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Will give it a try. Also a good reason to fettle that old no4 that I yet haven't had reason to fix :) Thanks.

So, if one has a spare no4, is a 10 deg back bevel something you recommend? I have some birch that don't respond well to a sharp no4 as it is now.

http://extranet.snaeurope.com/loadImage ... fix=normal This image seems to suggest that the 6" is indeed smaller :)

I have the 300mm one and I am pleased with it. It is square and although I don't have a Starret CS to compare with I do imagine that it is good enough for my needs. Will probably also by a 150mm since some times the 300mm is a bit unhandy. Does anyone know if the 6" and the 12" have the same...

I might be wise to only do one hole at a time to ensure correct positioning of the holes.

Expand the old screw holes by drilling, plug with fresh new wood, drill new pilot holes and re-assemble? Otherwise epoxy perhaps? God luck :)

One have to define on what criteria the efficiency is calculated; waste, power, torque or time. What you write is true under the given conditions i.e. all else being equal, like in comparison between a thin kerf and a "normal" circular saw blade of the same tpi, where the thin kerf needs less...

Much of IKEA furniture is actually made of wood (boards). The joints on the other hand are usually not, which tends to make them much less stable the traditionally joined furniture.

Good, balanced post. I.e. it's nothing wrong with high quality, expensive hand tools but it is way to easy for the novice (like me) to get the impression that they are must haves. There is no shortage of advices regarding the high end side of tools but earnest reports of OK+ ones are scarcer...

I definitely think Jacob (and others of the same mind like e.g. Paul Sellers) have a point when noting that when, as a novice, looking for info about using hand tools it is easy to get the impression that you actually need the most expensive and complicated stuff available. There message is...

OK, I see. I am all with you then since Berg, Rosenfors and Jernbolaget (all Eskilstuna chisels) are the only ones i use :) My other point was basically the same that matthewwh later made; that even though the raw material might have been comparable rarer and more expensive, knowledgeable labor...

Unfortunately neither CI Fall(not totally sure) or Bahco produce chisels in Eskilstuna any longer. Regarding steel quality there are ways to achieve high levels of precision and quality even without computerized environments. I've eg. read somewhere that the Berg factory used liquid baths of...

I find a wide bevel edged chisel (30+ mm) very handy on many occasions . Other than that you obviously need chisels that are narrow enough to reach in to what ever you are doing but there is no need (as far as my limited experience tells) for precise fits, i.e. a smaller size usually works just...

This is a nice series on Braces and their restoration: http://lumberjocks.com/Brit/blog/series/4249

I have had the same experience with that set from Axminster. One third was returned due to them being non-centered resulting in heavy wobbling and bad, enlarged holes. I got new ones sent to me and after some sharpening they work OK.