Recent content by charley1968

I do like the Elite series, 'cause they're heavy and well made. Can't say anything 'bout the other types of current workbenches;but i do own an older,lighter workbench and it can't be used for planing without weighting down or fixing it to the floor. I don't think i'd spring the money for any...

Hi! I put some sedum plants on the roof of the rabbit hutch. I bought them from a pro and he recommended to build for 270 kg/sqm. The roof has 20 deg. pitch. Still doing fine after 4 years.

Living alone in our house atm., i'm at leisure to reassign rooms. One of them became my workshop.

Festool, for its riving knife

Festool CMS

Makita 2012nb

Festool OF 1400 Makita RP1110 cj

Fein Dustex 25 Festool/Protool CT 17/VCP 170

That was an enlightening post, deema! All my questions answered. My sincere thanks for that.

@bugbear: would that book you're referring to,be The Complete Guide to Sharpening? Thank you for replying, all and yes, i'm aware that a keen edge works better than a dull. And i don't quite agree with the statement that it's inherently better to sharpen freehand as opposed to using a jig.. But...

Hi! Could someone be so kind as to educate me on the different uses of low-angle, bevel-up, York-pitch, etc. I thought i knew it all, but now i've seen that Veritas offers a low-angle smoothing plane as well as a bevel-up smoothing plane. And that send me spinning... I always thought that to...

Thanks for the link, Dave. Seems i'm almost there.

oy, i thought it was a rabbit..

G'day, folks! I've recently begun to buy hand tools. Now i wonder what tools you consider an absolute neccessity to have for furniture/box-making. For you info: I got a complete set of bench chisels (no mortising chisel), a block plane, a no.5 1/4 jack, a no. 6 fore, a japanese combi-saw...