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If you follow the lines on top and front, but are off on the back, the saw blade is being twisted ever so slightly in the cut. Relax your hand. Don't put a death grip on the saw. Let it cut at its own speed. Don't try to steer it. Get it started right and just move it in the kerf and let...

I haven't seen those videos, but I'll take a look. The people you've mentioned sound like makers that I need to be aware of. Looking forward to seeing their work. I assume it's beyond spectacular. What wood are you planing in your photos? I don't have a problem using a cap iron, but I also...

Can anybody point us to a video of a woodworker planing a sampling of species in any direction they please and producing a surface ready for a finish rather than just asserting that it's possible and they "do it all the time"? Just because a surface is not torn, most certainly does not mean...

Very nice. Thanks.

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You're most welcome.

See if there's a reprint of an old manual here: http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgIndex/detail.aspx?id=808&tab=3 There is also a fairly active discussion forum at the site with people who know a lot about old machinery.

For those who've yet to take the time to build a shooting board to accommodate this sort of work, thin panels can be shot two-up in a vice between two sacrificial pine battens G-cramped to the work slightly proud of the workpieces being edged, planing until shavings are being taken from the...

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If you're jointing boards you just check them against each other, there is no need for externalities imposed by a straightedge, string lines, etc. unless your plan is that they become part of the glue-up.

And then there's that. I assume a design change wasn't a possibility.

So little money left over after buying too many tools? Probably so in many cases.

Possibly, but usually flatter than noncorrugated planes and if not, easier to lap a little flatter. For whatever reason, USA Stanley corrugated planes vs. their plain soled mates from the same era always seem to have a narrower mouth, too. The machining seemed to be a little better.

Might be a bit hollow from side-to-side. But the first thing to do is plane wood with it to see how it works, after sharpening up of course.