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I’m more worried that I’m going to mess up my new plane before I get a chance to use it. I tossed off the fact that the fence could be drilled and tapped rather casually, but I’ve never actually done...

Yeah, same here.

Thanks for digging in Stew. It appears Stanley wants me to buy all of these planes. I’m going to resist for now.

Thanks for the quick turnaround Stew.

Jim, that sounds just like something that Stanley would do. Thanks for the info.

I’ll tryout that dowel trick. It sounds like it would help me.

I just picked up a Stanley 50 combination plane on the auction site for plowing grooves. It’s my first plane of this type and it certainly has a learning curve.

Anyway it seems to me that it...

I was wrong it’s more like 2.5 ft.

Ahh, that HVAC volume change makes sense. Though I wonder how much of a difference it will be for me. There’s really not much space above the ceiling level in this garage. At the back it’s basically...

That sounds like what I would do, but no ceiling. What advantages does the ceiling provide?

Thanks Jim, I'm really liking these door and window suggestions. All things that I hadn't yet considered. It would be nice to get rid of all of the overhead door tracks. Of course that adds to the...

I hadn't really considered surface mounting the electrical, I always looked at that as something you would avoid if you are planning the walls from scratch. But if I do forgo the stud walls as you...

I hadn't seen this crystalline stuff in my research, thanks for pointing it out. It seems like there are a lot of options and opinions on the moisture barrier. I'll keep researching.

As far as gas...

Hello SMC, long time reader, first time member, first time posting. I’m in the planning stage of a new workshop and am looking for advice and recommendations from this community.

My future shop...