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Doesn't have the japanese blade just a very long 1/4"ish thick iron. I'm actually in the middle of building my own brass plane so I don't have much going on in my shop to smooth and test the edge...

This is nothing but a blatant gloat about my new Knight smoother: Makes wonderful paper thin curlies...

We have attachments with it next to a LN 4-1/2, next to a Knight smoother and nice "Action"...

Hi Bob

i'd seen that picture a couple of times and was wondering if i could get a brief explanation as to what you are doing exactly. Are you levering against the lip of the mortise to clean out...

...but were afraid to ask:

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Look under our Bob's articles [Bob Smalser] and there is a whole write-up on sharpening and fettling drawknives.

Course the Clifton 3110 3 in 1 combination plane is much more versatile since its a chisel plane a bullnose and a nice, but smallish, shoulder plane. 1" or so wide, very easy to handle and very...

I notice that the list doesn't contain a definition for 'thwart' which is a seat/support arranged across the width of the boat and so named because it thwarts any attempt you may make getting from...

Way to go Bob! Beautiful job. Launched my Merlin Rocket week before last. Hope you have as much fun with your 'workboat' as I'm having with my funboat!

You've already got me thinking of making my...

A thick blade would help too...

I LOVE my couple of old infils, bought as cheap pieces of junk with lots of rust. Spent a lot of time fixing them up, including carving a new infill for one of them but they work like a dream. Take a...

Thanks for the feedback. I was surprised until I started researching and realized the complexity how little there was out there for designing/building a chair. I spoke to John Bullar who did...

Does anyone out there make chairs? I don't want a Welsh Stick or Windsor type chair. I want to make a nice set of birch or maple chairs to go around my kitchen table. I can do a pretty passable...

Jay
I got my LV smoother first and there was all sort of things I didn't like, some of which in all fairness they have addressed, its actually why I got the LN jack not the LV. The LN has its faults...

Yow, $320 does sound like a good deal. Open or closed stand? I just cooked the motor to death on my Jet bandsaw in a closed, unventillated cabinet. I think i'm gonna drill some vent holes in it...

My LV plane [I have the LV LA smoother and the LN LA jack, both of which are heavily used/abused] adjusts the mouth opening by unscrewing the knob too, suffering from the same 'fatal flaw' but the LN...

Apologies, I see the new plane on the LV site, oddly they've called it the bevel up smoother. Other than the sides, which i'm not sure why they did that, I don't see too much difference from the LA,...

Not sure you're right here... i've had a LV LA smother for a couple of years now. Although I guess that doesn't mean that they haven't come up with a new one. Its OK, don't like the handle for...

You are more likely to be able to replace it than get something to fix it.

You'd need to match type. There are plenty of resources out there to determine which type you have. Then a frog from the...

What do you use to cut the birds mouth Bob? I hear this term used on WBF but haven't had use for it yet. Maybe I have a use now that i've seen it used for something other than masts and spars......

And Doug

don't give up the day job for that acting carreer... you could get into special affects though, I loved the way the whole screen shook as you pound away at the dovetails with that 28lb...

And Manny, whats the lowdown on the screen in picture 1 of 4 that you linked to. Is that a piece of yours?

I like the balance in the solid wood bottom and the real delicate framework on the upper...

C'mon Bob, where's the rest of it? Hows about a 'And here's the finished chart box'. You can't leave me just salivating here...

Can you really cut that straight with a bow saw? Do you guide it...

New blade, 3 TPI, 5/8". Feed was probably 6"/min which didn't seem excessive to me but...

Not sure that a good deal of the problem isn't lack of air flow in motor cabinet. I think I may drill...

I was resawing ~10" wide 12' long ash boards a couple of weeks ago and my bandsaw seemed to be handling it pretty well. Saw suddenly stopped on my 3rd board. Motor cabinet very hot, so let it cool...

Would I be right in assuming that you are using Raw Tung Oil not the polymerized versions in the boat soup mix?

Thanks Bob

"Small boat and canoe plans are to 1/8th tolerance like in the table of offsets for the hull shown below....and you can't show me a "perfect" boat that's not out of symmetry by up to an inch here and...