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Yes, that is also something to remember. All of the Washita stones I've ever gotten (at least 10) have all needed to be flattened. Some were very concave in the middle. They're worth flattening as...

I have a bunch of washita stones and they vary greatly in their coarsness. Like any stone, they settle in, and depending on how coarse of a diamond stone you flatten them with, they will be...

I find Douglas Fir to be deceptively tough on edges. Especially once it has fully dried and the resin has gotten very hard. When chopping dovetails, or really when chopping anything to a line with...

Don't feel bad, I went to a Lie Nielsen event where Gramacy was also set up with all their tools. I tried their bowsaw in some about 3/4 inch thick wood, and I had the same results you did. I could...

I have a 10 inch long 1870's era Disston no. 4 backsaw that has a .015" thick plate, so they were made thin back in the 19th century and presumably also in the early 20th century. I prefer the...

I would totally make something with it, especially being that it was on your property that your kids grew up on. I've used branch wood to make spoons, chisel handles, and small boxes, and it works...

I went to a local cabinet making shop that was closing down a while back, and he had many large, thick planks of old growth cuban mahogany that he found in a barn in the 70's! This stuff was the...

Keep checking www.sierratradingpost.com for there 2nds from Dan's Whetstones. I got a 4x2 inch translucent Arkansas stone, and it is just as good as any vintage Norton or Pike translucent stone I...

I don't think the issues of vintage planes being concave or convex has to do with them being lapped in the past. Even the ones I have found that are nearly unused with the original machining marks...

I only use Norton's Oil, as it's my favorite, not too thin, not to thick, and doesn't get all over the place and make an absolute mess. The drug store mineral oil is too thick, and I'm pretty sure...

I took a look at the detailed pic, and they look like they would need some serious work to be of any use, as the bevels look to be wayyyy to steep, and they are milled out of steel that looks too...

I'm thinking its a mitre box, but when I consider that they already sell the nobex mitre boxes, that doesn't make sense. I'm sure it's a product release that encompasses more than one...

Hi Prashun,


Have you tried to make a cut on a flat surface? If so, were you able to get a cut on the flat surface? If you are able to get a cut on a flat surface, then it could be that the...

I found these at the flea market, and being a tool dweeb I thought it was neat that they were made by Disston, so I bought them and sharpened them up for trimming grass and clipping plants, etc. ...

I have to say I like looking at old antiques and seeing layout lines, as well as plane tracks on the undersides of the pieces. I have a few old wooden moulding planes that have all the layout lines...

*you can interchange LN and LV in my response as well.

I've owned many vintage stanley's as well as many LN planes (and I've used many Lee Valley Planes), and I also use wooden planes. I've...

Well David, I think your interest in sharpening is great, and to me this thread could be looked at as a way of simplifying the sharpening process (which is good goal) and also about finding which...

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I don't know where I should be posting this, but I am having a viewing problem with this forum. When I log in, many posts that were recently posted disappear. When I look at the forum before...

Hello David,

I would love to see a picture of this Iron and the plane it came with (you know the old "pics or it didn't happen" thing :)) I have found a wide variety of hardness in the vintage...

I think you should get an unneeded tool if you think that it would be enjoyable to use, and it could possibly get you into using more hand tools. I think there's no better way to get into hand tools...

I use my DMT Dia-sharp diamond stones for flattening both oilstones and waterstones, and it is not a problem to go back and forth. The oil washes right off the dmt stone so it does not contaminate...

I bought the Lie-Nielsen bevel up jack plane after trying it out as a shooting plane with the "hot dog" attachment. I tried it against a #9 with the hot dog attachement and the #51 shooting plane,...

It looks like the wedge is actually from an old molding plane, or maybe it's just got that kind of shape? I love little wood planes like this. I have a few that I got on ebay, one is 3 inches long...

Wow, Derek, beautiful work as usual! I can only imagine how difficult that wood is to work. If you had trouble with that wood, then it must be out of this world in terms of difficulty to work;...

I am not an expert on spoon bits, but I do sometimes use them for certain handtool construction. Spoon bits drill at an angle very well, they drill endgrain well, and the angle they are boring at...