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Rob Cosman is great at inventing problems which don't exist, and then selling high-price solutions to those non-existent problems.

Right, let's clear this up once and for all. Try and read what I say, and not what you think I am saying. "Scary sharp" is an effective method of sharpening. It works really well. Anyone who chooses to use it is going to end up with beautifully sharp tools. OK, are you with me so far? "Scary...

Oh dear. You want to turn this into some sort of conflict. OK, well crack on. Matthew, who I've known for decades, will tell you that I am correct about there being a lot of hype around "scary sharp", including the ridiculous name. That doesn't mean it isn't a legitimate and effective system for...

No need to explain to me how "scary sharp" works. I used it for a year or so, before giving it up as a faff and moving to diamond plates. You describe it as accessible and simple, and I'll counter that with torn paper, cleaning up the glass, wrinkles, expense, and time wasted changing paper. You...

Turners; the freemasons of the woodworking world. They're everywhere, hiding in plain sight. :)

Well, you're a braver man than me. I'd be worried that taking such a substantial cut out of the body of the machine would reduce its ability to properly tension bigger blades, given that it doesn't have a frame.

I reckon you're the only person I've ever heard of, Doug, who has gone from diamond to abrasive paper. The journey is generally very much in the opposite direction. What was it about diamond plates that made you think "I should give lapping paper a try"?

Lever, not leaver. Don't adjust anything until you've checked everything. Know what your problem is before you attempt to tackle it. As I said, try to find a square plane first before you compensate with the lateral adjustment, because setting that up every time is a pain. Check everything on...

If you buy a new one it will be ten years before you have worn a discernible dish in it, and it is still perfectly good even then. Maybe a newcomer should avoid a second hand one for that reason. Diamond plates probably won't last 10 years, but they will remain flat. If you plan to use a honing...

Sharpening used to be a topic guaranteed to start a good forum fight, but that problem has.....erm..........gone away. I've used every possible sharpening medium other than waterstones, , and have settled for diamond plates. The lapping paper/ abrasive thing is a faff, because they tear and get...

Offer your square up to the sole and side of each of your planes. I've one I can definitely never let anywhere near a shooting board. There is no good reason to assume they're square. If you've got another square, you could put them back to back on the shooting board, one on the high plateau...

You're new, and I'm going to give you the benefit of the doubt, but please think very carefully before you do this again. I did not type the words you have put in quote marks, nor anything like them. It's quite easy to knock down other people's arguments if you make up their quotes yourself.

Sort of sums it up for me that your post and your photo are all about the machine, and nothing about the finished product. I'm interested somewhat, but not in the machine. It's the results that count. If you can persuade me that sitting drawing on CAD, then inserting a block of wood and pressing...

Tool Station.......£6.93

It's worth pointing out that cobalt bits are much pricier than ordinary HSS bits, and drill exactly the same in wood as their cheaper cousins. They are invaluable when drilling steel, but that's not what the OP will be using them for.

No. Just get whatever your local Builders Merchant or DIY chain is selling. They're sharpenable. It sounds as if you are new to this, and there is no need for anything specialist just yet. Wait a while until you buy lip-and-spur. They're really only necessary for fine joinery, and even then...

So some people would use metric, and some imperial. Some standards would be written in metric, and some in imperial. Some laws would be metric, some imperial. That's a recipe for chaos. Sheer chaos. There is nothing "restrictive or inhibiting" about using metric. Just accept that imperial has...

There's one tree disease that would make the world a better place! :)

Gwent, damn it. That's a helluva way from Suffolk.........why do you live somewhere so inconvenient?! :)

Harvested grass when left greenish is either silage or haylege, and isn't hay. In the old days, when hay was made into hay properly, when the sun shone, it was completely dried and became precisely the same colour as straw. I don't want to be too picky, but straw also comes from barley, oats...