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I bought a cheap stanley copy from Axminster for less than 20 quid and it is really good. It all depends whether you want to spend your money on top end planes or timber.

Swearing :D

Yes it was not cheap! So a sensible timber merchant would offer you a discount next time. But it is difficult to see how the timber merchant could have foreseen what was hiding in the plank.

I like the grain, but obviously you were hoping for and expecting something else entirely. As far as the warping is concerned isn't this just inherent in the fact we are struggling to make conical tapered poles into straight square sections? I always cut pieces oversize from larger stock and...

Wow Sam that wood gears site is fantastic. Mattias certainly has invented the wheel as far as answering my question. Thanks for pointing me in his direction. Gerard

I was planning to compare a piece of walnut that I have had for 4 years and is bone dry with the wet stuff and wait until the reading was the same. The previously acquired walnut was already seasoned when I got it so it my benchmark. I just thought if someone else had done this before they might...

I think the title says it all. I usually only buy dried/seasoned timber and then leave it in my workshop for six months or longer before using it. However I recently met a woodturner who sources logs himself and he is only interested in highly figured pieces so he can supply me with with timber...

Thanks Phil for giving my poor description a proper name. I still use this method for finer worker, like picture frames and boxes as it a lot lighter and so more delicate than clamps but is still does the job. Gerard

I am fairly sure the clamps Paul Sellers is using are available at 6 pounds each from axminster tools. You are going to need a set of clamps whatever happens so it is not like you are buying a jig for a one off job. Of course you could always use lengths of rope to clamp it up if you were unable...

Meanwhile Paul Sellers forges ahead with his soft wood laminated bench :D He will have no doubt finished it before the weekend. More angles on poor mans routers too. I think it is great.

As far as the luxury benches only being something professionals can justify is not necessarily true. In my experience it is the wealthy amateurs who spend a fortune on benches and tools. Professional only means that a person earns their keep from doing the thing and so they don't usually put...

I am really tempted to make the bench Paul Sellers is currently making. I recently read the Scharz book and had decided that his English bench with the large apron was a better choice for me. I was going to use sycamore as I have a fair amount of it already seasoned but I can see the sense in...

Workshop Heaven sell the clifton 2 piece cap iron too. I was astounded by the difference it made to my Stanley planes. I was considering buying new blades for my planes but Matthew at workshop heaven suggested cap irons which were a fraction of the cost of replacment irons. I know not everyone...

I am a fan of both Krenov and Sellers. :D I am equally interested in what people like and dislike about their work and methods. A good discussion is what this forum is all about. It is a pity though when people start calling others names that is where the usefulness of the forum stops. :roll...

Hello John, I understand what you are saying. Perhaps the arument for using a vice is based on the working height as the work bench puts the work piece higher up. Paul later shows how to stop the workpiece from slipping. Using the vice did not instantly appeal to me either, I usually drill out...

Dear John, I hear what you are saying. However Paul Sellers is showing how he does it, how he would like his students to do it, but he is not ordering anyone. Although I could understand some people might find his style has that air. Like all teachers/instructors he tries to introduce clarity...

Hello Derek, That is a great step by step instruction for making a very nice hand router plane. Thanks for posting it. Gerard

I (almost) agree with you Jacob :D . Only joking I think you are bang on. Paul Sellers is a trully generous man, he really wants to help people learn how to work wood with hand tools. I have learned a lot from his writings and video's and am looking forward to his workbench build tutorial. Gerard

Now that is a good design. Wish I had seen it before I made mine! It has a couple of very nice features (as well as the porthole). I had hoped people would post other designs when I made my original post, brilliant. Thanks for posting it Richard.

Unfortunately I have had trouble finding good allen keys in recent years and they have become very expensive. Every DIY shed has a basket with sets of buttery soft allen keys and they are in every flat pack the wife brings in from the ubiquitos Swedish store. Perhaps that is why retailers have...