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molding plane wedge removal
September 15, 2008

I have a few molding planes, and am able to use them to obtain reasonable results. But I've never figured out a good way to remove the wedge to make…
old hammers
September 14, 2008

Hi all, I have a hammer marked hand made on the side, does anyone have any information on who made this tool? Im asking because I have one my grandfather…
Essential hand tools
September 14, 2008

In the past few months, both Fine Woodworking and Popular Woodworking (or was it Woodworking mag: the prettier sister?) published articles dealing with essential handtools. I don't want to debate…
Through Mortise
September 13, 2008

I am still trying to make through mortises. I am trying to use the method in FWW using a Forstner bit. I have done 11 and they all look terrible. …
A-2 tool steel baldes
September 13, 2008

This past week I have been making some new A-2 blades for my #11 and #9 Miller Falls planes. The stock I had was 3/16". Heat-treat at 1775 and tempering…
Flattening Planes using scrapers
September 12, 2008

Hi all I'm interested if there any old time mechanical fitters out there who have flattened bearing slides etc using a scraper and whether this is a better method once learnt…
Handyman to Butt
September 11, 2008

My old Crown Butts have given up the ghost and I have a good old set of Stanley "handyman" Yellows. After a little flattening and sharpening, they turned out to…
Waterstone Brand
September 9, 2008

I'm getting ready to invest in some waterstones. Should I be getting hung up on "Japanese" or "Norton" brand names or will a standard water stone coming from the same…
unmarked bench plane no 3
September 8, 2008

I need some help figuring out who made this plane. I just picked it up on Craigslist. The plane iron has an image of an “Anvil” engraved in it with…
I just need to rehab this plough…
September 8, 2008

...so I can finish this job. Here's one of six planes I snatched off of craigslist, $60 for the lot, used by a little old lady only on Sundays. Actually,…

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