Hand Plane Categories
Here is my modest collection to date of Ohio Tools Block Planes. I think it covers a wide spectrum of what you’ll find for …
Written 5/3/91 By Carl Stoutenberg Special Thanks to Roger K. Smith Regarding the OH series Planes reported on with much speculation on page 30 of …
By James A. Clarke (Hilton NY) Some Background: To put my following comments into perspective — I am retired from engineering of signal control systems …
On a Bailey Patent type hand plane and other similar designs, the frog is held in place by two screws that allows the frog to …
A Would Have Been Legend Millers Falls Prototype. Written and Photographed by Robert Porter With a special thanks to a fellow Millers Falls Collector Glen …
Ask users of Stanley hand planes which type is the best to use on the bench and you will likely spark up an interesting discussion …
After my initial design and a few days of forging I decided it was time to make some major changes to the forge. I’ve left …
Here is my journey building my propane forge. I’m not looking at this as a coal forge replacement, but an addition to my blacksmithing tool …
From the collection of Michael Powers This piece of handsaw history was picked up in an auction in Illinois. Hazard Knowles is best known for making …
By Blair Kemp I thought i would do a quick shoot out for rust removal when scrubbing for light removal. This seems to be a …
From the collection of Justin Boesch A very rare Huber and Flickinger Patent Plane (all patent information referenced from datamp.org) US Patent: 145,106 Patent Dates: …
By James R. Norris There I was innocently walking through a resell shop looking for a bird bath. I felt a tug on my pants …
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Authored By: – RS Woodworks <–Back to Part 1 Part 3 –> So now that the plane is cleaned, and the sole and right …
Authored By: – RS Woodworks Part 2 –> Part 3 –> With having finished my shooting board, I decided to restore this mitreplane to use …
This Dunlap #408 came to me in a lot of other planes, so being a bit of a Sargent fanatic, I decided to see what …
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 …
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 …
Hand Saw Category
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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After finding this Walter Cresson hand saw in an antique shop in Palmer MA, I went looking for some information on it. For a saw …
LOOKING FOR FURTHER INFORMATION After looking through my very limited Disston documentation, Disston Institute and Hand Saw Makers of North American, I couldn’t find a …