Bob Jones 5443
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Two of my four planes are a L-N 4-1/2 and a Type 15 Stanley 5-1/2. Not exactly applicable to the question because the Type 15 5-1/2 is only 2-1/4”...

Ok, Andrew. Thanks for calling me out, and I’m sorry to have knocked you off your perch. I’ll just stand over here. Carry on.

PM me if you’d like some close-ups of any caddies.

Sure Patty. Thanks for the interest.

Hold the presses. My favorite tool is the 2007 Lie-Nielsen 4-1/2” hand plane that I took to a weeklong David Charlesworth class in 2019. It turned...

No, check that. My favorite tool has to be my hard-working 3D French cleat wall. It holds over 20 cubic feet of tools, and there’s still more...

Oh wait. My brother-in-law gave me a Type 2 Stanley router plane a few years back. It’s now 127 years old and still works like new. For longevity...

Oops: favorite tool might be my shopmade router fence. From simple Home Depot oak boards — 1x4, I think — I cut off 1” strips and laminated them...

Dust collector system? I have four 4” drop-down hoses around the shop, running through shopmade blast gates into a 4” PVC ceiling line to an...

Sounds encouraging. Thanks.

White oak is one of my two finalists for a kitchenette cabinet bank in our new cottage. It will go under a birch butcher block countertop. The other...

Oh my. I just found the illustrated instructions. I guess I’ll cast my hopes to YouTube. We older dilettantes who never did an apprenticeship...

Thanks! I’ll have a look at the Blum jig and it’s instructions to figure all this out. Appreciate the tip.

Larry and Jared, the shop made jig is intriguing. Can you provide a little explanation of how it works? Or maybe refer me to the Blum-made jig your...

I inherited my father-in-law’s Stanley brace that’s probably from the 40s. I’m missing something. I can’t get that tool to work. Certainly a...

It does seem likely that I’ll want to buy jigs for the drawer slides and cup hinges. All for two doors and four drawers! But I suppose once I get...

Micro-adjust anything is very satisfying. Thanks for sharing.

I glued and screwed two 2’ x 6’ birch butcher block slabs together for my bench, which has served me well for over fifteen years now. The slabs came...

Can’t see any photos.

Absolutely. I’m about to wade into this world for the first time. Test drawers for sure.

Rich, I’m going to use frameless cabinets with overlay doors and drawers, but I can anticipate how not mindlessly easy that will be for me. Good...

What a treat that week must have been. Working under his guidance would no doubt move my skills up a level or two. I spent a week with David...

Rick, there’s coincidence in the air. I designed a cherry cabinet and began the build four years ago. It’s probably 90% finished. I “just” need...

I’m looking for a 35mm Forstner for cup hinges. Which would you get?

Call Rockler and ask them. No, it’s not 1980. This advice is coming to you through the Internet haze of 2023. Ask me how I know.

I threw caution to the winds yesterday and actually called Rockler on the phone. Really. Best decision. I spoke for about twenty minutes with a...

After walking around this obelisk several times, I’ve decided to go with exactly that arrangement. Thanks to all!

Edward, Glenn, and Jim: the table saw dado/rabbet looks manageable. I’m going with a false front, so there’d be no exposed end grain. I’d need to...

Very interesting feedback. My table has finely detailed height adjustment due to its Mast -R-Lift, but fence adjustment is made by my Biesemeier...