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Thanks guys. mike I just had a look on e-bay, didn't know brass filings where a thing. What do you use them for? I'll start collecting them up if there any good to you, though I think it will take some time to fill a small bag :) Thanks for your comment Danny. Apart from a few sketches at the...

With the lever cap made I can drill the holes for the lever cap pivot rod. I marked out and drilled an 8mm hole through the body of the plane. I test fitted the steel rod and could see that the front part of the infill needs reducing so as not to obstruct the throat of the plane. Next I...

Festool KAPEX KS 120 is by far the best chop saw I've used. It's not perfect by any stretch of the imagination but it beats any thing I've tried including the Bosch CM10GD which is highly regarded. No chop saw will give you 100% perfect mitres though the kapex comes close. Blade sharpness...

Honestly guys I cant thank you enough for the comments and support I really do appreciate them. No worries with the other questions either Bm it's all part of the learning and I appreciate the help and tips.

Thanks for the comment and support thetyreman :) It's been a lot of hard work so far but I'm still really enjoying it.

Beginning this evening on the lathe again, I started making the lever cap thumb screw. Much like the tote I want the thumb screw to be larger than normal and a feature. I machined a piece of brass down to 30mm and added a knurl. I have to say machining brass on the lathe is a lot nicer than...

Thanks for the support guys. I was disappointed not to make it in brass too, at the time I just couldn't find an affordable piece in the size I needed. I could have bought I larger chunk for a lot more money but if it all went pear shaped it would be a massive waste. Apart from the brass sides...

With the blade fitted I can work on the lever cap. The lever cap mounts on top of the blade and locks it in position. I'm also going to try extending the lever cap towards the front of the blade to act as a cap iron "chip breaker" as well. First I made some mock up lever caps of different...

Yeah all good points, also probably to do with having to remove the riving knife on most saws to run a stack, "they" seem to get into a right tizz over this though our American friends love running their saws without riving knives. They outlawed those French head blocks we don't have a stack of...

What size grooves are you looking to cut? I wanted to fit a dado stack to our dimension saw but ran into the same problem the arbour being to short. Don't know if it's true but I read its legislation, not allowed to sell a machine capable of stacking blades as burying the blade is illegal blah...

Thanks for the comments guys I really appreciate them. Thank you for the tip BM I shall try to remember that one for the future. Do you put the blade into the sand or just above it in the oven? D_W thanks for your comment. Indeed this is my first metal work project of this level. I've done...

With the blade adjuster made I needed to mount it to the maple infill. I started by marking out and drilling a 16mm hole for the bearing to seat in. From there I used a router to cut away the majority of the waste where the adjuster will sit. A quick test fit of the adjuster to make sure...

Thanks gasman. I used a 0.75 tap and die for the adjuster, my set is very basic but it also has a 1.00mm as well but I thought the finer pitch of the 0.75 would help to slightly reduced back lash? And also offer finer adjustment. Thanks Tony. In a world where mass production is taking over its...

Next on the to do list is the blade adjustment mechanism. Keeping to the traditional theme (with modern twist) I wanted to do something similar to the Norris adjuster. I started by making the pivot pin. I machined some steel round bar down to match the out side diameter of a 16mm ball bearing...

Funnily enough after getting my new Nicholson file I went through my old file set that my boss gave me and came across a double end Nicholson saw file of which the quality looks greatly superior. I don't know the exact age of this file but it's got to be well over 40 years old and it still cuts...

Lots of helpful tips thanks guys. I recently purchased a new Nicholson Extra Slim Taper Saw File and am pretty disappointed with the quality of it. think I'll give Bahco a try next time, or Vallorbe files which I've heard good things about, has any one got their new files are they as good as...

With the tote and front knob nearly complete I turned my attention back to the small gaps in some of the sole dovetails. While they where only hairline gaps and maybe acceptable they would play on my mind if I didn't at least try to rectify them. As the gaps where so fine the only solution I...

For the front knob I'm keeping with the theme of wood and metal. I planed a straight edge on a piece of cherry wood, our over hand planer decided to break this morning so I pulled out an old jointer plane I made. Next I went over to the engineering lathe. It doesn't get used much any more...

Thanks Andy :) Still got loads to do but it's starting to take shape.

Next up is the Tote. Lazarus planes incorporate metal into the tote, something I've not seen before. I like them so much I wanted to add something similar to my plane. After much deliberation I settled on a design I liked then made a paper/MDF template. I wanted some thing that looked...