Wood, your hand tools, you and a little know-how. Share your questions, tips and strategies for the use and maintenance of hand-tools.
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 Vibrating sawOne of my first quality tools I’ve gotten is a Pax crosscut saw. I was ... |
6 | 63 days ago |
 Hand Plane Purchase Question....Need some helpHello all, first post. I’ve been lurking for a long time then signed u... |
20 | 63 days ago |
 When to replace the iron?I recently picked up a Stanley #4 from ebay. The plane was pretty rusty, but... |
23 | 63 days ago |
 Scrub Plane - did I screw up?Well I bid on a brand new LN 40 1/2 scrub plane on EBay and won it. It was a... |
19 | 63 days ago |
 Stanley plane IDNew to Lumberjocks, new to woodworking. Have two planes from G Grandfather in... |
11 | 63 days ago |
 Leather strop sourceWondering if there is a certain type or grade of leather that makes a good st... |
6 | 64 days ago |
Cheap hong Kong style planerHi all, virgin poster here, long time lurker lol. So I broke the cardinal rul... |
3 | 64 days ago |
 Face vise: why is the screw off center?Many traditional face vises look like this: The lead screw is not cent... |
7 | 64 days ago |
 Stanley Planes Before the Advancing Screwso are these valuable/rare?? I saw one at a flea market today – Stan... |
2 | 65 days ago |
 New vs vintage Stanley planesHello jocks! I have a question regarding the brand new, UK made Stanley 78 p... |
23 | 65 days ago |
my new stanley sweetheart low angle jack plane.today my first quality hand plane came in the mail. i was wondering how to ta... |
4 | 65 days ago |
 Corsair hand planes?In rummaging through my dads garage the other day looking for a flat file, I ... |
15 | 65 days ago |
 Shooting plane in the Krenov styleAnybody made a Krenov style shooting plane. If so, would you share some parti... |
1 | 65 days ago |
 Surface Grinding Plane Soles - Need a pic pleaseI’m at that sweet nexus where my woodworking hobby, metalworking hobby,... |
9 | 66 days ago |
Honestly now, do you switch saws?In the following cases…. 1. Cutting out the side waste after using y... |
8 | 66 days ago |
Diamond stone sharpeningDoes anybody use diamond stones exclusively for sharpening? (ie, not followi... |
16 | 66 days ago |
 workbench MDF top using bench holdfastsI am looking onto building a bench using MDF layers for the top. I assume it ... |
6 | 66 days ago |
 Cut clean up...Ok, so I’m a bit down because last night I was sawing up some construct... |
16 | 67 days ago |
 Wilton Bench VicesAnother school has eliminated their Industrial Arts Program and I was fortuna... |
1 | 67 days ago |
 New to me Stanley PlanesI posted a month or so ago asking about good beginner hand planes on a budget... |
11 | 67 days ago |
