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Oh really? I have a trend 300/1000 diamond stone and the veritas honing guide and it still took me a good 40 mins.. When you say energetic, do you refer to the downward pressure applied to the plane iron, the vigour of the strokes or both?! Also would you just grind the iron on the oil stone...

Sorry if this is already mentioned elsewhere, but is a bench grinder the only way to reset a primary bevel without spending 40 mins using a honing jig on a diamond stone by hand? I don’t own a bench grinder and have been watching Rob Cosman’s video on resetting primary bevels for tips but it...

Cracking detail here D_W - thanks very much for going to the effort.

Hi Jacob - managed to pick both these models up yesterday at a good price (I think!). Is there a prescribed methodology when setting them up / fettling? Wondering if there's any consensus on trustworthy youtube guides out there, although both of mine seem in reasonably good condition.

Hey Droogs - many thanks for the offer but I’m actually going to collect a couple planes tomorrow. I would have loved that as a project too! Thanks again

Morning folks Looking at buying a plough plane and a rebate plane to add to my toolset, but just seen prices on new items are fairly steep and wondered if anyone had any advice about more entry level kit that might do a job in the short term? I found this for instance, but have no idea...

Ha! Good point!

Cheers for the lengthy response. I'd assume it'll be one a month maybe, but we will see how I get on - I've absolutely loved making the bench and that's likely the most boring thing I'll be spending my time on so who knows. You're right though - I don't think it'll be many. Yeah, I've a few...

Many thanks!

Aye - I did think it was too cheap to be any good to be fair, but was responding to another poster's suggestion. Cheers for clarifying!

Noted - that was the one I almost bought prior to posting this thread last night actually. Many thanks

I couldn’t actually find this on BPI or Bidspotter actually - will keep an eye out though

Noted - will keep my eye out for the Axminster 15" too!

I just watched the unboxing video for this - looks really good value for money. Thanks a lot!

Yeah, I was thinking about this a little earlier - mainly box work, stools etc.. Nothing over 4 feet I doubt, so doesn't need to be too bulky. Circumstance might change, but in that situation, I would likely change my kit to match. When you said earlier combined PTs were what you'd go with for...

Hi tom Thanks for the detailed reply. I’m just starting out - did a woodworking course locally and have a number of tools but definitely a novice. I’ve not owned any of the machines before, and have only used a table saw of the 3 machines I mentioned. That’s essentially where I’m at and it...

Noted, and good points to consider. I assumed I'd check for twist and fix this with handplanes prior to running through a machine - would this be acceptable?

Evening all Just been looking at picking up a band saw and planer/thicknesser. Starting with the P/T, space for big machines is a bit of a problem with me working out of the garage (which is also a gym) so I've been looking at lunchbox style units, or smaller ones at least, especially seeing...

Thanks a lot Alan - I’ll search that this afternoon!

Hi alan This is great - do you have plans or are you a dab hand by now with it? I’m very inexperienced I’m afraid so wanting something relatively paint by numbers if possible Thanks