Jointmaker Pro Showing Up Now!

A few folk on blogs have mentioned getting their Jointmaker Pro. Mine will probably ship today or tomorrow! I am hoping, today!

At the Festool Owners Group, two of the participants have mentioned getting their JMP and that it was a lot of parts to put together, but it has gone together wonderfully as it […]

A Lovely Failure

Planes need heels. I was not positive of that, so I had to do a test. Besides the scetches looked so cool.

It really is a beauty, precise, and capable of making a nice shaving. Sadly the force you have to use to keep the nose down and stable while working, will wear you […]

Bling Clamp

Normally you don’t expect a clamp to demonstrate too much bling and normally I don’t go for too much bling. However, I have to admit that Sir Richard has made the best looking bling or no bling clamp I have seen to date!

Talent and artistry, he blogs about tools and toolmaking and he make […]

Violin Making Planes

Christopher Martyn at Finely Strung has a great article on making instrument planes!

His are tiny, elegant and simple. Using Krenov’s basic method, he shows how to make a great little plane.

With a few toothing blades from Lee Valley, or A top notch O1 plane blade, you could easily put together some really […]

My first Infill Plane

There I did it, I made an infill. It took all of 30 minutes.

I think the time and effort spent really show.

Walt provided the plane. I mentioned the idea of converting one of these inexpensive pocket planes into an infill and he was intrigued by the thought. Yes, I started with, […]