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I've got a LN LA Jack and Smoother - they're fabulous. I love the flexibility of the bevel up design and the ability to do multiple jobs with the one plane.

I've got no experience of the LV...

This is neither second hand nor particularly cheap, but if you want a good medium weight sewing machine go to www.sailrite.com and have a look. They also have a second hand forum. I've got their...

Sinjin,

try 08 8346 5100 or www.lie-nielsen.com.au

Mike

Now then apricottripper, not only are you indulging in your usual behaviour but you are also OFF TOPIC: What would you know about NEW planes...you dislike them remember, they should be left to...

Hi Mathew,

I don't understand what the issue is with blade setting with the LN140. I use mine a great deal and never seem to have any difficulty with the lateral blade setting. I have a personal...

Don't listen to them Sinjin, Carbatec Melbourne is history but Carbatec Brisbane will give you 10% off and free postage seeing you're from Victoria. www.carbatec.com.au and look at the offer fro Vic...

While we are on the subject of beautiful objects...

I'd appreciate views on No 7 Jointers: What do people think about the LN7 1/2 LA jointer compared with the LN7 normal jointer.

I take...

Hi Suresh,

I was thinking of doing exactly the same as you until Derek intervened a couple of weeks ago. Instead I followed his and others' advice. The outcome with the steeper secondary bevel...

<Rave> I've been thinking about this quite a bit. My father, grandfather and great-grandfather were all carpenters and joiners. I watched both my grandfather and father at work. I also compare what...

I'm sure all you experienced people know about this but it was a revelation to me:

I was planing the end grain on a large piece of unnamed eucalyptus the other day. The first couple of slices...

Try some of these. They're sites I found on a similar quest. No quality guarantees:)

http://www3.telus.net/BrentBeach/Sharpen/overview.html

http://www.thewoodshop.20m.com/howto_sharpen.htm...

Just an update on what I ended up doing here - it's a case of listening to all the advice and then doing what seemed practical within the constraints.

The job is putting a new set of teak...

Thanks once again Derek. I've got some very hard old teak. Most of the time I get away with 25 degrees on a 12 degree bed. However in a few places there's some nasty grain reversal and do what I...

Dan,

If you were closer I'd kiss you:D

Great idea, pity my tiny brain didn't get there!

Mike

In defence of this community, I'm new here and have been given good and thoughtful answers to the couple of questions that I've asked. People have even tolerated and responded to my delving deeper or...

Oh dear and I thought that working with wood was soothing...

Isn't life too short for this?

:)

Thanks Iain,

I'm just feeling lazy about the initial grind. Speaking of scary sharp I use that to keep the blades sharp. They are so sharp- I had removed the toe piece on a jack plane the other...

I'm trying to find somewhere in Melbourne to grind a plane blade for me. I want to change the cut from 25 to 35 degrees - steepening up a LA plane for difficult grain. I don't have any mechanical way...

The old Carbatec Melbourne are trading as Gus Tec and they are on Mountain Highway Bayswater. They have a lot of Carbatec stock. Call them on 9427 8444. I was there last Saturday. In addition I...

Thank you one and all, particularly Derek for his description of how to do the job.

You should also know that my wife is now in a terrible state - I read her this thread and she can't stop...

Hi Derek & Others,

not sure what I've started here. What I do know is that I have 8 fingers and two thumbs. I'd like to retain all of them and I know that I am therefore a bad mix with a router,...

Derek,

thanks for your (as always) informative post. I already have a smoothing and a jack plane, I'm trying to kill a couple of birds with one stone here. Firstly there is the issue of fielding...

Hi Guys,

thanks for the input. Part of the issue here is being able to do this without reference to power tools. I found this technique http://www.shavings.net/RAISED_PANELS.HTM

On the web....

I've got no power tools, nor anywhere to put them. I need some way of cutting rebates and some of those "rebates" are quite wide 2-3 inches - almost panel fielding.

I need a plane to help cut...

G'day Andrew,

glad to hear that it's still going well. I guess I could tell these guys the other side of the story ;-)

I was the "philanthropic owner" along with my wife for the last boat...

I'm just about to get stuck into some Burmese teak to make some new washboards for the boat. This is tough stuff - not fast grown teak.

I'm a bit concerned about the impact of the silica in...