Recent content by dr.nick

Roy is the man.

I stripped down and beefed up an old work bench that actually came with my house. I based my new bench top on Paul Chapman's design. 3 layers of mdf and lipped w/ 2-1/2" maple. I put and old columbian vise on there and got some bench dogs. The veritas end vise looks awesome but a bit out of my...

very good points fellas

I have a hundred yr. old Stanley 4-1/2. I bought it for $70. It needed some work when I first got it, But the thing works beautifully. Aside from upgrading the iron, I can't see replacing it with a plane that costs so much more. Why would you need to? am I missing something?

thanks for the post. I was trying to figure out how these get attached. I will give it a shot. I can't wait to get one of these on my bench