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Lovely!!! :)

What awful news - wishing you a speedy and full recovery, Nick! Philly

Thanks Gents! Yes, I have plenty of orders to keep me safely in the workshop - thanks for keeping me there :) Cheers Philly

Argghhhhhhhh!!! :shock:

I've spoken to Clifton - they most definitely are NOT moving production abroad and will continue to make planes in Sheffield. Hope this helps, Philly

Excellent - I can take no credit as generations of planemakers before me had worked out the details. When the important areas are all "in alignment" you can't fail but get the result you are after :D Enjoy, Phil :D

Pedder - Ahhh...my irons get around, I see :D Thanks! Jim - Glad you like the Smoother, she's a pretty little thing! Take good care of her, and enjoy :D The Skew Miter is a great plane and the iron is a monster, designed to add additional weight to the plane (actual as well as visual!)...

Jimi Glad to see your tool "kit" (notice I skirted around the "C" word :lol: ) filling out nicely! The African Blackwood Smoother can be safely adjusted with a wooden mallet, the Blackwood being incredibly dense and tough. I don't get much computer time these days, being a very busy boy in the...

Interesting results, Derek! I'm glad to see you got the "straight" shavings when the Cb was in the zone. How tight was the mouth on the 55 degree LN test? Cheers Philly

Yes, I'd agree with you there - it really takes some pushing with CB close, even on a reasonable shaving. Jeff - have you given this exercise a try yet? I had a 3mm wide mouth and got excellent results, so I wonder if a combination of tight mouth and not quite so close chipbreaker will yield...

Jeff's photo's and comments make a good point - with the CB set so close it has to limit the depth of cut. It also shows why you can't have a really tight mouth as there is nowhere for the shavings to go. I've been using the Stanley on various bits of wood to see how it responds and have had...

Thanks Derek! Still lots of variables to test. At the moment I'm of the mind that for tough interlocked stuff a high angle plane works better but that for softer stuff the chipbreaker thing can offer a real benefit, which kind of ties in with historical tool choices. Corneel - it depends how...

I've been following this discussion (and similar ones on other forums) with interest. I found the video quite useful to watch and, although it doesn't feature a "mouth" and keeps the bed angle constant at 40 degrees, it spurred me to try out this "ultra-tight chipbreaker" thing. For a test bed I...

Yup, it's a bullnose plane. It looks like a smoother with the front half hacked off - I reckon the factory used to turn smoothers where they messed up the mouth into these. It's definitely a real plane, though :) Philly

I wish they would do the same tests but with the iron at higher angles than 40 degrees - be interesting to see how that alters the equation? Cheers Philly

I wonder if a higher pitched plane works just as well? Without the worry of setting a back iron exceedingly close? Just a thought, Philly ;)

Responsible? Me?... ;) I made a Jap style plane recently for a bit of fun. Came out well and worked nicely - learned a few things, too. But if you work at a bench then planes are made for pushing, IMHO. Cheers Phil jap1 by Philmandoo, on Flickr

Jim Good to see that you've gone so far down the slope you can never return! The chamfer planes are intriguing little things - I personally found them over-complicated and went with an adjustable fence. Much easier to set up with less "faffing" :) The wooden plane world is quite incredible -...

Simon Yes, I have the same issue. The Garryflex blocks are fantastic at removing the rust without leaving scratch marks on your plane - I recommend the medium grade one. They are rubber blocks impregnated with grit, so not like the foam sanding blocks you see. I have just bought my second one...

Who? Me..................... :twisted: