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A question for the planies...is a chip breaker really necessary anyway? Karl Holtey doesn't think so...:D
Maybe one of these irons will be on the shopping list after all.:)

If only they had a slotted hole to take a chip breaker. :(

Nice score mate! I searched for months to get an infill at a reasonable price. Eventually I got lucky after a 2.00am bidding war and got a craftsman-made infill plane for $100+postage from England. I...

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The sole has been machined! The rear angle is 50 degrees and the front is 40 degrees, but I'll still have to file the front...

If you're looking for a yoke, Workshop Heaven in the UK sell a brass one. I've fitted one to my Stanley 5 and it's excellent. The advantage of a brass yoke is that you can squeeze the arms of the...

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http://i.minus.com/j8CkAmQe9NkaV.jpgA quick update to show some progress...the cheeks have been cut out and I'm smoothing them to a fair curve. I used a metal...

What I am thinking of doing is using double sided tape to fix the two cheeks together before dovetailing and drilling straight through both at the same time. Quite a few people have mentioned the...

G'day Ian. I've just done a search for infills on this site and found your thread about the coffin infill that you made. Lovely! Having seen the she oak, I'm convinced and I'll have a look when I'm...

Well, it might have started as a joke, but it ended with what appears to be a superb tool. The weight won't bother me. It's not like I'll be using it all day to make a living....thankfully! I stacked...

I've had an offer to machine the throat and mouth out, including the 50 degree angle that I wanted. So it looks like it's a goer. I'll still cut and pein the dovetails by hand, maybe with the...

I unfortunately can't remember where I read the review, but someone tested various plane blades a few years ago, microscope pics etc., and the reviewer's conclusion was that the Mujingfang blade was...

Hock blades are also available through Hock Plane Blades at The Best Things
He does thicker parallel blades for infill planes, but they aren't shown in his catalogue for some reason. The best things...

Ok, no stainless!
The plane above looks to have been assembled from different planes. The cap iron doesn't match the blade...narrower by 1/8" but I've bought another. the blade is probably from...

And because every thread needs piccies, this is the craftsman-made plane I picked up from the auction site, at a VERY good price.

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The pic isn't that clear,...

Hi Peter. I'm glad you've joined the thread. I've got a lot of information from your excellent site and admired your work very much.
Initially, I decided that since the weight of these planes...

Thanks for reminding me Ian. I had quite forgotten that the mouth has to accomodate a 3/16" bevel down blade. On doing some very rough sketching I think 4-5 mm will be closer to the mark.

I'm making an infill smoothing plane similar to this...Holtey Classic Handplanes - A13 Smoother Infill Plane. *
The sole will be 10 mm bright steel and I'm going to dovetail 6 mm brass To the sole...

I saw a LN jack plane (used) sell for $US100 more than the retail price of a new one a few years ago.

So if I'm not going blind can I return to the unsavoury habits of my youth?


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Have been away from the forum for a while and am getting an education by going back through lots of old...

I've tried to post to a couple of old threads but I get the following message...<br><br>"This Thread is more than 93 days old, to reply to it you need to click in the box <b>above the Post Reply</b>...

I used etch primer and a spray can of satin black epoxy base paint from Bunnings. 8 years on, it's still there and has no chips or marks.
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It turned out pretty...

I used etch primer and a spray can of satin black epoxy base paint from Bunnings. 8 years on, it's still there and has no chips or marks.

Stainless bicycle spokes. Probably get them from a bike shop for nothing. There are also bladed spokes which could be used for a cutting gauge. Even if you have to buy one it will only cost $2 at the...

You can use ordinary dishwashing detergent as a lubricant for sharpening with oilstones. When it clogs just run it under a hot tap.

For the cost of a tube of Sikaflex (around $18) you could put a rubber (actually urethane ) handle on it.Just build it up in layers and sand it to shape.

http://www.worldwidewounds.com/2001/november/Molan/honey-as-topical-agent.html Honey as a topical antibacterial agent for treatment of infected wounds Honey works better than any antibiotic I've ever...

Hafta login to the forum or you can't see it.

I use 'Orange Power' air freshener to strip grease from my bikes.
It removes chain grease better than anything else I've tried and doesn't leave marks on timber either. $4 a bottle from Woolies. I...

Any timberyard can supply a couple of pieces of oregon which will be fine.Handplane it to exact size. or find a yard who will do it for you..much cheaper than buying a thicknesser which will likely...

They are the ones who are saying it...they can explain it, if you can't understand it.
Read the Police (Immunity from Civil Liability) Act yet?

Collect from outside Redfern Railway Station?Bring cash only?
Hmmmm, I may have found a way to finance a new boat.

Ask them.

The sergeant in the Palm Island affair isn't being sued though. Individual officers are immune from civil suits. Nobody is going to take their houses.Read the Police Immunity Act if you don't...

While the police force as an organisation can be sued, individual officers cannot. They have immunity for anything done on the job.
It's also very difficult to sue the Police Force.

Polished Red Cedar and oiled Huon Pine.:U

In 1978 a bloke in a pub offered me 2 FJ Holdens. One was in good nick, well kept, no rust, 4 months rego. The other was for spares, but could be made a goer with a little bit of work.
He wanted $50...

As a kid I played rugby.When I was about 15 our team got a new player at the start of the season, a Japanese/Australian He was a friendly kid and handy on the field so he soon made friends.
Not long...

Going off sick and then returning to work with sunburn.:B

I had a job where I had to check and approve (or not) sick leave applications.
The best excuse I ever saw was 'Existential angst'.
Naturally...I approved it.
The next best was 'Wernicke-Korsakoff...

Probably more.The cheapest I've ever seen was $350 ( it was a little knocked around but quite usable and needed minimal tuning) Hard to tell from the photo but the infill looks like birch,so not a...

Say it really fast and it gets even sillier.
It's addictive...but I know you'll all do it anyway.:D

Pacific maple is not a single species.It's a marketing term like "Tasmanian Oak".Some of the stuff sold as PM is OK...the dense dark red stuff is quite durable and machines and glues well and takes...

Bamboo and carbon fibre MTB for any one who missed it last time I posted it,with link to site explaining design and fabrication.BME - Brano Meres
If I ever get around to it,this is something like I...

From your first pay packet?:D

I'll just try it again...Ockham's Razor: Murder Most Foul
!!!! It works now...aaaargh!
I'm guessing that the problem was either with the site that I was trying to link from (ABC site)or the forum...

Fibre optic cable? Dick Smiths have them.
What are you actually making?

They do things like that at night so it doesn't inconvenience people.Dont'cha love their logic?

Previously,when I added a link to a post by dragging and dropping from my bookmarks folder or bookmarks toolbar,the link appeared highlighted in blue.Clicking on the blue text then connected to the...

Derrrr...sorry about that.Sorry for the delay in replying.I thought I already had,but the reply seems to have vanished into cyber-space.:)
I've just found a couple of other uses for Sika.I used pert...

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