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I wonder if anyone had prepared the sole of an European style wood plane with the wave pattern characteristic to the sole of the Japanese wooden planes? Would there be any advantages or disadvantages in doing so? Thank you!

Hello to everybody! As I have pretty close connections in a factory, in my country, which is manufacturing abrasives I can say that there is no "false precision" involved in grading man made water stones or other kind of abrasives, at least in the case of respectable manufacturers.

baldpate, thank you! I have measured the gap between the holder of the plunger and the body with a feeler gauge and the gap is 0.25 mm, and with a wire I approximated the space above the plunger to ~ 1 mm. So it seams that there is a fabrication problem with my saw set. I bought it new, and I...

Actually the gap pointed by the red arrow is about ~0.3 mm, and the one by the blue arrow is about ~1 mm. My feeler gauge is at my workshop right now, but maybe tomorrow I will be able to take a measurement. baldpate, please can you take a look at your Somax from the angle in picture b, and...

There is some gap between the barrel and the body (red arrow) and some above the plunger in the plunger body (blue arrow). When I push the handles together the plunger is coming towards the anvil in line with the upper part of the anvil, and after it contacts the anvil (or the saw plate) it...

The plate on my test saws is 0.5 mm on one of them and 0.65 mm the other. The minimum set which I was able to get was 0.35 mm on both sides, that would be ~ 0.17 on 1 side. I forgot to mention that I the saws are 13 TPI. I would like to get about 0.10 mm on 1 side maximum. I tried to stone them...

Hello! A few weeks ago I finally decided to try to sharpen my handsaws. I have a Veritas dovetail saw-rip and a carcass saw-crosscut. First I tried to learn on 2 saws, which I don't really use them anymore. I bought a Somax saw set, the equivalent of the blue one (the one for higher TPI), but...

The idea behind my post was to find out how people are maintaining the sharpness of their blades during daily use. I have spent a lot of time on the internet and reading books about sharpening, because I like sharpening and I am interested in metals and sharpening media, and on different levels...

Hello! Well, it looks like we are way off the topic. I would really appreciate if your posts would be related to the initial idea from my original post. Thank you very much and waiting for your opinions regarding the subject!

I should have written "after a while" instead of a few hours, because the time until it gets dull depends on the type of steel, thickness of shaving and other factors, so please read "after a while" instead of "after a few hours of work". I am doing mostly hand sharpening, except when I have...

Hello to everybody! I am from Romania and I am hobbyist woodworker, working mainly in the evenings, after I get back from work. I have a small workshop, in an unheated garage, so due to to the arrival of the winter I will stop working until the next spring. This is what I would like to ask you...

Both Brimarc and Axminxter have the same mailing address: Axminster Power Tool Centre Unit 10 Weycroft Avenue, Axminster, Devon EX13 5PH and BriMarc Tools & Machinery Unit 10 Weycroft Ave, Axminster Devon EX13 5PH So I assume that either Axminster owns Brimarc or Brimarc owns Axminster