steve355

Yes and a good reason for not buying A2 steel tools! Seems to me that the search for "better" steels is itself a byproduct of modern...

Peter - just try to picture in your mind the shape of the edge when applying different stones at different angles. Imagine if you just...

Some great responses above, thank you. I will be studying all your suggestions and the videos etc later today and trying them out. I'm...

Agree with above, for my first couple of years I had every gadget and gizmo known to man. Now I have an India stone, and Arkansas stone...

"Lapping fluid" is generally an expensive rip off. I use bicycle oil (3in1 etc) thinned half n half with white spirit or paraffin...

Main problem for beginner modern sharpeners is honing jigs and guides. They make it more difficult, mainly because you can't get full...

Yes, exactly. Mine already does that, effectively. The locking screw is the adjuster screw at the top of the mortise. The cap iron screw...

All planes have the equivalent of a wedge, some kind of tensioning mechanism. I’ve toyed with various ideas but side escapement planes...

I thought about that but in practice not really. A different pitch means the iron needs sharpening to a slightly different profile...

For what it’s worth… because I actually got it working today, here’s a few pics of a #14 hollow plane I’ve tried to design in metal...