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certainly if you want to cut dovetails with your dovetail saw then you want rip teeth as it is a ripping action, same with a tenon saw. Personally I find that I can also cut shoulders fine with a fine rip toothed saw (12 tpi or less) but I do have a mid sized tenon saw (carcass saw?) with...

It was a mercy killing

Elbow is too high for most work. Graham Hayden (of this parish) suggested in his recent video "just above the gentleman area". Some go considerably lower. Mine is 38" (my bench, not my gentleman's area). Paddy

Iroko is very durable and naturally oily but is a real pain to work, the high silica content blunts blades very quick and it is very prone to tear out with alternating grain. This can be overcome when using hand tools with a sharp blade and a close set cap iron, or use of a scrapper. Be prepared...

Is that a thing? Never reground a new bevel either, unless I'm adding a camber

Hey DW, Fair enough, enjoy Paddy

DW, how come you have had so many planes? What are you searching for? This is not a criticism, I am genuinely baffled. I've got two benches, one at the dry dock where I work and one in my shed at home (I have no machines at home, at the dock I do). In each I have a couple of record jacks (5s), a...

A little off topic but all this talk of John Lewis makes me think of a little second hand fridge shop in Stoke Newington, North London, called "SELL FRIDGES"

Charles, we went through all that months ago. The overall conclusion was that the woodriver or QS planes are, in the UK, ROUGHLY the equivalent price, compared to UK wages, as a Stanley bailey was 50 years ago. A lot cheaper than a LN, but considerably more than a modern stanley. Anyone...

Fair point Sporky. Custard, to be clear, I can make tables much better than oak furniture land (although perhaps not a gazillion times better) and the impression I get of your work and attention to detail and accuracy from your posts (which I always read and hope to learn from) is that your...

For sure YOU do, but you're a professional furniture maker. It's the mindset that it's not worth trying things outside of your speciality that I'm discussing. Or that it's not worth doing anything that isn't perfect. That said I am also a great believer in doing things to the absolute best of...

I know what you mean but sometimes I think the exact opposite. We live in a world of professionalism where things are expected to be perfect. It's the mindset that says it's not worth making your own table because you can probably buy a better one from oak furniture land, or it's not worth...

I've been fascinated by watching Mathias Wandel build his bandsaw on woodgears. I currently have a monster Wadkin saw but one day (hopefully sooner rather than later) I will leave my current bussiness and stick to making things at home, for this I will need a smaller machine. If I have time I...

+1 for buying the legs. A quick look on ebay for new cabriole legs come up with this guy 925gold11 (I have no knowledge of or connection with him), seems pretty cheap I would contact him so you can discuss timber choice so you can match it with the piece, it may cost a little more but you may be...

Guys, I gotta say this thread has upset me some. Remember this is not a private conversation but a public forum. Of course you are free to say what you wish and to dislike what you dislike, but is there really any need for such spitefulness? Windsofav, If you're going to make and sell art then...

I asked a similar question in this thread comparison-of-tool-prices-over-time-t91056.html. Conclusion if I remember rightly was that very roughly old stanleys and records cost about the same as Quangshengs or woodrivers do today (in comparison to earnings).

I'd definitely buy one if you had a water powered bandsaw :D I apologise for any previous jokes without smileys, I always thought they would be obvious from my tone of voice :?

I've only got one new plane (and I have a lot of planes), it is a QS block plane from WH. It is a very well made tool and if I were buying new planes I would not hesitate to buy QS. I don't really see how LN or LV could be much better. I suppose if I won the lottery (unlikely as I don't enter) I...

As anyone who lives in London knows there are a lot of armed police at train stations at the moment because of the terrorist threat. The other day on my way to pick up my daughter from school I got off at Tottenham Hale and there were loads of police with dogs waiting at the exit searching...

Weird, I would have put money on you having a Sgian dubh. Next you'll be telling me despite signing off your posts with slainte you're actually tea total. Paddy