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This is absolutely correct. If you sell a soda called Cooke instead of Coke with everything else being equal, the summons is not if but when!

As a tool maker, the devil is in the details. As a basic woodworker it’s much less so. LN never truly copied an old design. They have numerous improvements to the old designs and provided access to tools that were no longer available to the average craftsman. The LN plane is superior to the old...

The Veritas shooting plane is unique to their credit. But it’s a low angle design. My use of a shooting plane like the Stanley 51 is unique. While folks use the lateral adjuster to adjust the blade to cut a perfect 90 degree cut, I use it to do the opposite. As a tool maker I need to make...

Microsoft and Apple waged wars with each other over the look and feel of their interface. My old computer company had an ASIC with a logic error. We fixed it in software. A Chinese copy shows up in which the same logic error was found! Autodesk uses an online license manager. You have to renew...

Yah all block planes tend to look alike, some more than others. The Clifton block plane does have its unique features. The body is vacuum cast bronze. The adjuster is based on the Norris design. The cap iron is a two piece design made from wood and bronze. Just ordered one and will collect...

I have worked in three production shops equipped with millions of dollars worth of Homag, Weing and Holtzer machines. Your comments are very true. As a CNC machinist, I had to fix problems from engineering and subsequent problems from assembly. Engineering simply sucked. It was a miserable time...

This has been quite a chunk to swallow but really interesting. As a one person tool maker, it gives one food for thought. Its nice to go to work and worry about making the best tool you can and worry if the customer is going to like it. Where you don’t need to concern yourself with the latest...

I recently with much trouble just got the LN #5 1/2 jack plane. It’s a wonderful tool.

In high school. We learned to cast metal. When a couple of us tried to cast brass, we went looking for scrap. The furnace began shooting. Some of the spent brass we used had primers in them from the farmer who did occasional reloading. After changing my underwear we managed to get a couple of...

The US military actually produces many more times the brass then the reloading world can swallow! Home Depot and Lowe’s sell brass sweat valves made in China from C260. They are much harder to sweat together. While it could be dimensional issues it may also be related to alloy issues. After...

Wow! And all this in seeking the ultimate edge steel for a wood working tool. It’s complex requiring one read the posts several times. I know by the Flinn website that they use 01. It seems we always tend to gravitate back to 01.

I just found a reference to Sorby using EN45. I need to check this stuff out. You know anything about it?

Wow! You do have a point. As a woodworker and metal worker, learning never ends. Years ago I bought a lot of stuff. Not sure where I was going. Sold a lot of stuff as my personal direction evolved. Today I call it vintage woodworking and I have never been happier. But it’s been a journey. Lots...

Why do you think the USA backed out of the Paris accord? Not because we support climate change but rather our opinions about mitigating it. China has and does enjoy most favored nation status. It is exempt from the environmental restrictions other western nations must adhere to. The west coast...

OUCH! Let me introduce you to a secret. I love making furniture and the like in wood. But I also enjoy making tools for both wood and metal. Yup, I am one of those closet tool makers. So the beauty of the well made tool is part of our satisfaction. What Carl Holtey does is artwork. Bit here is...

I just watched a vid on a new Clifton 5.5. My problem is that I got the idea the soles were heavier. Not So! Here is the deal. At the front and rear of the plane sole, there is a web about 12 mm high. This gives an initial impression of a thicker sole. Nope, it a web that defines the outside...

Hey!! I resemble that comment. Monty Python! And who could forget Mr Bean! Stupid show but it had me in stitches! I learned a lot of my initial skills from Jim Kingshot. At first it was like he spoke a foreign language. But you learn. He was a lovely gent who knew his trade. I miss him.

The green Clinton’s do have a voice. I know as I have heard them speak. Cliftons are just hard to get in the states. And I am not sure about the new cliftons. That British green is just eye candy. I also prefer the older blade that was used. In looking at the green Cliftons, I get the...

LOL The current rage here is Mexican coke. They use real cane surgar and an older formula. I buy it at Walmart mart. I like it much better than American coke.

Have you ever worked in outsourced projects? Ask Kennedy about their experience with their tool boxes. Ask United about the king bolts that killed several hundred passengers in Chicago. Ask Demherest about his experience importing tonkin bamboo into the United States. The list is endless! It is...