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Member Bob Rozaieski of Logan Cabinet Shoppe made a Roy Underhill spring pole lathe. In his blog post entitled "William & Mary Bible Box Completed", I asked a question about turning green vs dry wood...

Lots of good advice here. Thanks, everyone. I think I'll follow Jim's advice from early on in the thread: get a decent blade and see how it handles 6" resaws. I'll make my final decision based on...

This is a hobby, not a business, so I can afford to take it slow. :D Thanks for the info!

No, it won't at that. And I suppose if a new blade shows that the saw wouldn't be powerful enough with the riser block installed, I'll have saved quite a bit of money in the end.

I'd considered this, but the blade that came with it is not very good, so I don't think it would be an accurate test. If it saws well with a junk blade then it will definitely work well with a good...

This question may be more appropriate for the power tools forum, but since I don't follow that forum and I'm sure people here will have a good answer, I'll post here.

I recently bought a real...

Agreed on that. It's so stunning, I'm not sure I would ever let it touch my workbench. I would hate to even get a fingerprint on it!

What was the final consensus about the Harbor Freight files? George was pretty pleased with them, but I haven't seen much about them since he started the thread about a year ago.
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Do you have a birthday coming up? Anniversary? I guess Father's Day is on the horizon, if you have kids. Memorial Day isn't typically a gift-giving day, but you could give it a shot. You've missed...

There are some photos of planes made by Krenov himself on the internet - do a Google image search for them. His planes are pretty roughly shaped, and they're not symmetrical - look carefully at the...

A while back, I found a scan of a book called "Wood Joints in Classical Japanese Architecture". It was linked to from a Japanese woodworking forum, and you can read a copy here:...

I'll second the maple recommendation. I read once on a flooring website that maple has good abrasion resistance, which seems like something you'd want in a plane. In my own experience, it works just...

The Close Grain blog has a nice tutorial for double convex bevel sharpening: http://www.closegrain.com/2012/07/convex-double-bevel-sharpening.html. Seems like his method with the guide blocks...

Count me in, too. Thanks!

Count me in, too. Thanks!

Count me in, too. Thanks!

My local Sears has them. They call them "line-up punches". http://www.sears.com/tools-hand-tools-punches-awls/s-1221050715?keyword=line-up+punch

How about an article that details how to convert project plans that specify powered equipment to use hand tools and traditional joinery? For example, a table plan that you like in a magazine...

I've been giving my ceramic stones a quick clean up with a diamond stone as you've suggested, George. I knew the ceramic stones were hard, but I guess I didn't realize just how hard and durable they...

Thanks for the info, David. My "budget" is to get something as cheaply as I can and yet not say "I wish I'd spent more" later on :). Sorry, that's not very helpful. I was looking at the Fujikawa...

Not necessarily. I don't feel like I absolutely need some Japanese chisels, I just hear so much positive things said about them that I thought I'd investigate. I wouldn't buy a whole set to start,...

I'm currently using two sharpening systems. The first is the one detailed on the Tools for Working Wood website: hollow grinding (if needed) followed by a medium india stone followed by a fine...

Tools for Working Wood and Lee Valley both sell magnifiers as well.

I'm also casually looking for some sort of magnifier for saw sharpening, but I'm not in any particular rush. I think I'll go...

That's useful informaiton. Thanks!

Another FYI - pieces of tool steel can be found on eBay. They're usually intended for knife making, so they're usually much shorter (and hence cheaper) than pieces from industrial supply websites...