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Thanks for the link Bryan! This build series looks very good.

I'm a newbie neander so I don't really know what I'm talking about when it comes to hand planes, but wow, those planes are beautiful!

Thanks for all the helpful comments and advice. There was a mix of boards with and without the pith, and a few looked quite clear. I don't have a moisture meter but could tell that they were...

I was browsing around a local lumber yard this weekend and found that they carry 4x6 and 6x6 fir timbers in 16' lengths. Since I was planing to build a Roubo bench the neander way, I thought the 6x6...

I just purchased a 10 inch coarse/extra-coarse DMT stone for $90 off amazon and look forward to putting it to use flattening my water stones. I have a combination 1000/8000 Norton stone and plan to...

I picked up a Norton 1k/8k stone recently and it was out of flat on both sides straight out of the packaging. I used 220 grit sandpaper on a granite stone and quickly got both sides flat. ...

How do you handle the dog hole over the leg? Do you simply use a shortened dog or did you chop into the leg?

That's great! I keep getting way outbid on the 42x.

Thanks for all the suggestions!

Hey Justin, how do you like douglas fir for your bench? Got any pics?

Hey Greg, I'm in the southwest burbs of chicago and have had no luck finding SYP either. Did you ever find it? If not, what are you using for your bench?

The event was a blast! The staff was very helpful with answering all my newbie questions. Top notch! I tested out the #3, #4, #5, #5 1/2, #7, 60 1/2, LA Jack and LA Jointer. I like the #7 and #4...

I'm sneaking out of work early tomorrow to attend the Lie-Nielsen tool event in Chicago. I'm new to hand tools and have never used a hand plane before so I look forward trying them out for the first...

Hey Tom,
Your local library can borrow books from other libraries. I just started doing this after realizing how much cash I was spending on books. My library usually takes about 3 days to get a...