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Sometimes I make simple boxes with rebate joints, and use my Record 778 to make the rebates. The 778 works really well, although recently it rolled off the bench and a section of the nose broke off, a common failure mode, I think. Also, care is needed when grabbing the plane in for me natural...

If you squint a little (much) it looks like an infill plane. You might be able to tear out the bits of plastic and create a wooden insert which takes regular plane blades. While you are at it, you could also do what Karl Holtey does and put some screws in and file them flat, because currently...

I sometimes see people doing this, and it always send shivers down my spine. The only time I did that ended up with me having a juicy flapper on my finger, to be fair, it was a little short piece, but still.

Was going to mention kumiko, that seems to work. Bridgecity has a hand plane with adjustable sides to adjust for thickness, they use it with their chopstick maker? I bought a record 60 1/2 with the idea to do the same. Drill and tap holes in the sides of the plane and mount plates which act as...

Pretty cool! I wonder how well the tape works, does seem like a bit of a bother, also i wonder if one would do the straight bits with a regular saw, and just do the more complex curvy bits with the shaper. Is that an option at all? (Seems hard to accurately align precut contours with the cnc...

What does she want to do with it? I find you really need very light passes or you need a bit of hand-strength. A Bailey number 3, or 2 if you can find one which is not too expensive, might be more comfortable.

Ultimately, the value is depending on the condition and the amount of stuff supplied with the plane. My 044 was something like 45GBP no shipping, in original box, great condition.Which, as it turned out, was because it wasn't used, the plane iron did not protrude past the skate, so it kept on...

Both my current department and the last one had an Ultimaker 3d printer that kept on making excellent prints with the occasional dud, that is 3-5k rather than 500 but still. A lot of it has to do with temperature management, so building a box around it is worthwhile. Does yours have an enclosure?

Had a look at Sketchup recently, as I found models for the Rietveld Hillebrandt bench I was looking to make, obviously I am doing everything wrong, but I could not make heads or tails of Sketchup. Granted, I use PTC Creo Parametric / Pro/Engineer professionally (or at least, used to, manager...

Was going to suggest CNC router setup, rather than laser cutter, since a decent laser cutter is 5-10k. On the fence myself about a 3d printer (and I am a mechanical engineer) or a chinese CNC milling machine like those "3040" or "6040" ones on eBay and elsewhere. Likely will be both at some...

My thoughts exactly. It is quite a crisp casting, and a bit duller grey, wartime finish? Still though

came across this auction: https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/363008321825 Is there anything i am missing? Mine was 28gbp or so, it seems like this is a pretty old one, but that seems like an awful lot of money.

With respect to missing parts, you can find them on ebay but that is a pretty expensive route, at least for me, with the eBay shipping costs. I would just find another one which is more complete. Note that the depth stops sometimes become a bit wobbly, where the connection between shaft and shoe...

WRT to what chisels to add, I am really fond of my MHG skewed dovetail chisels, really helps to get into corners. Haven't completely mastered sharpening skewed chisels though (freehand), so one of the pair I can sharpen pretty well, the other, not so much :) practice practice practice, I guess

Those Bridge City tools are the epitome of over engineering, and prove that "different" is not necessarily equate in "better". I came across that benchplane at Baptist in NL, 700 euros, sheesh. A quick calculation says that's about 200 euros of bom cost, and thats if you order parts in 5-10...

That's quite a difference indeed, will need to check with my 50. But usually I plow grooves with a 44, that doesn't have the sliding section. Maybe there's no issue in use at all, set the cutter based on the position of the main stock, and use the fence to determine position. The cutter still...

Hello, I am making some boxes to keep all of the little screws and stuff with each individual plane, and I'd like to stick a label to the side of the box to be able to identify them on the shelf. I have the box for my Record 044, but I think I threw away (FOOLISHLY!) the box for my Record 071...

I am in the Netherlands as well, and bought my 044 (actually 2 of them) on eBay UK. It is worth to wait and fine one which is in good nick and not too expensive. Prices do seem to rise and it appears that offerings from sellers willing to ship abroad are more expensive. So it might make sense to...

I saw that, and figured it went unnoticed, that was a mistake :D In the last ten seconds it jumped from about 30GBP to 77GBP, I think I went up to 42GBP or so.

I was going to mention the 778 as well, the depth adjustment is the reason for finding one of those rather than 078. Gotta say though, I hardly adjust the depth, and the fine adjust is not THAT great, there's a bit of space between iron and adjuster, and adjusting it, it tends to bind a bit. I...