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Making Plane Blades?
November 7, 2008

I'm dangerously close to building a couple of wooden planes, and I wondered if it is possible to fashion my own blades from O-1 or A-2 steel? Surely it can't…
LN No 5 Jack Plane
November 5, 2008

Looking at buying a new LN No 5 Jack plane. Will be used in small hobby shop primarily to flatten and smooth cherry boards (some figured) too wide for my…
Fragile Chisel
November 4, 2008

For the second time in a month I have broken off a corner of my 1" chisel. I was cutting a mortise and it broke when I levered. The chisel…
Sharpening A-2 Steel..
November 4, 2008

I just had a Lee Valley bevel-up smoother delivered, and it's a great plane. I specified the A-2 steel blade, and now I'm wondering if that was a mistake. That…
Is it a rabitt or shoulder plane?
November 3, 2008

Picked up an old wooden Ohio Tools plane with an 1 1/4 skewed blade. The body is cut like a rabbit, but no fence or depth gauge. It's got 3…
Resawing with Hand Tools
October 31, 2008

I've been a hobbyist for 3 or 4 years now, and because my shop has room only for a table saw, a bench, and router table, I have been dimensioning…
old tool sources in New England?
October 30, 2008

Does anyone have a good recommendation on antique tool sources (e.g., antuque shops that specialize) that I can visit in the next 2 weeks in New England? I will be…
Bee’s wax on a plane sole.
October 29, 2008

I am just getting into using hand planes and read about using bee’s wax on the sole to reduce friction. It works amazingly well. However, does the wax leave a…
Calling All Emmert Jockeys- I.D. This…
October 28, 2008

For all Emmert experts out there... I just purchased an Emmert K1 Type U4. It was removed from a bench prior to purchase. Everything seems to be there... stanchion, bar,…
Flattening sole #5 tale of Woe…
October 27, 2008

Hello Everyone, I'm a beginner with some advanced training in futility. I have successfully flattened the sole of a new/modern Stanley/Bailey #4 a few years ago but have been having…

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