@rocknroller912, @tv1, thanks for the "heads up" guys... I am going to look watch many videos as I begin my first build. I will remember that all questions are ok, and probably asked before. I have t...

@poco7 Welcome to the forum and remember there’s no such thing as a stupid question, which people often begin with. All questions are treated with respect apart from some of the long standing members ...

@poco7 - if you put an "@" symbol in front of someone's username when you mention them in a post, then it'll "tag" them, and they'll get an email notification that they've been mentioned in a post (as...

TV1. l'm going to have to review using this site properly, but 'til then, thank you for the advice and the greeting. Poco7

Welcome @poco7 Always great to have a new member join the community and share their history and their building experiences! Just follow the course, step by step (don't skip over any!) and take your ti...

Oh yeah, I forgot to mention, I'm a happily married Grandpa and [currently] reside in the Great Pacific Northwest, in Oregon, USA. Happy Trails, <>< Pocoranch7

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Well, for introductions, I'm going to use the handle Pocoranch7, my all time favorite band lads is/was a band called POCO, of which the [founding member] last man standing of the original band-mates, ...

@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...

I guess the upside is that you're not running the guide on top of the stone, so there's no wear to the stone @tv101 - you're dragging a hardened steel edge over the stone, I doubt you need to worry a...

there is no magic bullet that’s suddenly going to work. @rocknroller912 I'm not suggesting there's a magic bullet, I don't even know if this jig is an effective bullet, my point is that with a job th...

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. I watched that livestream too @rocknroller912, and have ha...

@tv101 There are a lot of factors in keeping hand tools sharp and my experience over 60 years of woodworking is that’s there is no magic bullet that’s suddenly going to work. Particularly so in regard...

I think the only important question is, does it work? Sharpening is something we should be doing regularly, "getting quite blunt" should be synonymous with "no longer usable for shaving" rather than "...

@tv101 Thanks I will check this out

@rocknroller912 My files are usually around 200mb in size. Rather than email, we/Carol tends to use the wetransfer service. That's free (for up to 2gb of transfers) and is way better than attaching a...

@tv101 Im not sure, I was trying to do a video with an iPad and plug in Shure microphone which is supposed to be studio quality, but I don’t think I can compress the file enough to email it. I’m not a...

Latest song to learn the words, don’t think the guitar part will be too much of a challenge. Will we be seeing you on Bliss soon then @rocknroller912?

Latest song to learn the words, don’t think the guitar part will be too much of a challenge.