I find the roller style jig that Mark demonstrated on one of the live streams to be the most cost effective solution for planes and chisels. In which live stream was this? i recently bought 2 planer...

It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question Indeed, just try to avoid my system of asking all the questions about one little details of the design and the route the truss rod slot without ...

I felt a bit stupid asking but better to ask than to do it wrong and screw my neck blank up. It's *never* a stupid thing to stop and ask a question. And if you don't know the answer, there's no such...

This forum is great much better than all the other social media groups Why can I only press the "like" button once for that post?? It deserves more!

Congratulations @louis123! What an accomplishment man!

Today I started with removing the angle from the neck pocket. But I went in a bit too drastic and should have left just a bit of an angle in there. Oh well I will need to shim it now, before I can glu...

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They leave "steps" on the outside edges, which form parallel faces onto which you can place the clamps, which then don't slip when you tighten them. @tv101 That makes total sense! Why did I not think...

Looking good @koendb! How did you keep the cauls from slipping around on the body while gluing up? The way I've seen other people do that ... They glue the body pieces together *before* the final cut...

Hah, a little suspense is a good thing @koendb. The first two have different nut widths, 43 and 45mm. I was talking about the third one, it has something else going on... @mattbeels Looks like it has...

Some more progress. Routed the trussrod channel. Unfortunately I had problems keeping the guide rail tight against the edge, resulting in a very messy channel.It is still a pretty tight fit overal and...

@jonhodgson thanks fer the tip...

@poco7 I shared this mostly because the type of finish (water based 2K) seems to be a new thing and is potentially interesting because normal 2K produces a very durable finish but is really nasty stuf...

I think @boo in particular might find this interesting, but I'm going to predict we can't get it on this side of the pond.

@jonhodgson Good article. I'm quickly becoming aware that finishing well, will be one of the difficult tasks to do... thanks for sharing this <>< Pocoranch7

Decision made .... I've bought the Veritas Honing Guide "system", based on the recommendation of my local friendly cabinet maker! It's not really much cheaper than the Rutlands gadget, but the Veritas...

@bpower I also prefer free hand sharpening on diamond stones and try to only use a guide if I’ve gone off square. Little and often works for me to keep an edge. However after years of free hand sharpe...

Just to put my two cents in here. I've been a "hand tool" woodworker for a while now and I prefer to freehand my sharpening. I have invested in good diamond plates and they have been working very well...

@tv1, the nice thing about picking up a vintage one is that if you don't get on with it you can probably sell it on for much what you bought it for. And you get a bit of history.

Cheers @jonhodgson. I was stretching a bit when thinking of possible upsides for that tool! There are “vintage” Eclipse 36s on eBay for <£20. That’s probably a better approach that giving £60 to...