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    Hardest part of hand planing for me is planing edge square to face. Tips?

    This might be of interest. I have found it to be generally beneficial. When I have an edge where one side is much higher than the other, as measured with the square from the flat face, I put the plane on the high side, estimate horizontal by feel and plane until I take a full width shaving. It...
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    Interesting plane

    I've seen a couple of these on tool websites recently. I suppose that if you get one which is well made and set up, it might end up being a go to tool for T & G. What would be interesting to know is how it sits in the hand. The one that Andy has pictured looks quite wide. I wonder if that could...
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    Good Internet "Tutors"

    Matt Eastlea's good but I wish he would just slow down a bit. He seems to be slightly manic by nature.
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    Good Internet "Tutors"

    I've just remembered a similar series of excellent YouTube clips from Graham Blackburn and there are also a handful of YouTube videos Jim Kingshott, who was obviously a master of the old school. I find the latter in particular to be a joy to watch.
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    Good Internet "Tutors"

    I'd forgotten him. Yes he is very good.
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    Good Internet "Tutors"

    There are a lot of good woodworking gurus on YouTube and I could give you a list of half a dozen whose clips I happily look at. Each usually offers some emphasis or interpretation that others don't. However, I think that for straightforward and very clear demonstrations of how to cut different...
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    Favourite / Least Favourite Native & Imported Woods

    That's an interesting question. I recently made a new top for a garden table out of chestnut (don't know it if counted as sweet or not) and it was terribly prone to fracturing - I can think of no better term for it - in line with the grain. This meant I lost an estimated 10%+ of the wood. So I...
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    Squares for track saws

    It's very kind of you to offer but don't go to the trouble. I've decided to get old fashioned on this, given that I use machines so rarely. I'll use a normal square to mark the cut (which will be about a foot long), then clamp the track onto the board and make the cut. I imagine that that will...
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    Squares for track saws

    Thanks for the tip and the price is reasonable. Do you happen to know if it would fit Festool gear?
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    Squares for track saws

    I'm making a book case and I'm happy that I've got the rear edge of the sides straight with a jointer plane. However, I want to get the top and bottom bang on square to the rear edges. That would be a bit fiddly to do on the bench with a hand plane (they're 5 ft long) and I'd heard that there...
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    A Cautionary Video

    I reckon that because he was focussed on his workpiece, his subconscious told him that any other piece of wood could not possibly be affected in any way by the sawing procedure. My guess is that he's not a bloke who regularly uses a table saw.
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    A Cautionary Video

    I can't work it out for the life of me. The only thing I can think of is that it was perhaps meant to stabilise something in a certain position ... but what?
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    A Cautionary Video

    I wouldn't normally think of putting up links to internet clips on here but the second mishap on this clip is quite a useful reminder for anybody using a table saw, perhaps for the first time. The rest of the clip has some quite funny but not woodwork-related incidents.
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    What size chisels do you use the most?

    I bought mine as I needed them. As I mostly make small bits of furniture, those that I use most are 1/4", 3/8", 1/2" and 3/4". Then I added a 1 1/2" and 2" for cleaning the sides of mortices. It is of course impossible to resist adding other sizes when you see what you think is a bargain. FWIW...
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    Intelligent Drill Press .... how much?

    No. I reckon it's so clever that a hand will come out and cuff you around the ear.
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    Intelligent Drill Press .... how much?

    I thought I'd entered the world of high precision kit when I got my Bosch PBD 40 - it's got a little light and everything. Maybe this thing is aimed at science departments of firms. Would it be of any use to a professional joiner who had to drill, say, 150 holes in a batch?
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    Intelligent Drill Press .... how much?

    Bridge City Toolworks has introduced an "intelligent" drill press: https://www.harveywoodworking.com/products/sniper-sd-20-intelligent-drill-press Just make sure you're sitting down when you get to the end and see the price. I'm sure it's a tip top bit of kit but I wonder who it is aimed at...
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    Not a straight edge - a cautionary tale.

    I'm currently working on a book case which will be 5 ft tall. My longest straight edge is 4 ft, so I bought a very long (about 7 ft) spirit level at the local DIY place: I assumed that being made of aluminium, its accuracy would be good enough over a length of 5 ft. However, I discovered...
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    Bird table

    Are those sacrificial toes which can be replaced when they rot? Very clever idea if they are. Also, will you be putting some sort of finish on the roof and feet? It's such a lovely piece of work that it would be a shame not to.
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    Lost! Now found.

    I'm glad it's not just me who has wandering kit. I have an ornate tin box - I think it originally housed posh biscuits - my "bench box" and it holds pencils, a two foot four fold rule, 6"rule, an awl, pencil sharpener etc etc. I am convinced that everything which lives in that box is distantly...
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