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I reckon this cabinet is all about the doors and what you can see is sitting inside the cabinet so I would be happier if you did not alter the size of doors. I think that wood blokes accurate (and of course at the time, very annoying remark, yes I was annoyed on your behalf too) was bang on so...

Amusing slant on a European wide problem. If we aren't prepared to pay for things made in the UK or Europe because they are 'too expensive' we will eventually have given the people who make the cheap and inferior stuff all our money. I do not have a problem with buying well made stuff that is...

Very nice cabinet indeed. I think that the way you have constructed the two frames for the door will look different when the doors are actually mounted in the cabinet as the lines will run through then. It is quite daring to make the doors like that especially after reading Krenov but I think...

That looks great! How far did you hone to produce the 90 degree bevel? Did you just take off the sharp edge of the existing bevel or did you take it down to the full thickness of the blade?

Thank you for post this project. I really enjoyed your last one too.

I am pleased to read that experienced woodworkers are discovering what a difference the two piece clifton cap is making to the performance of their planes. I was astonished at the improvement it made to my plane, but was open to the idea that it might just be me that was easily surprised. :) It...

I am glad you did this test Corneel. Are you saying that the original thinner stanley blade did a better job than the Ray Ilses? I do agree with Jacob that the bench has a lot do with the performance of hand tools. It is often overlooked because not many people are making beasts of benches...

Thank you for all the fine tuning advice. As with all things the longer you spend doing something and the more critically you look at the more you learn. It is then really terrific reading about the fine points of adjustment and being able to put them to immediate use. It also amazes me how...

I agree with the comment about replacing the cap iron. I bought a Clifton cap iron from WH recently and I am really very impressed with the difference in the performance of my smoothing plane. Not only does it plane like a dream, the blade (just the regular 1980's stanley blade) has kept its...

Why does this dowel plate I've made take me back to the time I first time I held a mallet? :D I picked up a piece of steel section when down at the scrap yard foraging for some brass plate. It is not stainless steel but still very hard. Which is why I was busy with it for longer than I had...

I recently came across Paul Sellers cutting dovetails on You tube and was very entertained by his style of woodworking and presentation. I started thinking about following one of his courses and I saw he had written a book. With all the DVDs it is an expensive purchase. Does anyone just have the...

I recently order a set of 4 foot sash clamps, six in all. Two arrived bent and did not straighten when in use. I photographed them and sent the pictures to Rutlands who asked if I wanted replacement clamps or a refund. So they get it right sometimes too. Even so a customer service department has...

I have checked all the ends for square against the lengths. I pared a couple of dovetails slightly deeped but this did not seem to make any difference. I dry clamped it with a short length of rope and this did not make any difference. I can see a slight twist in one of the sides towards one end...

:) Thank you all very much. I now have a whole list of things to do. I will see if I can turn this advice into an actual remedy for this box. I have had this problem before on occassion and remedied it by either planing or attaching feet. However alway felt this was cheating and I really wanted...

How pleased I was with my latest handcut dovetailed box. However on the dry fit it rocked corner to corner. :oops: The elevated corner lifts 3mm off the table. I told myself it would settle down when I inserted the base ino the rebate groove. But that did not help either. I remember from...

Can anyone advise me on the best way to drilling for dowels in jointing cabinets? In my Krenov books he suggests making a simple hardwood jig. I wonder how long that would stay accurate? Then recently I stumbled across metal dowelling centres and I though that they looked easier to use but have...

I didn't /won't take the banter personally. It keeps the board lively if people kid around. I just thought this had wandered so far off the point that it was unlikely anyone reading it would gain anything from it.

What is best? Are centre points easier to use than a dowelling jig? I have a horizontal morticer tablesaw on my INCA table saw that I have never used and after reading a couple of James Krenov's books recently I thought 'I must try that dowelling lark'. I had considered drilling a steel block...

I was wondering about those crazy prices too. The things you learn on this forum it is amazing.

As I do not work in bare feet or whilst wearing sandals I cannot imagine that if the lower piece of the cap iron should ever fall off and hit the floor that this would be a problem for me or my toes. I do see how this could be a disadvantage for Hobbits though. :) As I have already stated I can...