Impressions A child among us

[johan_steele]

 

[Barrycdog]

Wonderful picture

 

[JerseyBart]

A lovely face of wonder..."What's going on??? Can I do it too???"

 

[James B White]

A boring machine and a corner chisel! What's he framing?

 

[johan_steele]

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A boring machine and a corner chisel! What's he framing?

He was demonstarting how mortis & tendon work was done.

 

[Georgia Coast]

What an incredible beauty....that hair!

 

[Georgia Coast]

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Wish I could take photographs like yours. However...same sweet look.

 

[Steel Cross]

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How can you not like the wonderment of children. Terrific Photo. Thx.

 

[reading48]

Sweet.....

 

[RobertP]

Beautiful child. And I'm fascinated by the drill. With a crank that long it looks like it could do serious work. I wonder how efficient is was with a skilled worker.

 

[James B White]

Beautiful child. And I'm fascinated by the drill. With a crank that long it looks like it could do serious work. I wonder how efficient is was with a skilled worker.

The main advantage was that it held the auger perfectly vertical, so you could drill straight down, and I suspect there's a depth gauge too. I've not used one, always just done it by eye, but suspected it would be a lot easier, because you'd always have perfectly vertical sides and would never have to pull it out to check the depth, or mark the depth on the auger with chalk that keeps wearing off.

I've used a corner chisel, and it sounds like a great idea, but honestly, on most woods used for framing I never found it to really speed things up. It tends to pull to one side because of course it cuts with the grain faster than across the grain. So chiseling the across-the-grain sides with a regular chisel first seems easier, then the other sides almost fall out by themselves. For something like elm, like for wheel hubs, I suspect a corner chisel would work perfectly.

Can you tell I'm more interested in framing than kids?

 

[frankconrad]

A corner chisle works great in green oak not worth a darn in pine unless it sharper than a rasor. I don't hav trouble pulling, just operator error.

 

[unicornforge]

A corner chisle works great in green oak not worth a darn in pine unless it sharper than a rasor. I don't hav trouble pulling, just operator error.

Even when only cleaning and squaring up the corners of the mortise?

 

[unionblue]

How can you not like the wonderment of children. Terrific Photo. Thx.

As John Wayne once said in the movie, The Alamo, "It's a shame kids have to grow up into people."

 

[Steel Cross]

As John Wayne once said in the movie, The Alamo, "It's a shame kids have to grow up into people."

HA! Look what it did to us!