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Nice work - as you say the smaller you go the lower the margin for error so a good learning exercise on measuring marking and...

You don’t need the shapton - sandpaper on something flat works in a pinch. In Japan most people I saw were using an atoma plate - £40 in...

A Stanley bull nose plane , a Stanley block plane with adjustable mouth - looks standard angle bed rather than low angle, and another...

easiest solution would be to use a coaster under glasses and mugs. Or you would need to go for something more heavy duty than a wax...

Intention isn’t a film finish but something that soaks through the wood - with an end grain board this reduces the absorption of water...

What’re the intended uses - power tool use with sheet materials MFT benches are popular and lots of foldable ones on the market...

I’ve always used it pharmaceutical grade min oil Odd they describe bamboo as wood. It’s an edge killer on knives so be prepared to...

Powdered barkeepers friend contains some oxalic acid which helps. Otherwise wire wool and wd40 if that’s what you have

Polishing mops and knife making is perhaps one of the most dangerous parts of the process that I avoid- it’s lost us at least one knife...

I went cheap with softwood edging, screwed on. It gets banged up quite a bit and is easy to change (and cheaper than good wood) every...

I said earlier in this thread that for ease I would mitre the 135 degree corners but to be honest I can't remember the last time I did...

How’s the resto going - got a handle on it yet? That size starts to move into blacksmithing territory

A square and a gauge are your friends. Make one edge straight and true - use this as your reference for the rest. From this you can...

Some examples of pitting and the need to remove them to form an edge in my recent thread here...

Worth practicing scribing - as above also think about which bit you scribe so the joint line is visible from the least common viewing...