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I own on of those shrink ruler, it's a Rabone 18 with 4 different scales. I use it a lot like a straight edge.

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This 100%. I have the same exact technique and it's working great for me.

"In Quebec, we mostly use birch, maple, pine and oak"

I live in Ste-Julienne, Québec. If your not too far from me we could meet and I would show you how I proceed using hand tools only. ...

A month ago, I took with me on the plane a bunch of tools including a 5-1/4 junior jack. All tools were in the luggage, not in the cabin. They asked me to go to the dimensional luggage, got asked...

Kees made a nice study a few years back about the force required to push a plane.

His conclusions, if I read him properly, is that it takes more force to push a high angle plane compared to a...

Hi Jim,

How have you sharpen your kerf chisel saw? Like a standard chisel with one side flat or is the edge right in the middle of the blade thickness.

Same question for Derek.

Thanks.

Yes, that's the idea but by your picture - it's always difficult to judge a picture - I think that your cap iron is too far from the edge.

I'm from Québec and in French it's very easy to pronounce. Here was have lots of Dubuc but I don't remember any Dubuque.

I own a bunch of those Dubuque clamps and they must see 80% of all my...

Also, P. Sellers don't use any camber with his sharpening technique, all he does is round the corners. He can be seen doing all the work from rough to finish using a no.4 with no camber. We all...

You have a good eye Warren. I look closely to this video and you're right.

Just found that video. All the tests went like expected with the exception of end grain maple.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me42lw-BWak

My father in law had both knees replaced two years ago and now he's walking with no pain, biking, swimming, etc. It was a huge improvement for him.

All the best George.

A few years ago I bought an estate and I ended up with 70-80 planes. None of the blades were properly honed and not a single back was flatten. Those planes had been bought by a man collecting...

For all plane blades there is only a very narrow portion of the blade, at the tip, that get the work done. That means that all your BU blades could be ground at 23-25° and only the secondary bevel...

The corners on a camber blade hardly see any wood. Just use it like it is!

Yes, like many others here I enjoy hand planing and have fun doing it. I can't believe that I had all that dust/noise/danger around me before. My shop is entirely manual tools, no electrons.

In this thread I noticed that both Hock and Superior Tools are not discussing any hook with their instructions for preparing an edge for a scraper. That was in 2004. Today, if you go visit those...

Have a look at LN video starting at 4:10 minutes. They do not recommend a hook but their method didn't work at all for me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j342Bo_p1UU

I used to have the large scraping plane from Lie-Nielsen but all I was getting was vibrations. I kept that plane for a whole year and every once in a while I was trying to get it to work properly. ...

I've notice the same when I first listen to this video but couldn't remember seeing a chipbreaker. Now that you're mentioning the same, I had another quick look at it and it's there, the chipbreaker...

Yes Steve, I've noticed that as well. It's really different from our modern techniques using 10 different stones.



Mark, the oldest man is the younger man father. He's 80 yo and "can't...

You may want to listen to the following video from Mike Siemsen where he demonstrate how to use and hold pieces on a workbench without a vise. At the same time you can watch which tools he is using...

In this video made in 1984, two toolmakers for woodworking show how they were manufacturing their tools. At around the 9 minutes mark, one of them is seen flattening a wooden plane seat.

I think...

I do not have Warren's experience but I'm using the technique that Patrick and him describe for ~3 years and it's absolutely true that, once the capiron is set properly, you can plane against the...

Hi Derek,

I forgot a question...
What about the thickness of the blade compared to the front brass plate, are they the same? It seems to me that the brass plate should be thinner but I'll see...