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I saw this article about chisels: http://www.finewoodworking.com/ToolGuide/ToolGuidePDF.aspx?id=31061 In the article, Chris Gochnour notes this for the best value Japanese chisel - the Grizzly: "The end of the handle must be mushroomed…

In issue #11 of Woodwork, Graham Blackburn has an article on prepping stock by hand in which he states: "... one measure of an adequately sharpened plane is that you…

I haven't gotten the hang of forming and turning a burr on my card scrapers. Would I be better off using scrapers made from softer steel, and who sells them?…

So i have started to collect some hand planes. Two from ebay and two (one each from both of my grandfathers)  I currently have  1 Miller Falls #9  (the same…

Hi, I recently purchased my first hand plane and want to set it up the way it is supposed to be set.  One of the things I have read to…

I am trying to flatten the back of an older chisel. I am getting even scratch marks all across the back of the blade with a rough 180 grit stone and…

Hello everbody I picked up a wooden hand plane it is a coffin style smooth plane about 7" long with a 2 inch wide blade.  The only markings on it…

Well, would you? http://www.inthewoodshop.com/ToolRestorations/SlaterBullnoseRestoration.html Regards from Perth Derek  

Just spent a week in town and had occasion to visit the Primary School handyman. Took these photos of a very small number of his tools that are still being…

I posted a few weeks back about the progression of planes to purchase.  Well, last week I was able to purchase an entire shop from a guy which included, amongst…