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Hello, Do you have a rip blade in your tracksaw and preferably a riving knife too? I think you could do it and then follow with a nice handplane. That said, those boards aren't massive, you should be able to plane them on the surface planer, perhaps with some roller supports. Don't talk...

Hello, Just to clarify, quangsheng irons are not A2 steel, but T10, which is a water hardened steel and very nice it is too. The QS plane is head and shoulders over the Rider. If I was going to buy it would be one of these. And if I were a raw beginner I would buy a new one. There is a lot if...

Hello, I thought your next project was a nest of tables! TBH the chances of joining two pieces of beech onto the centre section, and actually having the plane work for planing wood is extremely remote. The likelihood of the sole remaining flat and coplanar is very small. Especially considering...

Hello, Charles, you chose Alan Peters as an example to prove Record irons are as good as we ever need. In fact he is actually an example of someone who decided to circumvent the need to hone during a work cycle. You might not think honing is a big deal, I agree, it isn't, but you must realise...

Hello, Alan Peters had 4 irons for his plane, all sharpened up at the beginning of the day and changed out when dull to prevent having to sharpen and break the work cycle. I suppose if he had something that didn't need honing often it would amount to the same thing. I seem to remember him...

Hello, I'm dreadfully sorry for you, and hope you get everything replaced as quick as possible, so you can fully get back to work. Don't let the buggers get you down. Perhaps you were unlucky and it was the scousers annual day out to That London. :wink: Mike.

Hello, I'm sorry if I misunderstood, but to me calling things funny steel or clown steel because it can't be sharpened on a Washita is something other than objective. Or putting it another way, a snarky complaint. It is nothing the OP hasn't said before but in round about ways and his...

Hello, If you are going to limit yourself to a Washita, then it is not the steels that are silly. Don't step outside the array of 'simple' steels and you might be OK, but it is foolish to expect more exotic steels not to require more modern sharpening media and then complain. I have had no...

Hello, I would do it with a bit of hardwood​ used as a trammel and a couple of screws, one for the centre pivot point and the other as a cutter. If you have a grinder, shape the pointy end of a hardened steel screw into a square ended cutting spur, and go round and round, altering the depth of...

Hello, You are using the wrong router bit!!!! Flush trim bits and many others do not cut with plunging, they are for edges only, no wonder you think they snake around etc. You need a bit with a bottom cut. They will say as much in the description in the tool catalogue, or get one that...

Hello, Someone here has just said what I've been saying for ages, a close set cap iron makes the plane harder to push..YAY. close cap irons have been given some sort of miracle status, but there is a trade off, you have to put more effort in. Justaiable, of course, when needed. However, I have...

Hello, When the first became available, I had to try one, just because. I put one in a Record 07 and it has been fine. They take a little longer to sharpen, but not much, so not a problem. They do last ages, though. I had a job planing 18mm MDF, and it lasted phenomenally longer than a regular...

Hello, I understand what the crosscut saw is doing, but this is not my point. The crosscut must have similar sized gullets, so it is the cutting action that makes it slow. But if a rip makes a faster cut, hence more accurate, then a rip with bigger gullets is faster again. Larger teeth have...

Hello, I understand what the crosscut saw is doing, but this is not my point. The crosscut must have similar sized gullets, so it is the cutting action that makes it slow. But if a rip makes a faster cut, hence more accurate, then a rip with bigger gullets is faster again. Larger teeth have...

Hello, Perhaps if Ian Kirby had some slope on his saw, he might have found it unnecessary to blow out the sawdust from tenon cuts!! Kidding of course, I don't think Ian needs my advice. What I do remember, though is, when I first tried to cut tenon cheeks it was not a pleasant experience. I...

Hello, €150 is cheap!!! If your friend doesn't want to pay that amount, he doesn't realise what a bargain he is getting. I suggest a maker who needs to earn a living at making stuff would ask in the order of 3 times that. Mike.

Hello, Sunnybob, are you going to do there tables, I'm filled with anticipation now? It must be straightforward to make the legs now, I don't see how it could be simpler now. Mike.

Hello, Ian Kirby, with whom I'm sure our American friends are familiar, has famously commented on how tenon saws do not easily remove thier own waste. I'm not saying any if this has dramatic consequences, but every little helps. I find it absurd for anyone not to get the best from their tools...

Hello, Tenon saws have difficulty getting rid of the sawdust. I would suggest anything that makes bigger gullets on small teeth would be a boon. If you only have one tenon saw, it is unlikely to be a rip toothed one, a hybrid or crosscut one would certainly benefit from slope introduced to the...

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