The gap stop works very well when planing perpendicularly to the gap stop. However, any planing at an angle less than 60 to the gap stop (such as when flattening a board), cause the board to slide along the bench. By adding a notch to the top side of the gap stop and...
I acquired several slabs of Cherry that I thought would make a nice cherry coffee table to replace the one I made a couple of years ago. These slabs are well out of true and need flattening – quite a workout! The plane is a scrub plane – Â the surface will...
If you have been following my woodworking adventures you will have noticed a bit of a hiatus in my posts. Well there’s a good reason – I have been busy with projects that have taken longer than expected, but more importantly, I was commissioned to write a...
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Fortunately the winter ran out before the wood, but it was close! What little wood remains seems silly to stack for next year. I recently finished reading ‘Make a Joint Stool from a Tree’ By Jennie Alexander and Peter Follansbee “When it comes to...
