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Jacob, you have just exactly described my original procedure that I was intended to do, i.e. to machine the face and edge that was originally planed by hand.

I have made a homemade cutting gauge where on one edge, there is a cutting gauge and on the other edge, there is a hole for my mechanical pencil. Asi I have found out, mechanical pencil graphite breaks a lot, so I will try to use a classic pencil instead. I have also bought a handful of masonry...

Thank you Jacob, I need to examine how long will it take me to dimension a single 2,2m board by hand and then I will decide if I will do all 4 sides by hand. All the boards must have completely parallel faces as I will laminate them together. I have no.5 jack and no.4 stanleys, so I will use...

Actually, I have found out that for 2021, an average net daily wage in the U.S. is around 170 USD for a married person with 2 children. So for 2 or 3 days of work, Americans can get a premium jointer too. If we take into account that other expenses for an average household skyrocketed in the...

The top tenons will be blind and drawbored. :) Thank you I will look up David’s video

Hello, I am designing my first workbench now and I would like to ask for an advice. I would like to make legs for this roubo style workbench that are 120x120 mm and they will be laminated from three 40 mm boards. Is it a good idea to cut openings for mortices first and then glue up the...

Thank you David, I have a lot of beech wood to plane for my workbench now. I probably will not be able to do it accurately enough by hand, but I can at least flatten first face + edge and then run the other side and edge through the thicknesser. I would like to use cherry as a front board on...

I wanted to build a really heavy roubo - style bench with two quick release vices. Because I will be doing all dimensioning by hand and I do not want my bench to move during heavy planing and I do not want to anchor it to the floor either. Something like this one ,but without the expensive...

Yes I have seen it in the past, but it is a good reminder to watch. I have read his Anarchist Workbench book, too.

David, do you mean Mechanics Companion by Peter Nicholson or some other book? I have bought some 3m long, 30 - 60 cm wide and 50 mm thick boards of beech with live edges, that I would like to make a workbench from. My workbench will be 2.2 m long and the rest will be used for legs.Top and legs...

I have found it on Ebay. Did not buy it, but have found that such a plane exists. I can only buy English-style wooden planes on ebay.co.uk or buy an ECE Primus English Pattern Jack Plane from fine-tools in Germany or make a wooden plane myself. I would definitely try to build one myself, so I...

Hello, I have found a nice transitional Marples plane. This kind of plane was produced in the sixties for just a short while, where hand planes were already on the decline. Does anyone have experience with it? It might be lighter than a no. 5 for a coarse and medium work. Thank you.

I have just purchased the Bosch grinder. It is strong enough and should provide better quality than other cheap models. I just need to make some tool rest, that will alow me to set up correct angle.

I buy this grinder just for reestablishing primary bevel, as my blade bevels are rounded by freehand sharpening and they stop cutting, so I need to reestablish the 25 or 30 degree bevel. I do not want to touch a tip of the blade, as there is very little metal and I would burn it off.

Thank you very much all. I am more inclined to buy a 375W Bosch version. Do you grind the bevel angle by hand or you have a tool rest that can change angles?

I also considered buying a small linisher, as you can set up a grinding angle easily. Are there any obvious disadvanages compared to a standard stone grinder?

Hello, I would like to ask for a buying advice for a bench grinder. What power should I aim for? And what is the most suitable type for plane blades and chisels? Grinding a primary bevel on stones is very tedious. Most types I can find have those fixed tool rests that cannot be adjusted to a...

Can you please tell me which one have you bought? I will also buy from them. Is it the quick release vise or the standard one?

I cannot remember seeing a video of Paul Sellers, where he does not mention that he has been woodworking for 50+years and/or he has taught thousands of students to do "anything" that way - so he knows that the method he is teaching works. I think that this kind of reasoning is not bulletproof. I...

My reasoning is the same as yours. As I am inexperienced, I wanted to ask if some of his reasons are of great importance. Because I would personally make it flush too, so that I can use a holdfast in a leg on the other end to hold a long board when edge jointing.