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Pete, Send me your mailing address and we'll post you a copy today. [email protected] Chris, editor of the rag in question

First, my apologies for taking so long to jump in here, and for the delay in deliveries. We've been having problems with our contractor that handles UK deliveries. If you haven't received the October 2007 issue (or August, cringe), please immediately e-mail Megan Fitzpatrick, my sharp-tongued...

Oh sure, the blog will be chock full of that stuff. My bosses don't read my blog, and only a few other people do, too, judging from my activity monitor. Go blog! Chris

Roger, I'm not sure what will come of this experiment (besides Mike getting all of my money -- a good thing). I'd be afraid that most readers would be bored to tears, despite the fact that I'm smitten. Chris

Chris, My best guess: It wasn't deliberate. When you look at the chart of all the sawplate thicknesses from the Seaton chest, it's notable that among the backsaws, the biggest difference in thickness in a plate is minor: .007". (There is an anomaly with the dovetail saw that makes the numbers a...

If the saw buckles, it's my fault. And it may. I asked Mike to build the saw to those specifications -- those sawplate numbers are right out of "The Tool Chest of Benjamin Seaton." (Page 42). When the Tools and Trades History Society miced the 19" saw they found the sawplate as thin as .0225"...

Sagitta! Excellent! I have always wanted a word for that ... thing. Now I'm going to have to go figure the sagitta on my fore plane. And so it's: sag= 8 - the square root of 63. So sag= .068" And 1/16" is .0625" Math works! Chris

I've had good luck using sanding fids to sharpen a scrub. I make a wooden fid by first planing a trench in some softwood with the scrub. Then I rip it and crosscut it into several pieces and stick some self-adhesive sandpaper to each fid. I have three or four grits to get me to a polished...

One other thing to add to the excellent advice here: File the point of the gauge so that its cutting action will naturally pull the fence of the gauge against the work. Charles Hayward's "Tools for Woodwork" has an excellent illustration on page 57 about this. But here's the garbled text-only...

Alf, This is an easy one: Adam drinks Tetleys. I prefer Flying Dog Porter. Adam and I do see eye-to-eye on workbenches and fore planes. But Katie bar the door when it comes to metal planes, glasspaper and finishing. And sharpening? I'm a total heretic. And, to stay on topic here, if you're...