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Thanks John, i couldnt be fully dried it was cut maybe 8 mnths ago and has been sitting outdoors in the weather since. I will experiment and see what happens.

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Awesome cheers guys,

I will dismantle and post more pics today some time.

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Is there any way of tracking the english planes, so i can know for sure?

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Better that its mentioned and discussed than ignored, then no one learns anything. I am pretty novice when it comes to this stuff. I was thinking of filling the cracks with epoxy and hoping for the...

Heres a quick squizz at the start of a new project. Lots of work done and still to do. But i reckon it will be worth it in the...

So stoked, i picked up an old plane at some markets on the weekend. Turns out it is a type 16 made between 1933 and 1941 in england.

I cant wait to restore it to working condition.

I used...

Where is the link?

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Ahaha both actually

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Not a bad idea boxing it in.


I would love bench dogs, that will be the next addition.

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Yep you certainly can. There is some at the back that can't be seen.but I'm think I might need to add another brace from the bottom shelf to the legs too

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I've finally made a new work bench out of recycled timber. This is a massive upgrade compared to my sawhorses and the little bench top I made previously.

Planing on a bench like this is a dream....

Red gum and spotted gum. I hand dressed the rough sawn red gum, glued up and sanded to 360 grit.

The was a great little project to learn how to setup and use my no 4 plane. Really looking forward...

My first thought was that I would replace the handles with wooden ones. I will try to make them at some stage, should be a good little project.

So i receive a new no. 4 plane for xmas yesterday. I spent a bit of time get to know the parts and watched a couple of vids on YouTube about setting them up. Then I sharpened the bevel to scary...

Thanks for the advice everyone.

To be honest I have no idea what kind of oak. A mate was offered the timber and offered me a slab of it once milled, so now we are trying to work out the logistics.

Thanks mate

So a friend of mine has access to a large oak stump. We are going to get it milled and were told we would have to hang it to dry for 2 years before use. And while i am happy to wait i was wondering...

Glue is dry. I'm not sure how I'm going to finish it yet though 421260

The finished board. 2 coats of oil. Pretty stoked with how it came up.

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Thanks mate

These artistic fold down pieces have always intrigued me too. Thanks for sharing.

Damn that is nice!!

Must be the angle of the the pic. The image has rotated 90° to the left as well. why? I don't know. The feet are wider than the section attaching to the seat

First brace cut and fitted. This took so much longer than anticipated. I used a plane to flatten the ridges on the back of the merbau - took ages. Then practiced my chisel technique to fit the...

I went for the Bondall bench top oil. Pretty pricey though as mentioned. I'm really liking the finish though.

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Comparison shot.
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Thanks mate. I'm not beating my self up over the mistakes I'm am however going to learn from them, both in how to fix them and how not to make them again.

Thanks for the tips on the legs too!

Legs glued and clamped.

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I cocked up the dowel holes in the above set of legs but the join was pretty good.

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The dowel holes went much better in this set of legs but one of the...

Thanks for the info guys.

Groeneaj those board look fantastic

Ok cool. I need to do a bit more research before I settle on anything so I will have a look at that stuff.

Thanks mate

Still not 100% on what to oil it with. I'm thinking olive oil at the moment.

The grain before oiling. This is my first attempt at a cutting board, so I kept it pretty simple. And used scrap timber I had available. It's merbau and pine. Probably not the best woods to...

Hahaha yeah probably, my cousins were little mongrels and never listened to him...

Hahaha I was wondering why that was. Thanks mate

So I've finished the plane, the Chinese chisel and the titan.

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I can't actually believe how fun it is to use a sharp plane haha.

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This is the Titan, shaving sharp. I did practice...

Thanks for the explanations, that cleared up a lot. So my diagram in the original post is the end elevation.

I've drawn up a 1:1 plan and cut the first leg. I'm currently using scrap merbau...

Thanks Ian, ive got some butchers paper, i i will do a 1:1.

You are going to have to educate me on what you mean by end and front elevation though.

Cheera

Hi there,

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So I want to build a stool for my makeshift backyard workshop. I wanted to try cutting some angles and will use dowels and glue to put it all together. This pic is my design...

All good mate

Crowie, which wood show are you talking about. I've just missed the timber and woodworking show here in melbs

Cheers guys 👍

Thanks Matt and will do mate, I just posted about some of the tools i'm cleaning up in the hand tools section.

420242I picked these up from my aunty not long ago, they were my grandpa's . The block plane needs a lot of work, the sole needs to be smoothed out and the iron given a new edge. I'm not sure of the...

I'm Joe,

I'm pretty new to woodwork, well taking it seriously as a hobby any way. I grew up making things with my grandpa in his workshop, and worked as a french polisher, installed kitchens and...