Recent content by robcosman

ALF, BEST POST ON THIS THREAD, WELL SAID! ROB

Hey Brian, Tom Lie-Nielsen, Ron Hock, Frank Beyers, Highland Hardware, Woodcraft Supply and others all stepped in to help DC who at the time was near death in hospital. I spoke to several of these folks before we went public to get help for someone that has given to the woodworking community...

Jacob I have a lot of experience dealing with children as well and this feels like one of those moments. So here is your dose of "attention". Not sure what world you are living in but the only woodworking going on today is amoung hobbyist. So the smiling "old chaps" represent the vast...

Dont think "complicated" has to be part of this. I recommend LN chisels because they are comfortable, light, well shaped (bevelled edges not tops) and come ground flat. This is not "complicated"! The opposite is to get a clunky, poorly shaped and belly backed cheap chisel. The new woodworker...

Interesting thread, Mike I think you are right on in every point if my support matters. I teach hand joinery for a living and to say the tools are not the key is misguided. I go so far as to say when cutting dovetails, it"s 70% tools, 20% technique and only 10% practise. I can see the...

Got a much anticipated phone call today, David himself dialed in to say a big thank you for all the support he has received. Quite overwhelmed with the sheer volume of email good wishes and orders. He is very weak and lost about 2 stones while in the hospital. I think that means about 35...

Hi Folks, spoke to John this afternoon, they had David up walking for the first time today. Weak as you can well imagine but this is all part of the road to recovery. The intent was to air ambulance him back to UK today but the doctors want him to be more mobile before this happens. Support...

IBC changed the postion of the yoke slot in the back iron several months ago. While the original worked on most planes the new verison works in all of them. The solution was to pull the back iron about 1/8 back from the cutting edge, this would give you back the missing adjusment in the...

HI FOlks, great news on the CHarlesworth front. David was moved out of ICU today to a normal ward. They are trying to arrange transport to a UK hospital on wednesday. I spoke to John this morning and orders for his books and DVDs have been fast and furious! Great to see this kind of support...

Completely legit! John is taking care of things while David and Pat are in Germany. You can call Davids contact number found oni his website www.davidcharlesworth.com and speak to John. When we decided to do this I was in a rush to fly to the WIA in Cincinnati and since David did not have a...

Hi Folks, I spoke with David's assistant yesterday and there has been more improvement. While still very sick and in need of hospitalization David is responding. He may be moved back to a hospital in the UK as soon as next Friday. Rob

I am posting this as a friend, David's condition is very serious and he has been hospitalized in Germany for the past two weeks. I spoke to someone close to him this morning and there has been some improvement, not much but at this stage "some" is good. As a self employed craftsman I know...

Guess i have a different take on the matter. I respect the "old" tools but my purpose is to work the wood. if filing the mouth is going to improve the performance whether to accommodate a better blade or to simply offer more support of the wood fiber as close to the cutting edge as possible...

Not sure, why are some folks so concerned about filing the mouth of their plane? The idea is to improve the performance of the "tool" by adding a better and thicker blade than what came as original equipment. Comments please. Rob Cosman

I made it for those "wanting" to learn free hand sharpening. It works like training wheels on a kids bike, build confidence to a point of not needing it. I do it to make a profit, to keep an employee working, to allow the retailer to make his margins. I use stronger than normal magnets, set in...