tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post6665894873524899600..comments2022-02-25T10:50:38.538-08:00Comments on Oregon Woodworker by Andy Margeson: Hand tools and wood speciesUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-21680484469580477062018-04-30T01:26:39.452-07:002018-04-30T01:26:39.452-07:00great inofrmation.great inofrmation.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-75439350025277656092017-06-02T10:08:52.722-07:002017-06-02T10:08:52.722-07:00Yeah, dry oaks are not my favorites to work. I wil...Yeah, dry oaks are not my favorites to work. I will when the situation calls for it, but if I can avoid working with dry oak, I will.Bob Rozaieskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15199802518818564454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-51765620634827160442017-06-02T07:18:45.504-07:002017-06-02T07:18:45.504-07:00Cherry could be my favorite wood, and more the way...Cherry could be my favorite wood, and more the way it looks, I love the way it works with hand tools.Brian Evehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04252174035715635674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-5986247385901099732017-06-01T11:34:24.899-07:002017-06-01T11:34:24.899-07:00I've been working with a lot of white oak late...I've been working with a lot of white oak lately, too, using up scrap. I have the same experience with switching to another species. I chucked up some walnut in the vise and wow, the saw cut so smoothly. Wow, it planes so sweetly. I think everyone should go on a white oak jag, that way everything else seems so much more pleasant.Derek Longhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07919744398323462327noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2976499952885642848.post-86367045669127204432017-06-01T11:08:01.052-07:002017-06-01T11:08:01.052-07:00Yep white oak is really tough. I have been doing s...Yep white oak is really tough. I have been doing some stuff in Orange Wood lately. At 2620, it really chews up the tool edges. That being said, it's a wonderful wood.Antonyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11607606225058005510noreply@blogger.com