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That's my method too and my planes are definitely flat soled and I always check for wind. The fact that some boards plane like a dream lead me to believe that I'm essentially getting the technique right and as I say I do eventually sort out the awkward ones. It's the repeated reappearance of...

Good Afternoon All, I've noticed a phenomenon which crops up fairly often when planing a board. If there is e.g. a bit of a hump in the middle as you plane along, it is possible by concentrating on that bit to get rid of it and indeed reduce it to a very slight concavity. How can it be then...

I would imagine that the chosen angle of the dovetail is a matter for nobody but the maker or perhaps in the case of a pro, the client so IMO you're right to describe the prescriptive approach to angles as nonsense. It seems to me that the rest of it is about the pursuit of consistently...

Prompted by this thread I had another go at free hand dovetails yesterday, the only aid being a dovetail marker as I can't be bothered faffing around with a sliding bevel. I used an offcut of the easiest to work wood I know (Zirbel Pine). The results were pleasantly suprising: despite...

I've got nothing but respect for Matt's approach. My problem was that I was starting with absolutely zero experience and no chance of getting tuition and I think that in cases like that a guide can save an awful lot of frustration. And I think it's probably a fact that the only harm using a...

I use the Veritas dovetail guide and will continue to do so until the day comes when I've acquired the skills to repeatedly cut them well freehand. To answer your questions: a. Yes. I found that I just had to tune in to exactly where the marked line has to be in relation to the edge of the...

Thanks for the replies. The cap iron is set close - under a millimeter. I think Andy's idea of four factors combining makes sense as I usually set the cap iron close. Maybe pine tends to cooperate this way. I had to laugh at "hollywood shavings". I got a sudden vision of Fred Astaire and...

Yesterday I was planing up some pine and paused to take the iron of my N0 8 to the sharpening stones just to touch up the edge. One minute later the iron was back in but it started to work in a way I've not experienced before: the shavings were coming out as straight lines, almost leaping out...

Would this do the trick: https://www.dictum.com/en/tools/woodwor ... re-trimmer I haven't a clue how good they are but it does look fairly solid.

I suspect that there's an awful lot in that and I'm tempted to believe that the notion of e.g. the palm of the hand giving the final touch is not a bit of baseless fantasy but rather the result of somebody noticing that it produced a definite effect. However, the key question must surely be...

Here's a No 6 which might do the job for you: http://www.oldhandtools.co.uk/metal-pla ... fore-plane As for how long it would take: I've just planed a couple of 3' x 8" pine boards from rough which had pretty heavy bow and a bit of wind and they took about 45 - 50 mins each, which I think is...

I ran it through the speech recognition translator and what the master is saying to the apprentice is: "Right, Iko, you numb bugge r, if I end up patching up one more plank you've smashed, you can forget the Friday afternoon tea ceremony down the Samurai And Goat for good".

Got a Japanese saw? Wondering what it's for? These chaps from the land of the rising sun seem to have the answer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QPUPyuz ... =PLniBZDv- It makes you want to knock out three before breakfast ... luckily my one and only Japanese saw is only about 10" long so I...

No pic tonight as I'm battling with my new photo software trying to get the file size down. The digital world can be a real pain sometimes!

CC, thanks for the run down on the gouges. I might treat myself to a Henry Taylor one. Graham, that is a very interesting idea and I do have a weakness for contrasting woods. I can imagine having a go at that as v2.0. ED65, the idea of an octagon occurred to me the other day on an...

The price is indeed a bit steep. I was meaning how did it look in terms of functionality etc?

My researches have thrown up this: https://hwebber.co.uk/shop/c-s-osborne- ... et-cutter/ What do you think?

That's the sort of tool I like because you can see how it works just by looking at it. It also looks to be of good, old-fashioned, rock solid quality. I'll keep an eye out for one as it would be a useful thing for my braces.

Bugbear, that sounds interesting as I have 8" and 10" braces but I've never heard of a washer cutter, let alone one suitable for use with a brace. Could you perhaps provide a link to a picture of one in Action?

Thanks for all the replies. I'm happy that there's an alternative to the router and I'm going to do something along the lines suggested by xymosian, bridger, woodbrains and Cheshirechappie. One question for the latter: I've no objection to getting a paring gouge as there is sometimes a need to...