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My Millers Falls 5A as found in the wild

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Nice. When I used to tie I used an old drafting table adjusted almost flat. Those days are long gone. After 10 years in storage I sold my whole kit to a young tying enthusiast that I work with. He...

Nice find James. I’ve had a few egg beaters pass through my shop. Most found new homes during the great tool purge of ‘18. I kept one Millers Falls specimen that I found in the wild in nearly mint...

iPhone 12. Fits in my pocket well. I use it for calls, texting, and email.

I have the ECE version of this plane. I picked it up at a garage sale. The ergonomics are really nice and it's super comfortable to use. I've spent years trying to figure out what role it was...

I went with a Freud LM72R010 10-Inch 24 Tooth FTG Rip blade for flat bottom kerfs. I mostly use it for cutting spline grooves.

Another follow up.......

Lee Valley sent me a plane body as opposed to a new plane. I told them that made perfect sense. I transferred the knobs and other bits to the new body and it now works as...

Yup. Hoping the new version can be adjusted. The current one, not so much.

Yes it does. When I was a pup I wasn't real great at math, especially fractions. As I advanced in my education towards becoming an Engineer, I had to learn decimal equivalents, and over the years...

I've always thought that LV was a class outfit, but their response really impressed. I'm kind of stunned. They're sending me a new plane and asked that I return the defective one at their expense.

Metric is for saps. Decimal inch rules. RPN calculators are the best too.

Curtis is the man. I love his work, his attitude, and his videos. I’m 62 and I’d like to apprentice with him.

Jim and Derek - like I said, the shaving is a good indicator of uniformity and depth of cut. On certain woods it will communicate edge quality and geometry too. Nicks in a cutter are tougher to see...

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I finally got some free time to do a deeper dive. I swapped the blade over to the other side of the adjustment post to the bullnose position and "Voila", no more issues. What I...

Sunday morning coffee rant......

Like some of us I consume my fair share of woodworking related print and video media. A favorite is YouTube instructional bits on technique, tool use, tool...

Does this include the fence? I don't see it in the photos. Any idea what the blade material is?

We always called those 3/4 axes. I have a double bladed version.

Now that is cool! I've always wanted to make a Greene and Greene themed blanket chest.

Hi Ricc -

Did you ever find one? There's on on South Bend Craigslist. It's in LaPorte. Sending a PM too.

I tend to play it safe most of the time. In the late 1970s when I was learning my core skills in woodshop class, a maple and walnut combo was all the rage. I always hated that. I feel woods should...

White oak and walnut is a great combination. An artisan local to me makes lamps with this combination of woods. Well done!

I have a hand held wand style metal detector I use on "found" wood. It's been a good investment. It's pretty sensitive, and will find broken staples and other very small items.

Carroll - go for it. Ricc is a good guy to deal with.

I have two, a 1/4" and a 3/8". I'll usually focus on what size the tenon stock is and use the 1/2 rule. A 1/2 inch thick table apron gets a 1/4" mortise and tenon. If it's a 3/4" thick apron, I use a...

That's a shame. I really enjoyed his videos. His easy manner and teaching style was very appealing to me, as were his colloquialisms. A favorite was when he would describe a dulling plane iron as...