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I have a bunch of the older K body Besseys and love them. I find myself searching ebay and craigslist for them to expand my stock of 24" and 40" clamps but so far to no avail. I find I can apply...

Grrrrrrrrrr! That plane is beautiful!

-Alden

Rather than blaming the creek, the first step is to admit that you have a problem.

I've done it, "Hi, my name is Alden I am a tool addict". :)

-Alden

I would also vote for Wurth Wood Group if you can get there. Even though they don't have a showroom you get to see the plywood when they bring it out to load it. I have asked them to bring out the...

Same here, I used to really look forward to the shows. Now I don't even bother, it seems all the "good" vendors have stopped coming to the shows.

-Alden

I usually put one or two drops of oil in all of my air tools prior to each use.

-Alden

I bought the parts for mine from joe woodworker. Actually, I picked them up from him at his house since he is only an hour away from me. I was able to put together a setup that works great and I...

+1 for the Clico chisels. I have a Delta Mortiser also and replaced the stock chisels with Clicos. I believe Clico sells a hone for their chisels too.

-Alden

If you want something easy to remove the rust try molasses and water. Feed molasses or deer molasses that is. I was shown this after a friend saw a pile of rusty hand tools I was given. One part...

Beautiful work, understanding how you do it makes me appreciate it even more. Thanks for the explanation!

-Alden

That's the same age as my PM66 except I bought mine new. Mine came with the Biesemeyer fence but no sliding table. That's a good score that you got, enjoy!

-Alden

Jeff, I have never made a saw handle before but I would be interested in making one (or more). I was wondering what tools/technique you used to shape the inside of the handle.

-Alden

I made shutters for a house quite a while ago when I didn't have the setup that I have now. I made a plywood channel to hold the stiles in place and attached a template to it for the router at the...

I have a PM66 and love it. If I was in your enviable position I would opt for the Saw Stop. If I thought I could use it though I would take a quick trip down to Waterford and take whichever one you...

I have had a couple pieces of plywood as the faces on my vise for about 20 years. Works great.

-Alden

I used to do as you are suggesting, tall fence, bottom bearing flush trim bit. I have switched to a scraper plane and card scraper if needed. I found I can clean things up as quick or quicker than...

The end result looks really nice!

While I prefer the PM Gold your saw is looking great! Doesn't look like it will be too long before it's up and running.

-Alden

While I love my Lie Nielsens I agree with Kevin, once you have fettled your flea market planes they can do a very nice job.

Although I will say I love the Lie Nielsen card scrapers and they don't...

When my motor was being replaced in my PM66 I was talking to the technician about greasing the trunion gear. He said that's not where the problem is, it's the shaft that the worm gear is on that...

It came out looking purty!

I have used a ROS with Abralon 500, 1000, and 4000. But I did not have as much oxidization to start with even after it was in the fire. I was able to get the fire...

Your table top looks good. I was expecting it would clean up nicely.

What did you end up using to clean it?

-Alden

Great saw! I love mine.

I'd add a vote for the Beisemeyer splitter.

If you remover the side table and rails you should be able to move the saw around ok. If you have help it's even easier. I...

I have a 10" jointer, not listed as an option to select.

-Alden

If you take it apart into major components it shouldn't be a problem. The top should separate into three pieces pretty easily and the base comes off of the top with probably four bolts.

-Alden