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I have this very nice Veritas Scraper plane, but I just could not get on with its tote, it made my hand and wrist ache after a very short period of use. I eventually used it by pulling it rather than pushing it, just to avoid the tote. By chance I discovered Veritas have kindly have provided...

Hello, I am after a bit of advice, this is a veneer slicer that I recently made, the design is borrowed from a well-known American company! It generally works well, and I like the fact that the locking mechanism clamps the shaft into the ‘V’ of the square hole in the fence. I’m going to make...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone is using the DMT Dia-Sharp Extra Extra Coarse for grinding primary bevel duties? Is is coarse enough to do the job effectively and fast? Many thanks, RW

Hello, I have been watching David Charlesworth’s ‘Handtool Techniques Part 2: Hand Planing’ DVD, which I hope will bring greater accuracy to my hand planing when I put the information into practice. The DVD has been a wonderful eye opener, in my naivety when I read something needs to be ‘dead...

While I'm waiting for the glue to dry, I started comtemplating my wheeled marking gauge, I have it set up as it came, with the bevel on the inside, but I got thinking about it, and does it not make sense for it to be the other way round? After all my good edge is the one I'm referencing off and...

Hi, I'm quite keen to get a Veritas dovetail saw, but I'm having trouble deciding between the 14tpi and the 20tpi. I'm just getting into woodworking and so would welcome any advice you could offer, I know the number of teeth per inch is related to the thickness of the wood, but as I'm...

Hello, I've very new to woodworking and have been putting quite a bit of time into sharpening my newly acquired tools. The sharpening system I chose was 'Scary Sharp' using the 3M lapping films. I've got Honerite and camellia oil but was wondering if just water would be a suitable lubricating...