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Bit worried Disney might sue me for a repair I did today, mind you the thing was Donald Ducked

I have been generously offered some of Jadboog's spring steel for a saw plate. I was planning to make a 14" tenon saw with 3 1/2 depth of cut, but I am worrying that that the steel may be too thin for a saw of this size, it is 0.5mm (see thread "Is this normal"). I notice LN do an even larger...

hi jadboog. I would definitely like to take you up on your generous offer. I want to make a 14" tenon saw first as this is the one that is missing from my kit. I haven't entirely thought this through but I reckon a 3 1/2" cut would be ideal so I would want 14" by 4" to allow for the portion lost...

Cheshirechappie, for what it's worth I think you may have misunderstood me (probably my fault for not explaining myself clearly). In the last 2 years I have almost completely stopped using power tools for everything except wood preparation and drilling (for wood work, I still use power for...

Jadboog, Where did you get your saw steel and how much did it cost? I've been wanting to make a saw for some time and you may have pushed me over the edge. Paddy

I've loved this thread. Hand tool woodworking and the failings of international capitalism and neo colonialism, can't think of a better combination. I was terribly disappointed when I discovered Chris Schwartz's anarchist tool chest wasn't about anarchism, just about a box to put expensive (all...

It is unfortunate truth that the height of industrial production in this country, the days of the sheffield steel/tool making, times which many of us hark back too (me included) was also the time of the most awful exploitation of the British working class. Consumer boycotts are all very well but...

wish I was allowed to file and rasp on the sofa

Probably been stolen by a chinese forum who will bring out an inferior version of it

Sure, the Chinese have an appalling human rights record, but the US lead the way in violent invasions to bring about regime change (backed by the uk), which seems to end in regimes 10x worse than the ones they invaded and the US lock up a higher proportion of their own population than any other...

Wow, this is a long thread. I'm going to add some observations. The first is that there seems to be some truth that the american forum users have a much lower opinion of the copying of LN planes by QS/WR than many of the people on this forum. It is my opinion that a large factor in this is...

Matthew, I have only used 3 phase under over machines at work but am thinking of getting a "lunchbox" (or toaster" for my shed at home. When I get a piece stuck in my thicknesser at work I just lower the bed and take it out. I can see that the little hobby thicknessers work by the cutter not the...

Just to add, I have lowered raised the bed and placed a slip gauge between the bed and the cutter block. When it will just slip in one side it will not go in the other. I haven;t measured this but the 0.5mm discrepancy in the work piece seems about the same as the difference in height. In other...

Thanks for your responses. It's an under over machine so I can't set the knives to the thicknesser bed or they will be out of wack with the planer outfeed table. The thicknesser bed is raised on a central column which is connected to the handle with cogs not a chain (at least I think so). There...

The cutterblock on my junior whithead planer thicknesser is not in true with the thicknesser bed. Over a ten inch board I get about 0.5mm difference from side to side. I can not work out how to adjust the bed or cutter block. Do any forum members have any experience with these machines? Thanks...

It is very rare on this forum for anyone to ask about sharpening and to get so much agreement. Basically you can't use hand tools unless you can sharpen. Whether you do it freehand, with a honing guide or even with a machine like a worksharp or tormek is another question, but the tools need to...

I use the absolutely cheapest 2" chisels from toolstation or screwfix when I am scraping steel boats at work. I sharpen them on a grinder. It works out better and more efficient than any scrapers you can buy. As an experiment I have tried to sharpen these chisels on my diamond plates and I can't...

Both his recent negative feedbacks are from things being the wrong size. Also notice he didn't post your question Nolegs. Interesting looking rebate plane in his other items though. Paddy

I liked it before changes. I love it now. I've been following the skeleton saw passaround wishing I had the money to buy a saw like that, but really I wish I had the skills and time to make a saw like yours. Keep up the good work. Paddy

Oh come on, there are billions of no 4s out there and hardly anyone with the skills to make this. I really can't see this becoming the next big craze. On another note. I have never used a "scraper plane" but do use a no 80 and card scrapers. Is there any advantage in these over a no 80? (apart...