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A woodworker obsessing with perfection, I see nothing unusual.

Hey Stew,

I need to get some time to look over any fasteners on the bench the lag bolts aren't square(that attach the bench to the legs) like you've mentioned the are obviously from my lifetime...

Had a few minutes after getting home today to put the top on. Doing this alone sucked a bit but I managed to get it down flush on the legs. It has a lot of wobble so that will be the first thing I...

Space was a premium living in an apartment so I all my tools ended up getting boxed up. Then I got married bought a house had a child. He's 1 and a half now so I am starting to have some time again...

I've been doing all of my work on a bench that came with my house but I found it limiting. I saw this pop up and figured I would post it as I'm sure you guys will have your own imput which is more...

Thats for all the help guys much appreciate it!

I am starting to find time again to do woodworking now that my son is 1 and a half. In my free time I've started to get my tools set up and ready so I can start making things but I've dished out my...

The way I see it is I want to buy wood and buying new tools keep me from that because of initial cost. I think the most money I've spent on a plane is $70s for a number 7, I have around 10 planes...

I'm on the other end of the spectrum being in my 20s after learning how to sharpen I seem to get cut more often, I attribute my cuts to my gained ability to sharpen. When my tools were as sharp as a...

that's a clean repair

Its taken me 3 years to get started and put wood together but I finally am, I only use 2 planes a number 3 and a 9 1/4


I do have a Sargent 4 size, 2 stanley #5s, 2 7s(one keen kutter and one...

Its so hard to spend so much on a cap and blade when I'm in 10 bucks for the plane(9 dollars for the sole and 1 dollar for a cracked plane), I was mulling those over or Hock's stuff. We'll see if I...

Welp, while looking on ebay for a chip breaker I came across this 152810536809, double check to see if it matches how the frog mounts but if you are as OCD as I am I'd replace it so I thought I'd...

I'm going to guess you are correct with it being from another another plane, I'm going to use this as a scrub and once I find a new cap i will chip the cap up for a new marking knife or something.

Frog is seated correctly, if I put another blade from my 5 1\4 or other #3 they fit just fine well within the adjusters limits. I'm going to put a tight diameter profile and use it as a scrub for the...

I picked up a #3 similar that was rusted so much i couldn't see the crack till I lapped the side, I picked out because it was a dollar. I was able to get a sole off eBay for 9 bucks shipped after...

Problem one

I picked up this number 3 about 2 years ago and today I finally had the chase to put this one to wood, still needs a little more cleaning up but the strangest(most annoying) thing, the...

Any particular reason to avoid them? I have Shapton stones and never heard any reasons to avoid them.

That is how I've been starting it but its getting old fast.

The few times I have had to pull them out I use an exacto knife to cut around the nuts so the wood isn't stuck in there and have a thick old craftsman screwdriver that I ground down to fit and filed...

Seems to be true with mine as well, it was a pleasant surprise but I've got to be honest I was excited to mess with it so I was slightly disappointed I couldn't tinker.

This is a big help I am guessing I ordered the wrong one so I canceled my amazon order, the one I ordered was silver and marked as a run cap the one I have is black and on the diagram it marked as a...

So I took it apart and I don't see centrifugal switch, I guess its safe to say I don't have one!https://imgur.com/vxPAie6

For some reason the site wont let me host my images here

I have an old Delta bench grinder that no longer spins when started. I can get it up to spin by hand and then the motor takes over. I believe its the starter capacitor but I keep seeing people talk...

Hate bumping an old thread but since this was the first link I found while trying to figure out more about a chisel I picked up I thought I'd come back full circle and make it easier for the next...