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Selecting a jack plane???
April 27, 2011

Hello everyone,
New Veritas BU Jointer tote/handle question
April 25, 2011

Hi, i am just starting to use hand tools. I just completed my workbench and needed to flatten it. I just bought a Veritas BU jointer, which I really like.…
Borg Hand Planes?
April 24, 2011

I have been researching on how to make a bamboo fly rod and i came across a sight that talks about borg hand planes.... thaey look like they are machied…
FWW 14 Smoothers.
April 19, 2011

In the current FWW #219, the tool test "Smoothing Planes" piece by Chris Gochnour lists an ECE Primus 711. This looks like a Primus Reform Smooth plane shown in a LV…
Advantages of waterstones
April 15, 2011

I have always and only used japanese waterstones since I started my woodworking hobby, few years ago. At first I had read positive opinions about them and I started to…
Resetting a backsaw
April 12, 2011

I have an old backsaw, that I purchased back when I was 16. (Too many years ago). It came with a miter box, that I used for several years, until…
Grooving planes question
April 11, 2011

Matt Kenney wrote a fine article in the new issue on building a pair of grooving planes. One of the illustrations shows the bedding angle to be 57 degrees. It…
drawbore pins
April 11, 2011

I am almost finished with a toy/tool box for my grandson based on Chris Gochnour's version in FWW. I made this one out of walnut from a tree his father…
Hollow grind the bottom of small blades
April 10, 2011

I bought one of the new Wood River spoke shaves and then was confronted with sharpening the Blade. Sharpening the bevel is a problem as it can only be worked…
Auriou rasp
March 30, 2011

I just received a new Auriou cabinetmaker's rasp. Unfortunately I mistakenly got a left-handed rasp instead of a right-handed rasp (I am right handed). Before I return this tool (bought mail…

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