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Does the plane cut the shooting board f?
May 10, 2006

What stops the plane from cutting the shooting board fence, for example when using Ed Speas' shooting board (FWW 106, currently featured under Skills and Techniques)for cutting mitres? The fence…
Japanese saws
May 10, 2006

I need to buy a new Japanese saw (Dozuki), I will use it mainly to cut dove tails in hardwoods. Any suggestion on the brand and where to buy it…
Hand Planing Techniques
May 8, 2006

Questions first, commentary follows. When you're hand planing, do you lift the plane off the wood on the return stroke? Just curious. At what plane angle (in the plane body)…
LN #4 or #41/2 york pitch?
May 7, 2006

I have a project coming up that has some pretty figured wood. I just finished my first project with Qtr. sawn Oak and had an issue with tear out. I…
Steel, brass, bronze and …
May 6, 2006

... DELRIN! The traditionalists are going to hate this, but today I dovetailed together another Art Deco smoother (at 'big little plane' dimensions), and cut some black Delrin for the infill.…
Adhering sandpaper to granite slab
May 5, 2006

I have a question regarding adhering sandpaper to a granite slab for the purpose of tuning a handplane. What is a good adhesive/method to use to insure the sandpaper will…
DRILL POINTS FOR PUSH DRILL
May 5, 2006

HELLO NEED HELP IN FINDING DRILL POINTS FOR MY OLD YANKEY 41y THANKS ROBERT
Making architectural mouldings
May 3, 2006

G'day, Well, prompted by CR Miller to go and have a look at handplane central I came across an article on practical hand plane making, a bit of which dealt with…
Totes for dovetail and small tenon saws
May 2, 2006

The whole area of tote design is something I find quite fascinating. It seems to me that at some point in time - the 50s? Earlier? - everything started to…
Mack truck transformed
May 1, 2006

The Easter project failed! Well, let's say a big little unhandled plane that weighs 3.5lbs is not a design sucess. Too heavy to safely handle, and not confortable enough 'in…

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