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yes fair play to DW - I am sure most of us heard about it from him first, and he also has provided practical advice on how to use it, which is sorely lacking in the historical references. And that was my point really - if you read the terse references to it in old books then, even with the...

continuing the thread diversion! the thing about older literature is that as soon as you start *looking* for references to using the cap-iron to help plane difficult wood then you see it everywhere - for instance it is frequently mentioned in the republished Woodworker articles from the 30s and...

you probably won't be surprised to hear the boffins are working on that too. Once the technology matures it will have huge impacts - initially on manufacturing and supply chains (and thus employment) and then potentially on health care (organ replacements being the most likely candidate to...

the 3d wood printer has already been invented!

well I suppose if you have a hollow stone then the iron will inevitably take on the same shape, but on a flat (e.g diamond) stone although you can get a slight camber by adding pressure as you describe, creating a bigger camber means you have to alternatively lift either corner of the iron from...

I have a coarse diamond stone - any coarse stone would work if you were patient though (actually the shape forms surprisingly quickly as you are concentrating your efforts on a small bit of the iron at anyone time). Give it a go! Richard Maquire devotes a fair amount of time to each of his...

I am hesitant to offer advice as a fellow novice, but having started to learn these basics recently I can pass on something I learned from watching Richard Maquire (who generally doe his prep work by hand). One of his points about preparing boards is that you can reduce the amount of tearout...

ah - I see! thanks for the explanation

thanks - I am probably being thick, but why does the 12mm shoulder at the bottom of the tenon help?

a quick question Custard - if you were doing the joints with hand tools, would you angle the tenon to take account of the splay in the legs, or keep the tenon square and angle the mortice? Or does it make no difference either way?!?

I used the ikea floating shelf brackets for my two floating shelves, although they only hold 'decorative' nick nacks* - like others on this thread I would not put anything heavy on them, despite the fact that the ikea design is rather good (2x wide tubes about 7'' long held together with a flat...

I used it to design my shed/workshop which meant I used it for hours and hours - I had never used any 3d design software before, so possibly they all work in similar ways, but I found it quite unintuitive at the start. Once I got to grips with the basics then it was quick to pick up the rest...

Thanks again for providing the extra information - I thought I had understood, but then I was a bit confused by this comment: ... anyhow, I have tried to draw the joints - is this how it works?

The answer to your question - at least for Lie Neilsen and Veritas BU bench planes (are there others?) - is that the bedding angle is 12 degrees and the blades are thick (just under 5 mm).

now you say it, a screw thread is indeed the obvious way to attach the rods! doh! I shall have a closer look when I am next in the shed.

many plastic utilitarian objects are starting to be recognized as retro-classics - and rightly so, there is nothing inherently 2nd-rate about plastic as a material and it can be used to excellent effect. A good example are the rhubarb and custard handled stanley chisels which have now been...

right, we are lurching to the end of this survey - hold on to your hats! although we have not managed to pin down an exact date for the previously described design, it was clearly a success and was produced unchanged for decades - in fact the next (and final) design change was not made until...

looks great - I like the nails too!

excellent - thanks - I shall have a go at splayed legs with aprons then. Funnily enough, re flat-packing, Richard Maquire was originally planning to do just that so he could sell them on (he bolted his tops on with captive nuts so the table could be dismantled) Custard, any tips on the...

thanks all - I am glad I asked! Clearly RM gave the side-table design a fair amount of thought since the legs are splayed 12 degrees from vertical, and the aprons cross over at the same angle. He was thus able to recommend creating a small 12 degree angle guide which could be used as a saw...