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Yes, that's why prototyping is very important. In fact, it is very useful for any vise installation. I did prototype from pine also for Veritas Twin-Screw Vise and I'm very glad I did.

And yes,...

I did a mock build of leg wise with linear bearings. With parallel guides like that or cross or chain toe-in is indeed needed to grip better along the whole surface of holding piece. The amount of...

I built mine from laminated beech panels, too. But I used 27 mm (1-1/16") thick ones and it was cheaper 5 years ago, like 35 EUR for 60x200 cm. I glued two panels together for top parts (I have 3 top...

It is more like English workbench in this regard, no vise yet. I can clamp a board to wide apron. Apron is 15 cm tall and worktop is 5.4 cm thick. So, there is plenty of place to clamp to it...

Hi there, Europe here too!

I'm 184 cm and my bench is 96 cm tall, 58 cm wide and 160 cm long. And maybe it is a tad taller for me but I'm lazy to change it now. Maybe I will shorten it by 5 cm, it...

Sorry for post not related to topic but...



Have a nice vacation, Derek! I can confirm, it is beautiful already here. And also lots of good old furniture in local museums/palaces, I've heard.

Not sure about hand planes (though, block plane with side depth stops can be handy), but they do have affordable squares and miters and sliding bevels. In fact, I'm waiting to receive my order soon...

Did recently just that - planed end-grain with BD plane with heavy camber. The board is 3/4" thick, about 8" wide:

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Had to remove about 2.5mm (1/10"). First I chamfered the end and then...

This not so old topic suddenly got some spin... Besides that some people started to choose which plane to buy based on materials used for a lever cap, somebody started to make new ones from more...

LOL! This is how future Incra CNC Positioner will look like (as some next model after Incra LS Positioner). Or a table saw with CNC sliding table, sliding in 3 axis. Or a router table with CNC fence....

I also, like you, I learn by doing projects for workshop. I also wanted a plan for my first project. For me it was simply not clear how much thickness is enough and what wood to use and most...

My first thought was about wood movement... If drawers are stopped at the end (at back side) then it means that the fronts will not always stay still, compared to dividers edge. If there would be a...

With my shooting board out of 3/4 thick material about 1-1/2" is left of LV blade. Maximum would be 2" for LV, after taking into account that the blade is skewed.

I also managed to shoot stock...

But... but... you were posting some photos of building your own planes not long ago... why did you buy them instead of making them?

Very, very useful plane if you do all by hand, including preparation of stock. Easy to master, works great, gives great feedback and is pleasure to use. It's like using an axe, or a drawknife - very...

There is something like liquid wood already. I can imagine it can be printed in relatively small parts then.

Then let me state the obvious. How to design for hand tools? And then another one. How to design for hand tools that cannot be done by machines?

Dovetails with narrow pins. Turned profiles with...

If you want to compare the speed between power tools and hand tools then it probably means also to prepare the stock by hand vs by machine, which not every "neanderthal" nowadays does. But if stock...

Have four Veritas saws, both carcass saws and dovetail and small cross cut saw. Interestingly, they all have the same kerf width and blade thickness. Sometimes I start with small saw and finish with...

Or one just can find my previous post. It gives knowledge, rather than someone's opinion. :)

I use Incra T-rule a lot, 150 mm version. Bigger 300 mm for big distances is more tricky to use.

Mainly to mark out a cross where to drill a hole, sometimes to draw guides on parts to align other...

I want to widen the topic a bit... What finish modern manufacturers use? For example, on Veritas bubunga handles, or Lie-Nielsen cherry handles. That would be also useful to know in case of repairs.

In my not so long experience, it becomes less slippery and less sloppy after first $5000 spent... and then after next $5000 you come to a point where you have to wait for a new interesting model to...

How heavy it is to push depends not only on width. I think what you are actually asking is - would someone set it up as a coarse plane?

Maybe not so much. But it can certainly work well as medium...

Have bought some Sapele also known as African Mahogany. It does have interlocking grain. Basically, tree grows in one direction first half a year, and in opposite direction other half... Pretty much...