Once again I'm saying this is a golden age for learning, and we are likely in the midst of the evolution of these type forums, and maybe ever increasingly being propelled fporwards by the speculators speculation regarding the little details
i.e you can put your money where your mouth is
Not that it will be the demise of the word type forum, but many do frown upon
specific terms or anything else which may not be written in the old books,
so it will enable those who aren't all that good at explaining things to demonstrate what they mean.
About 6 or 10 years ago, I made my first youtube video. That was before youtube became a retail outlet selling either nonsense (lifestyle woodworking as a woo ideal to draw in paying customers) or actual goods (dumpy numbs).
AT the time, I documented making double iron planes similar to those made in England in the early 1800s because it had never been documented and I put in the work to make a plane that's as good (as that type) as any that have ever been made. I can't make them "better" than the older english planes - there's nothing to improve, but I can make them as well.
What's missing in these discussions is pros actually doing work, so I documented making one of the planes and described the important parts of the plane both aesthetics (treat yourself to at least trying to make something nice without letting yourself off of the hook to make a kludge with several pieces of wood) and in function.
I goaded a few people to just turn on the camera while they work if they were afraid of talking and sounding stupid. You can work and look smart and not talk if it's a threat (not you, i mean in general).
Nobody would do it.
Almost all of us have phones that have excellent software and will take HD video front and back. it's so easy now.
I would like to take a video of making a chisel like these with limited tools - they are better than anything sold commercially right now aside from a few good japanese tools, but the style isn't the same.
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All of this stuff is accessible, but the chisels are freehand made and getting a close up of what's going on would be needed, so I will need a camera person.
I don't know that anyone would care to make chisels the same way, but they might learn something by watching me do it - something that can be taken elsewhere. Same with planing. I couldn't teach someone to make fine furniture, but I could teach a lot of fine furniture makers to use a plane much better than they do already, and with a lot less risk.
