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Thanks everyone.
The comments have been a great help to me in forming an approach to discussing handplanes with my colleagues at the Men's Shed.
Also very interesting in showing the diverse...

Hi Chris,

By "foreplane" I mean planes that were used to take rough sawn timber and prepare it for furniture and like work. That is 4S or PAR or DAR the blank. This role is now generally done by...

Thanks Ian. Being a fellow Aussie it is nice to get a view of a person that knows how hard are timbers can be. Hopefully I can encourage others to look again at the handplane even if it is not for...

Hi Keith,

Strathalbyn. Great group and lots of fun. Wonderfully diverse and eclectic in terms of experiences and skill. I love learning from others and hopefully helping others.

Cheers
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Coming to this all relatively late (last 10 or so years, previous childhood memories with my grandfather decades old) the world of handplanes is a mirky one.

Not knowing any better and vintage...

Hi All.
When did the foreplane cease to be an industrial main stay? I am guessing by about the 1930's most furniture and similar professional workshops/factories were using powered surface planners...

I understand you are using a handheld powered planner. I regard these as great machines to get you close but not easy to sneak up on an exact result. OK I do not have the skill with them. Machines...

Hi Malb,

I went back and reread Mr Sawdust's book about blades.

He recommends a 60+ toothed tripple chip TC blade and suggests a US brand. He makes the point that this is a plastics cutting...

Hi xgrain,

No simple answer but I have recently had a similar experience. In my case Feast Watson Stain and Varnish. It has taken about 5 days to get dry enough for another coat. I'm actually...

Hi Malb,

I have read "Mr Sawdust's" book and Jon Eakes "Fine Tuning Your Radial Arm Saw". I am also rereading them as there is a lot of detail to get things tuned well. Or I am a bit slow.

I...

Hi All,

I am new to RAS machinery having just got a 50 year old Dewalt with lots of accessories. It came with lots of HSS blades that a saw doctor told me were not really worth sharpening.

I...

Hi Malb,

Thanks for the comments.

Intention is to use the RAS as full featured RAS. It came with 90%+ of the accessories that were available in about 1963. Many of the moulding cutters have...

Hi All,

New to this so please forgive silly questions. I subscribe to the theory if you don't ask you don't learn.

I have a lovely early 1960's BD DeWalt RAS. Was my grandfather's and is in...