'll do $325 + Free shipping to the lower 48

Free 

Jim Kingshott - Special Planes
American Woodworker 2012 Annual Collection #157-162
Penn State Industries Hand crafted pens the basics
Jerry Booher Scroll sawing for accuracy 
Newwoodworker.com - Turning a Peppermill
Newwoodworker.com - basic pen turning
Sue Walter's- wildlife craft patterns #1
Popular Woodworking - Router joinery and techniques 
Woodworkers Guild - Essential woodworking techniques 
Newwoodworker.com- Turning Bowls

I'll mail them to you free. First pm gets them.

   

I got some soft grip pliers to use on fixtures in the bathroom and on stuff in the shop that I do not want to mark with plier jaw marks.

Both brands that I bought had nylon-like jaw inserts so that they had no grip at all on plated surfaces.

I got reminded of this tonight by the Lee Valley email that included a link for their soft-grip pliers.

They look really well designed, but, once again, the jaw inserts and the replacement jaw inserts are nylon.

The description points out that they are great for knurled surfaces. I am sure that they are.

BUT, where can I find replacement jaws or soft-grip pliers that have high-friction soft jaws?

Based on personal experience, the email verification system used for registering new users is broken:

Despite multiple requests to the WN system to send a verification email over the last week, no such email is received.

(After registering as a new user, email verification is required before posting and other functions are allowed.)

I started some other threads with different but related problems. The net effect is losing my password locks me out of the system as all the methods of recourse are broken.

I'm curious if many other folks have experienced the same thing (either as an existing or new user) and simply gave up trying to get onto Woodnet and went elsewhere.

-Mark

Based on personal experience, the WN Contact Us function is broken. Link here:

https://forums.woodnet.net/contact.php

Multiple requests go unanswered after a week. The system at least acknowledge a request was submitted tho.

-Mark