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All, Can someone point me to a link concerning the correct method of flattening wood w/ hand planes & scrapers? Thanks, dlb .   The undisciplined life is not worth…

This is a prototype shooting board plane made in the style of a Norris number 11. This configuration is bevel down and the iron is pitched at 38 degrees. This…

I have watched Garrett Hack's video over on FWW site several times.  About a minute in he pulls out a beet looking medium India stone.  He describes it briefly as…

Yesterday when I picked up my Jet 40" K-body clamp a screw and two washers fell on the floor.  When I inspected the head I found the box housing the slider…

http://www.trackofthewolf.com/(S(1mpuxxvp5snboxntlfqkvm3b))/categories/tableList.aspx?catID=15&subID=87&styleID=312 <!----><!----> <!----> A couple of readers have asked about a tool I use to cut brass in my shop. I have included the address of one supplier that I know of that…

1.  I have made (partially) a new handle for a very old dovetail or back saw.  The original handle is an open handle, but has damage from a fire to…

I was recently asked on LumberJocks to post a few of my shopmade tools. Having done so, it was easy enough to do a copy-and-paste here for your amusement. These were…

I purchased a Stanley 4 1/2 smoothing plane on ebay for about $100.00. The plane arrived in decent condition pretty much as advertised, but the sole of the plane was…

Friends, Do any of you have any experience or knowledge of the Clifton 450 multiplane? I want to make my own moldings for carving. I now have a half set…

High Time for a Change!!!!!!! I have been using a trial and error approach to setting the grinding angle on plane irons, chisels and lathe tools.  Those of you who use this…