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>>Have you examined 'boxed' planes? - looking at one I have it's long grain, not slivers of end grain. Anyone else know more? Yes and if you look very carefully on good quality planes you can see the grain running at 45 deg in the boxing. See Stavros Gakos boxing. Also W J Armour “The box...

What is it then? See below from the Internet wood database… Not completely different.

I had a nasty feeling someone was going to say that. It is very, very hard, and there are areas in it that look like youd expect boxwood to look. But this was from a part of a tree where two branches diverged.

This thread is mostly about hand tools, but in fact the question I’m asking may relate to machine tools really. I am making a plane that requires corner boxing. I have made the mortise (?) in the sole to receive the boxing. My understanding is that the traditional and best way to do boxing...

Fao Fair enough, 1/32 is very thin.

Interesting. If you have a metal lathe why not turn it as 2 pieces? Looks like a fun little project.

What did you turn it on?

Not exactly something I made, but after cutting up a boxwood log on my table saw yesterday, and the Great Dust Disaster that inevitably followed, I’ve spent the entire day cleaning my shed, plus I’ve ordered an air filter from Axminster. It will probably never look this clean again, certainly...

It’s looks amazing but it’s £800!!! I’m on a serious budget at the moment, so that’s out I’m afraid. However, the principle is pretty simple. Would be a fun project to try to make one.

It has a riving knife and guard but they are off so I can use my crosscut device.

It’s a tricky one, that table saw is not remotely airtight, it isnt only open at the bottom but in numerous places around the sides. Plus I use it for crosscutting and a blade cover with vacuum in it would need to be on and off all the time. in principle I’m sure you are right though.

Hi I am 95% hand tools these days for woodworking, but I do have a table saw I use for rough cutting stock. Problem is, it’s fairly old (80 yrs maybe?) and does not have any kind of dust extraction facility. In fact, I am not bothered about hoovering up sawdust, it is the fine particulate...

Mortises and wedges….

I’m think everyone’s probably fed up with me doing build threads after my recent window thread which ran and ran :) and ran. Perhaps for one of the planes these little mother planes will make …

Problem is, making tools becomes an obsession… .”I’m not buying tools, I am making them.”. These two planes are actually for making various sash window planes. So in my case, I have rebuilt and refurbished the tools (metal milling machines etc), to make the tools (eg plane makers floats), to...

Couple of planes on the way. Posting because I think they look nice at this stage, with their bed and escapement cut. 😎

Not the same thing! Mine has little holes in it 1/16” apart which allows me to rapidly draw accurate lines on a MDF shelf with no adjustment, plus, it was £9, not £414.

Ready for it…. Should have got the size down really.

Wait until you see this gizmo I have coming this afternoon. You will be immediately overwhelmed with jealousy and rush out today to buy one.

Funnily enough that’s pretty much exactly what I did. I did several franked joints, loads of glazing bars, coping etc. I’ve done enough projects and wasted enough wood to know that it won’t work first time unless you have some idea what you’re doing.