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I think this blog post in particular turned a lot of people off of Mr. Dunbar..

http://thewindsorinstitute.com/blog/?p=136

The "chairmaker sitting at his shavehorse" that Dunbar is referring to...

Well, I can only give you my personal experience. I've got 4 of the grammercy holdfasts, and a 4" thick ash bench. At first, they worked great out of the box. After a couple years, they barely worked...

Ryan,

I've got a number of the gramercy holdfasts, and sandpaper never worked for me.. I tried counterboring my holes (4" thick bench), using sandpaper on the holdfasts, nothing would work. ...

Does anyone just freehand to a convex bevel? I use a black Arkansas stone and a strop for 95% of my sharpening. And I've got almost all A2 steel as well. I switched over to that method maybe a...

I started off with the shapton's, but switched to oil stones about a year ago. I have a black 10x3" arkansas stone that I leave out on my bench along with a strop. I've got A2 steel in almost all my...

John,

I purchased Natural Whetstone's "10 x 3 x 1 Black (1200 Grit) Arkansas Novaculite Whetstone" along with a soft whetstone about a year ago, and couldn't be happier. They're a great deal...

Doh! I realized I wrote that I replaced the glide with the glide.. Duh. I replaced the glide with the *crisscross*, and far prefer the crisscross. I wouldn't replace it for anything.. The past few...

I used the glide with the roller setup for about 2 years before I installed the glide. I far prefer the glide, and here's why:

If you *forget* to move the pin (which I often did) when clamping a...

I've got the two top slabs attached with huge spax screws.. Probably not necessary, but they came with the kit so I figured I may as well use them.

- Matt

I built the benchcrafted roubo a few years ago, and I've got no complaints.. One thing I really like about the split top is the ability to slide drawers around the end and clamp them with the wagon...

Mike,

I recently retrofitted my split-top roubo with the criss-cross. I already like it much better than the original glide. It was a fairly easy retrofit as well.

Here's my write-up:...