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I have no personal experience to add, but I remember Alain Vaillancourt puts his ductwork under the floor while building his new shop on YouTube. Check it out here. The episodes where he preps to...

From their website it looks like what they sell is low carbon steel shot and castings. Not what you want to make a plane blade.
You want to look for someone selling 3 - 5 mm flat stock in steels...

I really like my Veritas low angle jack plane. I think rather than recommending a #5 stanley I'd throw my vote for the LAJ. With a couple irons it can do a ton of different jobs. I do have my...

I've used vinegar very successfully as well. The other one which is great for sidewalk/pavers where you have weeds growing out of cracks is just dumping a pot of boiling water on them. In the garden...

I would also vote for building your own over those you linked to. The Mike Siemsen one looks very good. I like benches with aprons.

I built myself a version of Roy Underhill's fold-up portable...

Spalting is caused by fungus which is breaking down the wood. So having 'structurally sound' spalted wood is not generally a common occurance. It's often too far gone for making things with, and you...

I too use a sharpie for the depth gauge when chopping a mortise. Yours look great. I haven't done an intersecting mortise yet.

Simon's spot on about the setscrews. I put a drop of purple Loctite (222MS) on each set screw and adjust my iron to centre with a 0.005 " shim on one side. Then no need to mess with them again....

I have no problem with PMV11 on my arkansas stones or water stones. It takes maybe a few more strokes than O1.

Debark it and paint the end grain with something. Wax is traditional, but any thick paint will do to slow down the moisture loss from the ends to prevent checking.

I like Veritas offerings more in general, but the big thing for me against Lie Nielsen is they only offer blades in A2 steel as Brian mentioned. I don't like A2 at all, so even if I wanted to go with...

I've used the baked oil seasoning method to get a nice black finish on some iron hinges from Lee Valley for my tool chest. Though I used mineral oil and a tiger torch for the process to make it fast...

While I find a slight chamfer on the bottom edge of the rip fence to be a benefit, I'd try and solve the underlying issue. The chamfer is not for sliding ease, but more for dust relief so that you...

If the paring chisel you mention has a bevel ground on the back as well I'd take that off with a grinder. Hold the chisel at 90* to the wheel/belt and grind back to where the back is flat again....

If you have a straightedge and a compass you can use them to layout a line at 90* from any point from your reference edge. Here's how.

I can't tell from the pictures, but I'm willing to bet that there are auxiliary hydraulic hookups. If so, then you should be able to run a post pounder or auger just fine. Just make sure if you're...

That is the score of the year right there. Great tractor. Very similar to one of the ones we have at work, and that one is a great workhorse and the most fun to operate of all the ones we have.

Beech is a very traditional wood to make workbenches out of. It must have been because it's good for the application.

I don't have access to much beech on the West coast, but the few pieces I've...

I'd vote for a full do over at this point. Unless a plane is a crazy rare one in great condition that should go to a museum, then there's no harm in prettying them up and getting them usable again.

Maybe try a doe's foot batten and a stop made of 1/8" hardboard ? Failing that, there's always double sided carpet tape.

It's really hard to tell from pictures but it almost looks to me like someone attempted a 'restore' earlier and then spraybombed the thing black aftwards. Does lacquer thinner take the black off ?

I've found methylene chloride to take almost any kind of paint/finish/glue off anything in seconds. It's very nasty stuff, but makes stripping finish effortless. It's not very good for the...

For anyone else who is contemplating doing this, try soaking the stone in alcohol. Methyl or Isopropyl would work and not damage the stone at all. Just pour whatever is left back into the bottle. No...

That is too darn cool. I very badly want to see a video of one of these being used.

I have the pair of Veritas carcass saws in crosscut and rip. So far those are my only backsaws and I've used them for all the joinery on my projects thusfar. I can see maybe adding the 14tpi dovetail...