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Thank you very much - ordered the blades, just need to find a good donor for the brass strip. Is there much point in trying out different rake (or progressive rake) and different TPI (or progressive TPI)? Plan so far is for Rip 15TPI, 8 degree rake and minimal set, but I am hoping to have a few...

Tyreman - to be honest, I think any wood would do - these are so easy to make that you can always make a new body for the iron. I already made 4 and chucked 2 into the bin - one was not comfortable in my hand and one (high-pitched) didn't feel right - I guess it has battered me, as D_W just...

Thank you very much for all the advice. Are there any reasons why something like this wouldn't work? https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Spring-steel ... SwLXxbLK~K For example, Blackburn tools say "All blades are made from 1095 spring steel, hardened and tempered to Rc 48-51." This one is high...

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In regard to the sole, I found out this is not actually lignum. :oops: I found the wood reasonably easy to work and when my hands turned black, I suspected foul play. Dug up the invoice and it said "African Lignum", which is a fancy misleading name for Acacia nigrescens (acacia - I knew that...

Thanks! The bigger one has a Ron Hock blade (Krenov 3.5" model) that comes with a chipbreaker. These blades are fantastic - just need a light hone to get them going and hold the edge very well. Very highly recommended! For the smaller one, I had a spare blade from a cheapo Chinese plane that...

Hi All, So far I have been a happy user of Japanese pull saws, however, every cool kid on the block seems to have an old restored hand saw, so I thought I'd join the club, attempt to restore a couple saws and learn to sharpen them properly. A quick browse through ebay, and I got myself a...

Here's the new addition to the collection - a wee thumb plane. Perhaps, not as pretty as the first one, but it fits my hand well and there's enough room for adjusting the blade and the wedge.

Before I ride off into the sunset on my hobby horse :twisted: , may I just note that if you do go down the machinery route, you need to have a very good think about dust extraction. Running all that wood through a thickness planer may fill a room with way more dust than I'd be comfortable...

"To be clear, I don't have any major problems with my plane, my existing work surface or vice or my technique." Then squaring off a blank should really take just a few minutes. Of course, a good surface planer and a planer thicknesser will save you a lot of time, but it won't be Paul Sellers...

Thinking back to the errors that I made when getting into woodwork a few years ago: 1) Not holding the work properly or work not properly clamped to workbench. (initially, due to the lack of a workbench!) 2) Plane blade as sharp as a screwdriver 3) Cap iron ignored 4) Starting with old Stanley...

I thought the whole point of Paul Sellers style working was to take forever with hand tools and refuse to use machinery? :twisted: Just kidding, quality hand tools, properly sharpened and set up are a dream to use. Do you already have a workbench to plane the board on? What plane are you...

Here's another plane question: what is the usual hardness of a chipbreaker? I.e. would a strip of bright mild steel be hard enough to be used as a chip breaker? Thanks.

Thanks! I have a hornbeam-soled Pinie and dragging it over tough hardwoods does seem to damage the sole a fair bit. Hornbeam Janka is 1,630 per database. I'd use purpleheart for soles - it's cheap and cheerful. Should be called purple-hard really. The new plane has (very quickly) become my...

Watching with great interest! I am, personally, not very keen on electric cars, but there's a spare 2hp lawnmower motor kicking about in the garden shed. :twisted:

I am a happy owner of a katsu corded drill - it's just as poorly made and loose as my Bosch one. :twisted: Like you, I was looking for a second drill to keep at hand and it seems to work quite well for the price I paid for it (which was about £20 including delivery). Don't know if the cheap...

Thanks. Is there any actual advantage to putting a few coats of shellac or was it just a sales trick?

Thanks for all the advice - first plane is now complete, although I might have left the central insert too wide. Purpleheart body on lignum sole. This stuff is definitely addictive. What is the traditional finish for hand planes? I remember reading that it is shellac (?!) - is that to lock in...

Great idea about the old jointers! It is hard not to get sidetracked into making planes! Got to keep reminding myself that they are just tools to get other jobs done. First plane is still a WIP, but here's a wee mallet for blade adjustment that I've turned at the weekend. Rob, thank you for the...

Is it the case of many small taps right at the edge, or just whack the dickens out of it and hope I don't miss the blade? (hammer)