Like most people when I first started planing by hand I had the same problem.2 things I was taking way too much of a cut and my plane was not as sharp as I thought it was. After I learned to sharpen...
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Like most people when I first started planing by hand I had the same problem.2 things I was taking way too much of a cut and my plane was not as sharp as I thought it was. After I learned to sharpen...
Get a hock blade, they are a little thicker but far superior to the Stanley blades. Really like mine.
I have a Rockler router table I bought a few years ago, that has now been disassembled and rests against a wall, and a dovetailing jig to go with it. I don't do hand cut dovetails very well yet, but...
I don't know the age or country of origin ( U.K. or U.S.) for your Stanley planes but some of them have Whitworth threads and that is a difficult thread to find taps or dies for. I saw some one else...
Neatsfoot oil is a yellow oil rendered and purified from the shin bones and feet (but not the hooves) of cattle. "Neat" in the oil's name comes from an old English word for cattle. Neatsfoot oil is...
Glen; Check out a bearing distributor, not home depot.http://www.houstonbearing.com/products/BEARINGS/BRONZE%20BUSHINGS.aspx?category=BRONZE-BUSHINGS
You can find all the bushings in different...
Check this out, I found it awhile back at Grammersy Tools website. It explains exactly what you are asking.
https://www.toolsforworkingwood.com/store/blog/86/title/Saw%20Spectra
Marc , I just bought one from nhplanes on Ebay for about $10.00, check him out, he might have another. I have assembled a #6 from pieces for about$45.00 from different sellers and there are a bunch...