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Hi guys, thank you for your reply.

Jim, thank you for the rotate and for your points about the moving fillister. I'm exited to try it in action. It's still funny though, I think, that the...

Hi Guys and Gals,

I have just bought 42 planes in a bulk buy, mainly to get a couple of them, and two of them got me thinking...

There are two moving fillisters and as the picture show, the...

Peter, this is the kind you seek right? 264374

Hey Peter, I must admit that I can't tell you much about it, except, a JPBO plane is considered some of the finest you can own of these kind of old wooden planes here in scandinavia... But I see them...

Here in Denmark those wooden, horned planes, are everywhere and very cheap. They are nice planes, and often with very good steel (eskilstuna/berg - swedish quality steel). It's funny as well, in my...

Chris, Derek and dave, thank you for your reply. Like I wrote it's fine, it wasn't to be "against" or anything. Just me comprehending how things work here.
I work hand tools only, because I can't...

I don't ask this to be a horse about this subject, its really fine, but isn't this the neanderthal forum? Is everybody in here using machines? Have I gotten something wrong? I am new to this place...

+1 on what Roy Lindberry writes. No need, in my opinion, to get a mortise chisel. In my own experimenting in european oak (hard) I tried with the same size vintage mortise chisel and my regular...

I don't have a single power tool in my shop. (except an old drill press that runs on some voltage that I don't have access too, and therefore it just stands there, and looks handsome)

That will be sweet Lloyd, always a pleasure to see. Will you try the tinfoil and autosol method? Would be great to see more examples of how it works

Hey Lloyd, again, I would recommend you to jump straight into setting the teeth yourself. It's really no big deal. And here I mean, that it's one of those skills you quickly learn by doing, and it...

If it was mine, and this is what I have done before, I would sand with some 100 grit paper and progress to the shine you like and end with a wipe down with oil/mineral spirits. I also have saws that...

Yeah, that is just the kind of work I'm thinking of doing in my own shop. I'm working on making a window at the moment, which will make a huge different (I hope) all though it leads directly out to a...

Hey Tony, the woods used are fumed oak, to an almost black color (if given oil, it turns almost entirely black) and the other wood is birch.

This is a very nice post. I have just come back from Paris (5 days) today, and I can't wait to get back into the shop. So much inspiration out in the world... And as always, so much in here. Great to...

Ofcourse you are right, the ruler trick would not be neat for a chisel. Must get some sleep.

And if all else fails you can do it the modern way... use the steel ruler trick, and create a "back bevel". I have not personally had to do this yet, and I hope the day never comes where I am...

Ahh, Curt beat me to it...

I only use old used chisels. (berg chisels as I'm from Denmark) So I usually always have to use a lot of time in flattening the back. But it has gotten heaps easier as I now use dmt stones instead of...

If I understand the concept of the vice correctly, wouldn't it be an idea to add a tiny wheel underneath the front board of the vice? Wouldn't it otherwise scrape across the floor?
Or is it simply...

Hey Andrew, Yeah, you are right, it might not be jewelers rouge, I think it's a red chromium oxide paste... But then again, I'm not certain. And my lack of english terminology doesn't help either. ...

Hey Guys, I'm really curious to hear your thoughts on this. I have been sharpening my chisels and blades for a long time with freehand on dmt diamond stones to 1000grit and then roughly 30 stropping...

Wow Mike, that's really some beautiful tools. I love the Goncalo Alves - Stunning grain, me thinks. Is it hard timber to work with?

Wow John, that sounds like just the way to go...!!!! Thank you so much. As I am purely a neander, and have no spray gun, would you then recommend brushing the shellac toner on, or would it become...

Thank you John and Jamie. I myself had considered using some shellac, but brownish shellac alone didn't quite give it enough color. But John, maybe I will find some "alcohol dye" that can do the...