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My grandfather had a bench with this type of vise, which is kind of traditional in France I would say. My father does have one too. The very few times I've used those (it was only recently that I really picked the wood virus, when I was younger the bench was much less fun than a computer...

I'd say it still is a cheap way of building vises. Both shoulder and tail vises from APTC is about 25£... Quite a bit less than a "normal" front vice. (BTW, is the correct spelling vice or vise ??)

Mr Spaton, Thanks for the advice ;-) BTW, I'll first build the base and see how it goes. If it goes wrong, then I'll know I'm not up to the task of build a Klaus' top ;-) We'll see...

Well, I don't know what's a Stanley type bench vice ;-) In the picture you linked to, which vice do you find complicated ? The shoulder one on the left or the twin tail one ? regards,

Good morning Jacob, Yes, I meant two tenons side by side. But as you said this might be a little bit too difficult, for sure it would for the absolute beginner I am ;-) I guess my problem with cutting is that I'd like to do it using a mortise chisel, and then if the mortise is (about twice or...

Oh, and another point (and sorry for hijacking this thread) : while LN chisels are probably just fine for me, what about big size chisels (like e.g 30mm) ?

Hi David, Thanks for the clear recommendation. I probably don't know enough of english or forum's history to know about SAUCE so won't comment on that ;-) BTW, for students not ready to spend that much, what would be your recommendation then ? (just out of curiousity, as I'm ready to let...

Hi, I'm contemplating the idea of building my bench, and I'm perusing Landis' book... I guess I'll go for a Klauz' bench. The base (and possibly also the top :( ) will be made of fir. Now, reading the bench plan at the end of the book, I see tenons in the legs, which are 3/4 wide for a leg 2...

Hi, Oh boys, this looks scary (at least for the beginner like me who's also searching to buy a few good chisels to start with -see my other post-). Should I stay away from Iyoroi altogether (and jump for LN) or what ? Confused, confused... :?

Hi, Besides having a hard time to decide which brand of chisel I should buy (https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... hp?t=12000), I was also wondering which size(s) should I start with (with cabinetmaking in mind). I realize this might be a silly question with infinite number of possible...

Hi, Sorry to jump again on this, but I've still not made up my mind on the non-mortice chisel ;-) FYI for the mortice one I'll either live w/o it for a while or take a Ray Iles' pair. I contacted TWW and ClassicHandtools and both very kindly and very quickly gave the following advices : TWW ...

Hi David, Well, you know, phone calls in English for a frog is not an easy matter ;-) Think I'll start by another mail to APTC's customer service (instead of technical) and see how it goes. Regards,

Well, I *did* send an email to APTC's "technical center" a few days ago, and got no answer, and so came here ;-) Too bad. I was seduced by the idea to avoid sandpaper to flatten my stones... Which I find awkward, as I liked the idea of waterstone being a sharpening medium where you invest once...

Hi, I've bought a flattening stone ( http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Ice- ... -32262.htm ), and I'm surprised to see that the top (assuming I'm not mistaken to think the grooved part is the top... ;-) ) is not flat. How can that work ? Am I missing something here ? Regards,

Ok, thanks. So if I read correctly that chart, if I go to my 1000 waterstone after steel lapping up to 400, I'm not going backward, am I ? Regards, ( Pls do not challenge me to ask really dumb questions, you might be surprised :wink: )

Hi, I was wondering how the grit number of waterstone relate to sandpaper grit and to carborundum grit ? For instance, lapping the back of a blade with a steel plate and carborundum grit up to 400, what's the equivalent in "stone grit" ? Sorry for the dumb question :? Regards,

Hi Derek, Well, in fact I did have a look at Ray Iles' ones (at http://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/Merc ... _Code=TBMC) (the link you give is well... not exactly what I would call a user friendly web site... at leas for a beginner woodworker ;-) ). Look nice for sure, but are even more...

Hi all, Thanks for your answers. Concerning the LN : actually I have not considered them so far, as I found them too expensive. But now that I see the range of Japanese chisels prices (Hiraide Oire Nomi 9mm is 38 £ ~ 72 $) (and that I at last realize that 40 £ is 75 $... :-) ) I guess I...

Hi, I'd like to buy 1 (or a very small set) mortice chisel, in order to first prove myself a) I can do a clean mortice by hand b) I prefer a mortice chisel over something like drill&chisel. At the same time I'd like to test a Japanese bench chisel (I do own an old set of 6 chisels, Müller...

Hi Marc, Thanks for the tips. BTW, any order of magnitude for the time it takes per grit ? (assuming a somewhat badly out of flat blade ?) Would like to see the pictures, if you don't mind. Regards,