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29 now...getting scary for a minimalist :-" :---) like me (that includes 'shaves) :mrgreen: - Rob

Andy, these are just bog standard thick old blades from woodies...just cut them down with a hacksaw and clean up with a file. The irons are usually laminated (or the older ones were) so it's not too bad, but if you get a newer one (say from an Emir plane) the way I've done it is to use a...

Thanks Paul. This was an interesting little exercise to do and the finished plane works well. The only problem I have now is finding somewhere to put it, either on the 'Tool Wall' or under the bench as the collection :oops: :oops: of planes has grown somewhat - Rob

As promised, here are some pics of the finished plane, complete with the all important shavings. Firstly is a shot of the complete thing: In common with the true Japanese planes, I've used a steel pin for the bar which makes it a lot easier than doing the traditional JK wooden bar. The...

If you were a smoker DW (which I assume you're not) you could keep your baccy in it...in which case it would be a Whacky Baccy box :mrgreen: :lol: :lol: - Rob

It's finished and making nice, long, ribbon shavings, but it just needs a final tune-up before I take any pics, which I'll do tomorrow - Rob

Now there you'd be wrong. A classic 'drive-by' is a true art form at which I'm a mere amateur, compared to some hereabouts. The essential ingredient of the genre has to be a pic of some description, which in theory is about: ...renovating the 'shop floor, but which in actual fact contains...

It is :wink:...I have one under the bench - Rob

Whenever I've tried this little trick, the resultant mix when set is always a lot darker than the individual dust and glue...dunno why? Of course, some of us don't need to resort to this sort of caper :-" :lol: :lol: :---) Seriously, I've heard that superglue (thin stuff) and fine dust...

Finishing Oil is good stuff but I wouldn't use it on ash...look at the colour it's gone. If you like that colour it's great, but not for me - Rob

Not my experience. My greenhouse glass is 4mm toughened and when I was installing the glass I very carefully picked a pane up by the edges and the thing just shattered. I didn't knock it, bump it or give it any sort of rough treatment...it just shattered as I was holding it. It is good stuff...

I'd agree. These farmhouse style tables seem to be in vogue at the moment and are always built on the chunkable side. Provided the material for the top is properly seasoned and jointed (Doms, biscuits, dowels, ply tongues or nowt at all) it ought to stay flat if it's secured to a beefed up...

Darren, I take your point and am not offering any sort of damning critism of the piece 'cos it's a stylish and well made table, but I can see that from a practical point of view the 'form' is excellent but I query the 'functional' aspect. For example...can you imagine the scenario if there were...

Nice head gear Paul...almost the same shade as Jims smurf shirt :mrgreen: :lol: - Rob

Thanks for that Jim...appreciated :wink: I have a small lump of the 'real deal' and have already cut off a small slitherino ready to glue in today. Should be able to get it finished as well by COP today - Rob

A nice piece of work with the glass ingeniously fixed in place...very neat :wink: However, I do query the 'practicality' (if that's the right word) of the design. If something heavy were placed on the very edge of the glass, or if someone leant on it, or even fell by accident on it, I could...

I had a really great day round at Mike Huntley's bi-monthly Japanese tool bash yesterday and what made it even better was the the weather, for once, was glorious. One of the guys brought along a couple of hybrid pull planes, made aka JK fashion but with cut down, thick blades from an old woody...

I may be wrong here, but I understood it, these 'oil pots' were used at the end of a bench to lubricate wooden soles at the end of each stroke, the idea being that as the pass over the timber was completed, the plane then went over the oil or grease pot and thus lubricated it for the next...

All looks good from this end Paul. Mind you, if any of that walnut is getting in the way, you could always lob a bit my way. Fat chance of that happening though :lol: :lol: - Rob, (who's just bought a load)

You're correct Rod, the smith forges the rough blade and as I said, it then goes to the polisher, after which it is sent on to another craftsman who makes and fits all the other bits and piece such as the hilt, handle and scabbard, but Fujiyasu-san is only licensed by the Japanese government to...