@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 that we s...

I think the only important question is, does it work?Sharpening is something we should be doing regularly, "getting quite blunt" should be synonymous ...

The best way to do sanding is to find somebody who enjoys it and give the job to them.This helps not only you and them but probably keeps society safe...

Don't you mean you've carefully crafted an ergonomic radius offset?

Being a tool junkie I bought a very nice carbide scraper burnisher from Workshop Heaven, but it seems you can use pretty much anything that's hard eno...

It might just be a trick of the light (the difference is subtle either way) but to me the wood in the cutaway looks like more of a match to the body w...

@rockpile99 Anything can be used for jazz, you just have to declare yourself "experimental" and/or "free".It takes commitment though, you have to re...

@tej

@poco7 That looks rather nice.The partial cutaway Darren posted looks like a solid piece carved to shape, but that one looks in the picture like it'...

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.

@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...

@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 s...

@russNo 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 t...

@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...

@tej there are quite a few plane restoration videos on youtube, basically you want the flattest surface possible and some sandpaper.I think vintagetoo...

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...