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Thank you, Jim. and thank you for letting me know about Mary May...!

Thanks, Fellas. Just inquired about a Starret 12 combination sq online and looking into Pfeil....boy those sure to look nice!

Looking for recommendations for the following:

1. A good try square, brand/model (accurate for doing fine woodworking). All I have is rough-cut, low precision badly dented and beat construction...

Thank you, fellas:

I am going to grab an Atoma DS or three. One to level off my waterstones, but others to try as alternatives to the waterstones. I also had not stropped before and only just...

Howdy folks:

Been looking online to get some diamond stones to do my sharpening of planes/chisels. Have been using a series of japanese waterstones, and only recently even heard of diamond stones....

Hi Matt:

Thank you much! You know, I have pretty much come to a similar place. I was watching a series of videos online, including several by Mitch Peacoke (WOmadeOD) on Youtube. I've pretty much...

Ok. I will do that. I was looking at the buy it now options. Impatience.

I will look to find some to bid on.

That’s probably the way to go.

Do you have a recommended version of the 45 I...

Thank you, Stew. Some really good advice.

I've been hunting for a Stanley #45. Paul Sellers said they should be able to be had used for about $50. But the ones I'm finding on eBay and Craigslist...

I want to thank you all. I've got the plane out and I'm about to dig in deeper to see if I can figure out why the iron won't lay evenly across the throat and slightly extended past the sole evenly...

PS. The name of the device i used to sharpen the iron was a "Rockler Honing Guide".

I promised Jim Koepke I'd put up pictures of the Stanley low-angle block plane, my first plane purchased to try to help use with a shooting board to get truer miters for frame making. I have been...

Hi Stan. Thanks. I have Omega Moldings and a couple other suppliers to turn to for pre-made moldings.

My thought RE: Plein Air frames / Cassetta style frames is that they're really very simple:...

The screw, while appearing to be brass, seems more like some other alloy, would not stay tightened. When the plane was pushing a shaving, it would loosen and twist the blade out of position.

I...

Thank you, Jim.

I need to rebuild my shooting board. That link alone shows some great ideas to make it ambidextrous.

BTW...I love your small wood bench. My spring project is to make one. I am...

Now that's really interesting!

I had found that frame shops sometimes use a "Miter guillotine", but the ones that are within my budget are just cheap chinese mfg and I just couldn't see spending...

Hi Phil:

Thanks for the guidance.

All of my prior efforts to make the molding have been done using a single piece of wood, grooving it out with a 1" dado bit on a power router. But the more...

I hadn’t thought of that. That’s a good idea actually. Ps. Thanks for the kind words about my paintings.

Thank you jk. Much appreciated. Updated my profile. I live in Elma ny a rural suburb of buffalo ny. :)

PS. I'm a 52 year old, happily married, guy who works for a Christian Men's/Boy's non-profit. I love painting and photography, reading, jazz piano, movies, and can't believe I'll be 53 in a couple...

Hi Friends:

I'm the new kid on the block around here. Let me apologize ahead of time for a bit of length on this, my first thread. I thought i'd be better to combine my words into one post rather...