No-More-Sloppy-Neck-Pocket-O-Matic I think that should be the official name laser etched on the jig

@tej It's neat isn't it? That guy builds a lot of very cool things, including most of his workshop, and always to a really high level of precision.

So the dowel cutters I have are utterly useless @tej, I saw this video just recently.

@russ, I noticed the relative price thing too. He said the Rider No 4 was about 100 quid, it's now 75. I think Axminster may have dropped their prices because they couldn't compete on quality.Personal...

@russ, I suspect that for the money you may not find better new planes than the River, to lower the cost they have to make savings somewhere, and it seems one area is in the flattening of the plane.So...

@russ No personal experience, but having watched this I won't be buying one.

@tejWorkshop heaven sell 10mm float glass for the scary sharp method. I'm happy to recommend them, everything they sell seems to be quality (they've taken quite a bit of my money). But saying that, I ...

@tej, Ben Crowe has a couple of live Q&As a week (one is live right now), you could ask him what his suggestion is for flattening a block plane on a budget.

@tej there are quite a few plane restoration videos on youtube, basically you want the flattest surface possible and some sandpaper. I think vintagetoolshop probably flatten any planes that need it be...

Incidentally, vintagetoolshop.com currently has a 10% off sale and a variety of block planes in stock. If you're not sure if it will be suitable, just ask them, if the staff doesn't know their boss wi...

Why are people even bothering with the fillet? It's not necessary with a modern truss rod.

@boo that's a bit cheeky! No surcharge with these guys, but there is a £12 minimum order

@boo These guys have 6mm, which is about normal for a dot

@darrenking in that diagram the ground wires are green and the hot wires are black. The black stranded is I assume a shield, so it goes to ground. It's a pretty fair bet that black solid goes to groun...

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@darrenking it sounds like you just want a bog standard 2 pickup 3 position wiring (you don't mention coil taps), do you really need a diagram for that?

@boo his thumb is a dead giveaway that he's really an alien, here to take over the world and snack on our brains

@mattbeels for the most part (and I'll admit to limited exposure to it), it doesn't do it for me. But there's no denying that there are some monster players and some monster guitars associated with th...

@russ @darrenking Taylor's partner in the Cameroon sawmill project is Madinter, who you can buy from. I just recently found out about this because of an interview with Ben Crowe on sustainability, app...

@boo I think the hundreds of thousands you have to pay to get a license to use Vanta Black (not to mention that it has some very special application method) probably makes how hard wearing it is rathe...