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Wood Magazine did an article on Shoulder Planes and they sang the praise of the Veritas shoulder plane and gave considerable criticism to the Stanley.  But the criticism of the…

Shaping plane irons.  I am planning to put a bit of curve into the irons in my Jointer, Jack and Smoothing planes.  I have read articles that say it is…

I have a LV LA jack plane.  I will soon be using it on figured maple.  The maple I purchased turned out to be figured by about 50%. The seller…

View Image Below is a link to my review of this new plane from Veritas. http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolReviews/TheVeritasSideRabbetPlane.html Regards from Perth Derek p.s. Should have a subtitle of "Review for Mel to…

Wondering if anyone has any experience with the new Bridge City Honing Guide?  It appears to use the same method of clamping as the original Veritas guide; will it hold…

Who sells the European 1 3/8 inch wide bow saw blades?    

As I NEED a new jack plane, I took my own advice and ordered a new Veritas Low Angle Jack Plane today. Somehow I couldn't make the order takers understand…

Folks Does anyone here use a bow saw to cut tenons? The question pertains to Moxon's reference to a tennant saw and his image of a bow saw. I know…

Interesting review. Although I found it to be rather informative, I'm not sure that I agree with the results. As nice as the Lie-Nielsen chisels are, my experiences with them…

..now up on the LV website at an introductory price.  Hope I have the willpower to resist it. Jim