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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 2

Authored By:  – RS Woodworks <–Back to Part 1     Part 3 –> So now that the plane is cleaned, and the sole and right […]

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Mitre Plane Restoration By RS Woodworks Part 1

Authored By:  – RS Woodworks Part 2 –>   Part 3 –> With having finished my shooting board, I decided to restore this mitreplane to use […]

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Sharpening A Vintage Disston Metal-cutting Miter Saw

By Bob Summerfield  (www.rmsaws.com)Missoula, MontanaJanuary, 2017 Henry Disston & Sons of Philadelphia, PA made more handsaws than any other manufacturer in history. The vast majority […]

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Making a Saw Handle for a Disston D8

By James A Ruble First posted here on Facebook Here we go with a handle build for the Disston D8 series handsaws. These are difficult […]

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Plane Makers Float Review

Plane Makers Float Review By Darren Young from the Willow Wood Shop Plane Makers Floats I have been meaning to write this review for quite some […]

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North Brothers “YANKEE” No.1003

The No.1003 and its big brother the No.1005 are wonderfully refined little drill presses and grand examples of North Brothers mfg. design excellence. The build quality is […]

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Common Gear Drill Problems/Ailments

This article provides an overview of across the board issues and ailments that plague second hand gear drills. It will not cover makes and models of […]

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JayT’s Building the Infill Shooting Plane

Author: Jay T I built a couple of what came to be called Transitional Infill Shooting Planes. A few people asked for a blog, but […]

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Saga of the Short Saw: A Successful Lesson of Failure

Author: Eli Jensen “KILL IT! END IT NOW!” Yells the team captain. The crowd is screaming and I have just a few more inches of […]

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From Mark H Robinson’s Collection – J. Rabone & Sons calipers

All images and text in this section of my website are used with the permission of, and are © copyright Mark H Robinson, and all […]

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