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Here are two web links, both in England:

http://members.lycos.co.uk/handforged/polelathe.html

and in the next one, select Plans from the frame on the left:

http://www.bodgers.org.uk/

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I just finished building this saw horse. Pretty happy with it. Nice working height. But I found the jaws were a little narrow for some of my saws. Solved the problem by cutting a kerf about an extra...

Forgot to mention the plane rehabilitation post. Also very interesting and informative.

Great post. It goes well with your other posts, chopping mortises, and your display of home made tools.

Any chance of a similar posting where plane and saw are used to dimension lumber instead of...

Thanks for the response.

I was using 2 inch #8 wood screws. It's now clear that my clearance holes were not big enough, but also with a 2 inch screw going through inch and a half maple, that...

I'm used to working in construction lumber.

I just tried to attach some 1.5 inch maple to a thick piece of white ash. I used my usual screw clearance bits but when I tried to drive the screws...