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Plan for skewed rabbet /shoulder plane
October 2, 2008

I wish to make a wood skewed or rabbet plane similar to that shown in FWW #79 in the article by Bill Thomas. I can find no plan for such…
Plane education
October 2, 2008

Hi. I have to admit that the hand plane to me continues to be a mystery. I can sharpen for sure but when I start to look at the plane…
Some Planes
October 2, 2008

Here are some pictures of my planes. I was designing with a metal version in mind, and with a 20* bed (bevel up). To make a woodie prototype (a spur…
My 875-250-POP
October 1, 2008

Just a lil something from a couple guys in Georgia, a Kiwi in New Zealand, and a dude in Michigan all conspiring to create a Pimped Out Plane with Abalone…
LN lifetime warrantee and they mean it.
September 30, 2008

I did something stupid the other day; I dropped my LN Rabbet Block plane. It landed on the end, bent the adjuster stud, and mucked up the adjuster nut. I…
Tote angle
September 29, 2008

Derek, I wrote this to Philip and he seemed to think it should be bounced over to you. <<I have noticed the general thrust angle on a Stanley style planes…
Making O1 Plane Blades
September 28, 2008

Has anybody here ever made their own plane blades using O1 steel? I have noticed that I can get O1 bar stock quite cheap and thought it might be an…
I just need a beader auxilliary fence…
September 27, 2008

...so I can make some door panels. :) As part of The Walnut Calamity, I was looking around for ideas. I happened to catch this door in The Elements of Style,…
Round sole spokeshave
September 27, 2008

Hello, I use spokeshave for carving guitar necks. I own a kunz spokeshave with a flat sole. It works ok, the only problem is that to me the sole is…
Tool steel in old Stanley chisels
September 25, 2008

Does anybody know if the steel they used in the Stanley chisels of yesteryear (say 50+ years ago), is better/worse than the Fat Max they sell at the Hardware stores…

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