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Great reads thank you Megan.

My "shop" is about 4'x4' with an area I can vertically store wood approx 2x2' . Might take the cake for tiniest shop but I own no power tools and anything too massive gets taken to my parents house...

I will ill take some photos to help paint a picture and for the sake of diagnosis.

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It may be nonsense to you but these fine gentlemen are helping me out instead of critiquing my choice of words.

Andy,

Can you explain the sawhorse method. I am picking up two tomorrow anyways because they are going to be on sale.

Scott

I could add another 3/4" or two layer of plywood on top of the bench to sturdy the top. I am more concerned about the bench not being as steady as I would like.

Stew great story. It's not that the bench top isn't flat. It is not level. I'm thinking of doing some cutting of the uprights the bench top sits on. Measuring from the floor as my reference. I needed...

So my workbench that was hastily constructed is not level. This is unfortunate. I am working on correcting this as the workbench top, 3/4" plywood is held up approx. 6" from a shelf below it by the...

Which vendor did you go with if you don't mind me asking?

Yes, great suggestion. I also have a vintage Norton Fine India and I love it too. I use it interchangeably with my washita. I had forgotten about it.

Also Tony's comment about the strop is bang...

Arkansas stones are awesome. Here's a little back story.

I started sharpening straight razors a couple of years ago. I got obsessed with sharpening stones and spent close to $3000 on them....

Hi in the future (when my wife lets me out of the dog house for buying a veritas plane set) I would like to acquire a rip saw to rip boards to size. I own no power tools so I'd like to find a capable...

I have been enjoying the low angle jack plane so much I purchased a bevel up smoother, bevel up jointer to complete my set of bevel up planes, and medium router plane with 1/2" blade.

Due to the...

Here's a little update on my progress. I've acquired some more tools since I last posted. A Veritas low angle jack with 3 blades, 25', 38' and 50'. I also acquired a marking gauge and some winding...

Ok thanks for the info guys.

Today I played around a bit with my G12-220 Stanley Block Plane (Made in England). I ended up sharpening it again. Got 0.001" shavings with ease.

However I can't...

Steven I don't think it's from use, judging by the minimal wear the rest of the plane with the exception of the poorly sharpened iron. It is a rough casting as Jim mentioned. I couldn't find the...

Is it common for Stanley's of this era to have an uneven mouth opening at the front? Like jagged instead of machine square to the sole?

I am sure this is not one of Stanley's finest

Steven these threads are helpful to those will minimal experience. Thank you for sharing.

So I haven't flatten the sole of the Stanley I acquired. I set the frog skewed because it didn't seem to be machined straight to plane body... set up a cut checking both side and making sure the...

I'm finding this thread helpful as I intend to build a laminated work bench top. Not trying to high jack the thread but I was wondering if all I have is a LA jack would that be sufficient?

You are right. I will make my table and boxes and then if need be buy more planes. I often get fixated on tools too.

About 5'7", 155lbs but I'm still a young buck, 23 years old so I can put some oomph into the tool.

Honestly I haven't a clue what projects yet I want to make a some oilstone boxes, a coffee...

For smaller box making and smaller projects I can handle in my tiny shop, I think I will need a good block plane. I was thinking low angle veritas with the optional tote and knob which can make it...

Got the plane blade sharpened, whoever had this before me put a 2mm "micro" bevel on it and it had chips fairly deep in it. I assume it hit a few nails. Took a while to grind it flat on my DMT C....

it looks similar.