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Which scraper plane would you buy?
December 5, 2008

Hello everyone, This is my first post - I've been lurking for a while. I searched on this and found a few references, but which scraper plane would you purchase?…
Charging a hard felt wheel.
December 3, 2008

I just received my hard felt wheel and green compound from Lee Valley. I read that I have to charge the wheel and tried various methods, however I came to…
Cleaning
December 3, 2008

Just got some old tools in rough shape. Including knives, saws, wrenches, chisels, combo squares, rules,etc. Most have moderate to heavy rust, grit and grime. Sharpening I've been developing for…
New Veritas Back sSaw
December 3, 2008

Ok. I think Veritas has made an innovative dovetail saw. No more loose handles. From articles it says that it has a really smooth start. But what i would like…
shooting board
December 2, 2008

So I made a shooting board. I have a #5 jack plane groz. not a Cadillac by any means but it has severed me well and I thought it might…
planing waterfall bubinga
December 1, 2008

im trying to rough, joint and smooth waterfall bubinga with hand planes for the first time. it has been very difficult and tears alot, does anybody have any experience or…
Has Stanley released their new planes?
December 1, 2008

Does anybody know for certain when the new Stanley planes and chisels will actually be available. November has come and gone and I don't believe these tools are out on the…
Lie-Nielsen Chisels -worth the money
November 30, 2008

I have spent the day regrinding the bevels on all my chisels, polishing the backs to 400 grit and sharpening from soft Arkansas all the way to Black Arkansas. Most…
chisels
November 30, 2008

I have a number of chisels from England that are marked cast steel. These are older chisels. What were the cast steel chisels? They seem to be a little harder…
Replacement pins
November 29, 2008

I have a few older marking gauges that I use and two of them are about done for - the pins are shot. Other than a sharpened nail, what do…

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