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I like Record, they are somewhat less collectable and still very good, the old ones. I think the 778 is a lot better than a Stanley 78. Still have a few gaps in the collection, would like an old Record 5, as I think the 5 1/2 is too heavy for general use, maybe another 4, a 6 although I really...

They are shiny, but I am not sure they are actually have a level of flatness that needs lapping, you can get extremely accurate with "mere" surface grinding. To get them shiny, they could have used regular polishing processes, which makes the surfaces shiny, but not necessarily flat. Lapping is...

Pretty cool! Might give that dovetail guide a try, don't use one, but having them fit off the saw would be nice. Also want to try that method with the offset block (Rob Cosman), maybe need to make one myself at work out of a piece of alu or brass. Edit: Ack! Despite me searching there actually...

Works in NL.

So many of them around, and most can be refurbished pretty easily (mostly clean of a bit of rust), there's also youtube video's on that. I'd keep an eye out on car boot sales and buy a few at a 10 EUR/GBP each, avoid recent ones (chinese made Stanley). Check for cracks or repaired cracks.

I think a 4 as well According to Rob Cosman, you should buy a 4 1/2 and 5 1/2, but despite being 2m tall and nearly 220lbs myself, I think they are just too heavy for most work. I like mine a lot (an old Woden 4 1/2 and an Record 5 1/2) and especially the 5 1/2 does get used, but the plane till...

Searched but couldn't find a sort of collection topic for interesting 3d files, so created one: https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/collection-of-3d-printing-files-relevant-for-woodworking.138009/

This is the one for the golden ration divider (which I figured was a lot easier to make with a few strips of oak): https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:895616/comments Workalike of the gripper pushblock: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4365432

Didn't see a thread for this, but given that someone posted excellent additions to his BS400 bandsaw, might make sense to start a collection of interesting links on Thingiverse or comparable sites. Here are a miter marker and dovetail marker that I did. https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4862811

Chemex coffeemaker and manual grinder for me, but I don't make cappucino's.

Pretty nifty additions using 3d printing! Did you add them to Thingiverse?

Also on mainland here, regularly buy on eBay UK, yes, it definitely has become less interesting since Brexit, but still for things like planes it makes economical sense. For chisels, not so much, IMHO. I did buy a pair of paring chisels, because they are somewhat hard to get when new, or very...

Looks great! Conscious decision to not use a headstock veneer and stain it?

I did an assignment when at an industrial design firm, for firm making design chairs in series. So those cost about 2.5k EUR at the time (20 years ago?), the cost of manufacturing is about 1100-1200 euros, 700 euros of that was the leather, at the time they had a vault storing millions of euros...

Golden ratio divider, made drawings for a few other variants as well (silver ratio, van der laan). And a equal divider for laying out dovetails. Here's also the equal divider one

This indeed, if you bottom it in the machine, heating up of the bit because of use will cause it to be very stuck. Removing collet and bit, and then tapping it in further might cause the jaws of the collet to let go of the bit.

+1, I bought a record 044c (the ****** one with the weird d*ldo-esque tote which your hand slips off of, because the fact it is angled wrong), and screwed a piece of sawblade underneath, works great.

Also have a look at the reviews on Amazon.... I think David was a great educator and innovator in the field of woodworking, but the books are merely a collection of older magazine articles, at least ones I checked out (a fellow on a dutch woodworking forum had three books for sale). So maybe it...

I wonder how feasible it'll be to find bigger boards in the future, at least in NL a lot of the trees succumb to chestnut blight. But it is a lovely wood, I think historically, it was used for furniture a lot.

I have a few ryoba's from Gyokucho, they are great (I also use western saws). Had a look at the 270 and 300mm ryoba, but the rip teeth on those are humongous, much too coarse for the finer work I use my japanese saws for. So i have a 210 and 240 now. If you have much thicker stock and hardwood...