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that is true but a square side means that an even set doesn't need to be adjusted when the board comes out, and at a fiver a plane why not?

How is it going with the plane? I completely respect the desire to do as much as possible yourself but have you considered getting it machined. I had some twisted modern stanleys (4s and 5s) from a school which came free (along with a load of other goodies) when I bought a planer thicknesser. My...

+1 for using scrapers. Around knots the grain changes direction. Sometimes grain can change halfway down a board. Better craftsmen than me can apparently predict these changes by looking at the grain, I usually discover them when I make tearout. Some hardwoods have reversing grain all over...

Just to clarify I meant a bahco file not one of their disposable saws. Paddy

For the rip saw it is worth considering an ebay adventure and a file (probably a tenner for saw and a new file, bahcos are under a tenner. Filing a rip pattern is quite easy even on a fine toothed saw. It doesn't really matter whether the teeth are currently filed for rip or crosscut it only...

Eric, thanks for this, I've been browsing this forum for a bit and had lots of useful links, but this is by far the most useful. I'm teaching my 6 year old daughter the fiddle and piano, if she grows up to sing country songs about wooden planes my life will be complete. Paddy