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Depends if you wear glasses and / or have facial hair really. The 3M 7500 half-masks are generally quite good. The exhaust port points down so less chance of steaming glasses and goggles but not great for beards. If you have facial hair and genuinely want to prevent the dust / spray getting...

Pretty much this ^. Keep the safety equipment on, no mater how inconvenient it is. The biggest safety issue I find myself with table saw users is complacency, that and a woeful lack of understanding of basic physics. (Edit: and no, I'm not suggesting I'm immune to that sometimes either).

With all that table saw nonsense aside, can I ask on what the best way to sharpen a plane blade would be?

Been using TSO's variant for the last few years and I would replace them in a heartbeat if I had to.

Whilst I agree with your comment, D_W is the one who is doing the actual driving here. The term 'massive experience' is subjective here as well. D_W's a big boy, he will stay around if he wants and given his usual approach to others, if he does leave it won't be because what others have said...

That COVID bubble hasn't quite popped yet, we have a gas and by extension a world wide power issue that will impact logistics and industrial processes for the next decade at least and to top it all off, inflation is at a 40 yr high in the US. In addition to this brief synopsis of the return...

I agree, I doubt many are bought for investment purposes and I also hope they aren't but my point is they are a product which clearly has a track record of holding and increasing value. Regardless of the reasons for purchase they are technically an investment is all I'm saying.

Given their value used is sometimes many times the RRP, clearly they are investments. It is the very definition of an investment.

To be fair, it's the sold prices you need to look at not the asking. That said the 85's seem to fluctuate all over, I've seen the go for around £300 and as much as over £500 in recent months. I think the 85 is discontinued so it's likely to increase over time.

No apology needed, the only reason I knew was I was caught out by it myself.

No words........... :(

Personally I suspect you will end up with a new LN blade & chip breaker and an unusable modern Record if you take a file and other tools to it to modify. I wouldn't be surprised that even if you manage to get it fitted, you will just find another reason why it's most probably a bad idea. I'd...

Those planes are not in stock though unfortunately......They may be listed but you need to tick the 'in stock' filter to confirm availability.

Not sure they have Clifton planes in stock at the moment, I think they have some blades but that's about it. Peter Sefton seems to have best availability for Clifton bench planes (albeit just a No 3 and 5 1/2 right now), whereas I believe Workshop Heaven has some shoulder planes in...

Just as a heads up to anyone looking to buy LN and finding it hard to find stockists. Classic Hand Tools have a bunch back in stock this week. They have the; LN 101 low angle bronze LN 102 violin makers bronze 60 1/2 block LN 4 (iron version) LN 71 closed mouth router LN 271 mini router LN 073...

For reference, in the case of the LN51, it comes in a purpose built wooden protective box, hence comments like Mike's about being in the box. Doesn't necessarily mean it's not getting used, but the box is as well. Same here, I have a 51R boxed, I paid a lot less than current RRP and was just...

I knew the LN's were going for extortionate amounts on the bay of E but just noticed a 51 shooting plane sold late feb for £1,250 o_O I get it that they are near impossible to buy and there is uncertainty when stocks will be replenished but effectively paying double for a used one is just...

With the hotdog attachment, that will go a long way to get the momentum at least.

This is kind of where I'm at. I get the often touted argument that you don't need expensive tools to do the job but that misses the point of using well made tools when you have access to them. If LN or Veritas didn't exit, chances are we would be having s similarly loaded thread on why that was...

:rolleyes: ....and yet you carry on sharing your opinion on their viability, this time their margins, incentives and strategy? Do you have any details on their group structure or commitment to the limited entity from within that?