Recent content by Daniel Troy

I can't believe how much this blew up. Thanks you all for more information than I could possibly absorb, haha. Specific thanks should go to the 2% of respondents who tried to tell me why I should pick the Quangsheng over Wood River.

I need a jack plane and a jointer plane. I have narrowed it down to the Wood River models and the Quangsheng models. I know they are pretty much the same but there are some differences that I can't seem to find. Can anyone recommend one over the other? The Wood River ones cost about £30 more...

Thanks for the reply. I only started trying to find hand planes in the last few days. I have no idea what a frog is or what makes a good cap iron, lol. Can you elaborate on what you mean about the problems with the Rider cap irons?

Thats amazing detail. Thanks for that. About the Clifton plane, he's selling it for a very good price. Still would be a huge stretch but I am getting notions here looking at these amazing planes!

I actually have a DMT Coarse Diamond stone. They are very good stones. Electro plated with mono crystaline diamonds. About to order a 1,000 grit one too! They are about €70.00 each so a little on the high end.

Thanks for showing me workshop heaven. So much to look at and spend my scant savings on haha. There is a guy selling selling a Clifton 5 1/2 Jack Plane locally. How exactly could I assess if the plane is good when I went to inspect it?

Cool, thanks for the info. Do they typically require a lot of work after they are bought? I have worked as a butcher for over a decade so sharpening is fine but not sure how I would go about flattening the base etc...

Thats very kind of you Cordy but I live in Ireland and see that you live in England. Thank you for the offer none the less.

Thanks for the reply and message. I cant reply via PM yet as I need more activity on my account and I only joined today. Whats the pro's of buying used planes? Is it only the cost savings or do you think that Stanley one would be better than the Axminster rider ones? I was going to buy the...

I made a couple of desks when I first started wood working but the tops have twisted and warped heavily. I am about to pick up a jack plane and a jointer plane and I decided that I would use one of the table tops to practice my hand plane skills. My question is, the table is finished with a...