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Wow! The knowledge of you guys is fantastic.

I inherited one of those things. I never could figure out what it was for--even though it was, and is, in perfect working order.

Great! Now I...

1. Wood Central, Knots and Sawmill Creek (are the only ones I regularly visit).

2. The Woodwright's Shop (I wish it was shown locally) DIY WoodWorks.

3. Hand tool forums, general interest...

CaptBill,

I did say "no more than 1/32."

But even if it is as much as 1/32" I don't think that would leave an unacceptable surface. Certainly no one could see the undulations, and perhaps not...

John,

No, not you. The other John.

I misunderstood what you meant by "little ridges." I don't disagree at all. My apologies.

Ah, yes. Scraping a glue line. I'm afraid my technique with...

John,

What the other John said--with one little disagreement:

I put a little arc or crown in my smoothing plane irons. That way there's no ridge to be seen or felt. (This was discussed in...

Howard,

This may be just a matter of definition. Using a plane with the iron honed with a little crown will not produce what I think you mean by "wavy." The crown is so small--usually no more...

Jim,

Before I get started, yes, a .001 shaving is good. But... I'm going to start sounding like a broken record (will the children of today know what that expression means?) what your shaving...

David,

I think the tool I use more than any other is my #7 jointer (believe it or not). I use it to flatten panels as well as to joint edges. It's a Record I picked up brand new and dirt cheap...

Joe,

Let us know how you like that LN plane. I've heard some bad things about it. (I will not prejudice you by saying what things.)

Alan

Joe,

Specifically, you want a shoulder plane. A shoulder plane is a trimming plane that's made for doing exactly what you have in mind: trimming tenon cheeks and shoulders are among the many...

Dave,

Before I made any big decisions on how to spend limited resources (I'm in the same boat) I'd do a careful evaluation of what work I wanted to do with planes. The work you want to do with...

Dennis,

Oops. Sorry. I guess I infered from other posts things I should not have.

Back to chisel types. You can go to some of the on-line tool sellers and browse through their chisel...

Howard,

I do my sharpening on water stones. I have five: an 800, a 1200, a 3000 , a 6000, and a green stone (about 240, IIRC). They're cheap, if you aren't taken in by advertising; I think I...

Dennis,

Sorry tp chime in again, but I have to disagree with Jim Talbert.

If you're going to use these tools you must learn to sharpen them yourself. Chisels, like most edge tools, often need...

Greg,

I'm not sure what you mean by "face joint." But please do not confuse "smoothing" and "flattening." They are separate operations that are ideally done with different tools.

For...

Dennis,

It's a little hard to judge from your descriptions, but... It sounds like the plastic handled chisels are bench chisels. These are the workhorses of chisels. They can usually be struck...

Charles,

I wouldn't take any plane of mine to a machine shop unless I found a machinist who was also a wood worker with knowledge about hand planes. An untutored machinist will almost always...