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There are very few uses where a plane blade with straight edge is essential, if any, (within reason).

Well you've said it! OCD! (y) Modern sharpening suits some personality types, but it's contagious! I wonder if it could be said to...

Talking of sharp things, my wife has just texted me in order to make sure I am going to be around this afternoon.... Why? She's ordered...

Depends on how "sharp a tool" they are I suppose?

Obviously not a first year apprentice…

This is because jigs and flat plates lead to plane blades with dead straight edges. This may look nice and precise but in use is a...

I am not a chippy (carpenter) but I have used a lot of tools in my various jobs. For hand tools the the best advise I was given is...

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Googling for pull out tables got me a whole lot of stuff about surgical screws pulling out of bone which I didn't really want to dwell...

Approved engineering method. 1. Calculate to 3 decimal places. 2. Think that's not strong enough. 3. Use the big one you first...

If you find some free time over the weekend, have a search for works by Silas Kopf and Paul Schurch. Both yanks, and both adept - very...

I'm guilty of often only piping up when I've bought something thats fallen short of expectation but today it's the other way around...

There was an article in "The Woodworker" back in the day, I think it was the one that had the free veneer pieces on the cover, which I...

I did a bit of Marquetry in my younger days (a very long time ago) but I only ever used a sharp craft knife (did not have a saw then -...

You and me both as regards the craft knife - Brits seem to have adopted "the window method" in the main, but our American cousins favour...