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Mistakes?... ?!?... Oh! You mean redesign opportunities!

just a thought, how about (re:designing) a ball and socket, er partial socket?

Hmmm. I believe any flint napped tool may be considered a plane of sorts. So which came first, the flint napped 'plane' or the stone hammer being, in a fashion, mortised to it's handle?

Lee-Valley sent me a catalog of hardware.. might wanna check them out for the latch...

full extension drawers everywhere on bottom, cabinets on top...dust control... hand tool work helps there. initial dimensioning outdoors if able.

Check out "The Workbench Book" By Scott Landis. Imparticularly pgs 152 and 153... It will turn up on a google search of "Japanese woodworking methods" Might give you an idea of something you can...

That's great and all, but, it didn't happen without pics ya know...:D

"the frog and base are cast as one piece. This reduces the opportunity for blade chatter to occur."

I am new to planes, are there, indeed, not any other designs like this? It, somehow, just...

Hi, I am a rank newbie, but I have a couple of them, they are very rough on the back and sides and take a considerable effort to hone out the ridges, but they do hold an edge well. I believe these...