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I have a new iron from St. James Bay and a set of originals. They are all 22 degrees + or - a bit.

I have both large and medium Veritas shoulder planes, but rarely use either one. I trim tenon shoulders with a chisel and cheeks with a router plane. The Veritas skew rabbet plane get used a lot...

I have found mine to be useless.

I have drilled saw plates, with various levels of success, using titanium-coated bits and carbide bits. However, by far the best and easiest way is to use a metal punch. The one I use is from...

Before making any changes to the set, try rubbing the blade with a bit of candle wax. Sometimes with a taper ground blade, the set may not be quite enough to provide clearance for the thickest part...

To reshape the handle I used rasps, files, gouges, sandpaper - anything I had available to shape all the curves and crevices. A sawmaker's rasp would make the process go faster, but with patience...

I think I own the same Tyzak saw - bought it from Woodcraft many years ago. As you point out, the saw is of good basic quality, but the handle is terrible and the saw does not saw well. I had used...

After planing a large piece of rough-cut maple for a table top, I started to have pain in my wrists and fingers. My doctor suggested I wear weight-lifter's gloves to cushion the impact. These...

I have one of these - it is a Disston No. 28 Tool Box Saw and is shown in the 1932 and 1954 catalogs. The Disston toy toolbox saw was the
Buddy L. saw which was made by Disston for a short time...

That is almost certainly a re-branded Stanley No. 50 miter box. This is a mid-range box with fewer features than the top line boxes. I have one that I use for cutting smaller stock and it works...

I am certain the L-N shave is as good as all their other tools - I have many of them. However, as an alternative you might want to consider the line of shaves offered by Dave's Shaves -...

At WIA last week, I bought a 1/4" pigsticker from Patrick Leach. As he puts it, length matters. He had a box full of various pigstickers priced from $20 (4" or so) to $25 for ones with 6" of usable...

The various lines of chisels offered by Stanley, as well as others, differ mainly in the length, presence or absence of bevels, and finish. Since the cost of the steel is minor compared to the other...

WD-40 is more of a solvent and moisture displacing agent, not a lubricant or rust preventive. It is composed primarily of Stoddard solvent, and provides only limited protection against rust. I use...

I have an uninsulated shop and have tried just about everything to stave off rust. Boshield may be a bit better than a wipe with an oily rag, but it is not the final solution. The best thing I have...

I was at the L-N showroom in October and purchased several items. No discount was offered, but I didn't ask for one either.

I find that many who disparage L-N tools have not used them. The...

Liberty Tool is worth a visit, but I found most of my user-grade tools at small antique stores. Though I got a good open handle Disston back saw and some NOS Swan chisels at Liberty, the theme is...

Wow, a workbench for working wood, what a novel idea. I was beginning to think that workbenches were an end in themselves, to be waxed and polished and admired, but never exposed to anything that...

For a beginner, I would recommend the LV dovetail saw. The old Disston 8" and 10" backsaws that are usually used for dovetails have a wider kerf and unless set up by someone who knows what he is...

According to the 1918 Disston catalog, saw vises (they refer to them as "saw clamps") were japanned.


Ken

Looks like an edger to me. Here is one currently offered by Lee Valley.


http://www.leevalley.com/garden/page.aspx?c=2&p=44691&cat=2,2180,33221

I've read a lot of books and magazine articles on cutting dovetails, and I've viewed several DVDs as well. I learned more from Rob Cosman's DVDs than everything else combined.

You can rent them...

You can get Evaporust at AutoZone, directly from the source at www.evaporust.com, or from Harbor Freight stores or online. HF generally has the best price.

I use Evaporust for small parts and electrolytic for larger pieces. Not that one method works better that the other, but it is easier to dump small hardware in a can of Evaporust. The stuff is not...

For a great guide to using citric acid, check out this link:

http://www.tttg.org.au/php/tttg_Page.php?n=15&a=28

You can use just about any source of DC power for electrolysis. Most people use...