AJBaker

Who else has had days like this, where a project just won't come together, or a mistake has put a spanner in the works? Here, this is...

Part two on continental tool traditions: joinery planes. This part likely isn't quite as interesting as the first, as it seems to me...

No automatic way, unfortunately. I think you'll just need to ask below the listing (Fragen und Antworten) if they are willing. You can...

I agree that wooden planes are a pain to adjust, much better to set it and leave it until it needs to be sharpened. For a professional...

Interesting what Pinie calls those planes in Czech and English. Ignoring the jointer, in German the planes in order are the Schrupp-...

Interesting, nice find! A lot of old steel was good, but it was a lot more inconsistent than today. These days they are able to make...

I only just made it :-D. I used old timber I recovered from the attic, but it hopefully still has some life left.

It's about 5mm at the bottom rebate, but the stop lath could possibly still be moved a bit to let it close a bit further. I've only done...

Strange, because here they're cheap as chips. I've usually paid 5-20£ equivalent for most normal planes, and some I've even had given...

Quick update: I 'released' the door from purgatory and it seems to have worked! The gap is minimal, and I reckon I can adjust the stop...

Beautiful work on those tools! I admire tool makers, it requires a level of precision way above furniture making. Here in Switzerland...

I'm always slightly annoyed when I read about 'western woodworking' or 'western tools', usually in comparison to 'Asian woodworking and...

AJ is fine, they're my middle initials. This plane is fairly easy to find second hand, I got mine for less than 10£, but they often...

Great work! Works well with the table! There's another form of dovetail plane that's quite common on the continent, search "Grathobel"...

As an addendum, here some pictures of continental sliding dovetail tools. The plane is from the (now defunct) Swiss company Lachapelle...