AJBaker

I only just made it :-D. I used old timber I recovered from the attic, but it hopefully still has some life left.

It's about 5mm at the bottom rebate, but the stop lath could possibly still be moved a bit to let it close a bit further. I've only done...

Strange, because here they're cheap as chips. I've usually paid 5-20£ equivalent for most normal planes, and some I've even had given...

Quick update: I 'released' the door from purgatory and it seems to have worked! The gap is minimal, and I reckon I can adjust the stop...

Beautiful work on those tools! I admire tool makers, it requires a level of precision way above furniture making. Here in Switzerland...

I'm always slightly annoyed when I read about 'western woodworking' or 'western tools', usually in comparison to 'Asian woodworking and...

AJ is fine, they're my middle initials. This plane is fairly easy to find second hand, I got mine for less than 10£, but they often...

Great work! Works well with the table! There's another form of dovetail plane that's quite common on the continent, search "Grathobel"...

As an addendum, here some pictures of continental sliding dovetail tools. The plane is from the (now defunct) Swiss company Lachapelle...

Hi! No obvious reason, that was just the shape of the tree. All I did was remove the bark, and I left it at that.

The final steps were trimming the shoulders of the legs, and shaping the grip. I had the idea of carving the opening into a moon shape...

For the legs I had discovered acacia fence posts that were sold at the local garden centre. They were about 5x5x175cm, and about 5£ per...

I had some small bits of ash that my wife had bought for use as shelving. As shelves they were never great, but when we moved we took...

Nothing wrong with that, I can sharpen freehand and I still often use a jig. I like how consistent and repeatable the result is. If you...

Technically, provided the edge comes to an infinitely small apex, the angle of the bevel doesn't matter too much, (within reason). It...