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This setup is neat if you don't want holes in the circles you're cutting: That said, the dude in the video is going to lose a finger on his table saw.

SS brads, have you seen the price of them? I'd use galv, but I'm cheap.

Is a post about the perceived quality of the brass used in a plane really what the hand tools subforum needs to revitalise it? If anything it would be more interesting for those in the metalwork subforum? Most hand tool users have little interest in the metallurgy of their tools I would warrant...

I wonder if Luban make grinders, there's some axes in need of it here it seems.

Best place to look is one of the timber yards listed in the sticky post. You should be able to get rough sawn timber in 75mm in various hardwoods. Up in Yorkshire you have British Hardwoods and Scawton at the least. British Hardwoods will do you Ash, oak and beech as well as some more exotic...

I guess I have half a lathe then. Thinking about it you could probably come up with some sort of arbour to fit a grinding wheel to the headstock of most lathes.

I was going to knock up a wooden sharpening jig but that is so cheap I might just buy it.

Richard Raffan is a wizard. There's a bunch of his learn to turn content on YouTube which is excellent.

What do you want the finish to look like? I normally paint mdf using an airless sprayer which gives great results but may not be something you can do easily.

The Luban block plane claims to be ductile iron but I have not tested it to be sure.

As a woodworker the only metallurgy I care about on a plane is the steel for the iron. Whether the brass casting for the handle is this alloy or that is of no bearing whatsoever on my use of the plane.

I'd be happy to turn you one from whatever odds and ends I have lying about and send it over for the cost of postage, depends how picky you are about wood species I guess.

For me it's about good enough for the price, the Luban cost me £55 whereas the LN seems to go for £185, just over three times the price is pretty hard to justify for what I imagine amounts to a fairly small improvement in quality. For the same reason I don't own any Festool gear, while I have no...

My block plane arrived today, seems like a nicely made item. Even came reasonably sharp which was unexpected!

Plywood is light and stable so I'd be tempted to go with that.

Well this thread has encouraged me to get a Luban block plane, so thanks for that OP. :)

Sounds like a good solution. I was doing some wide cuts earlier and looked at the dust spray - a lot of the dust just shoots straight backwards during a plunge cut at present because the only built in suction is from the blade guard which is too far above the blade as it meets the top surface...

Is that a sliding mitre saw? I considered just boxing in the back, but I feel like when the slide is at full extension it might not do much.

Interested to see this, my mitre saw sprays huge mounts of dust out as well even with a hoover attached. I think it's a common issue with them. 40mm waste should be fine, or run 50mm if you like - most hoses are only 40mm so it won't make a huge amount of difference. You'll want compression...

My air tools are nailers and spray gun, so not prone to vibration, presumably this is more of an issue for impact wrenches and the like?