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Hi Anthony,

Great that you built a lap desk.

They are items / objects that fit in the heirloom category - passed onto the next generation.

I mentioned above that I used the design from FWW...

David,

Thanks for explaining how to look at what the shaving / plane is doing and then fine tune the blade with honing to make corrections.

I will make it a part of my sharpening.

Hi David and Derek,

Thanks for your reply.

I have done some free hand grinding but need some practice. And do all my honing free hand.

What would be considered the best practice technique,...

I have been building plane blade sharpening jigs.

Flat rest with magnets

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Fit magnets into holes - the small indentations, created with a hammer and punch, fix them in. I then glued...

Thanks for the 3rd hinge suggestion,

I also think that building the box to fit the hinge is not a bad idea.

Thanks, Treecycle and Anthony,

Some considerations for the build



The bottom is only glued on so try and use quarter saw wood for stability.
Use some scrap wood to layout the dovetails...

I made a Shaker lap desk.

Fine Woodworking magazine number two has an article on how to build one, so I used that for the dimensions.

The timber is Elm from Yarra Bend park in Melbourne and...

Afternoon All,

This a yarn about Tony's toolbox.

My Dad was working as a farmer up at Swifts Creek Victoria in the 1960's and met Tony who built the toolbox pictured below and a caravan. Later...

Hi Derek,

I was searching the internet for information on dovetail chisels and did end up on your web site. I actually did not know about the Veritas jig and the Tormek rest until then... I could...

Hi Mountain Ash


I was also looking at Linear Bearing Blocks that you could mount attachments to with the four mounting holes - possibly another 4mm Aluminium plate with 20 smaller magnets to...

I built a Veritas inspired small blade sharping jig.

It works with 12mm ground rod that I have on my bench grinder set up.

With some scrap aluminium, two magnets and a few hours it was...

Hi

I made up some DIY grinder rests with parts purchased from Maker Store in Melbourne. You can obtain,



12mm X 1000mm precision rod for $23.00.
Linear rail shaft supports for $2.60...