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A planked top like the one used one Richard Maguire's (The English Woodworker) or Rex Krueger's English-style benches seem like an ideal option for a beginner. There are big disadvantages to man-made boards like plywood, chipboard or MDF for a workbench top, such as not being able to flatten it...

Yeah, as most of you are rightly saying and as I did mention in my original post, this is basically a non-issue. It would just be cool to know definitively the reason for that angle though - I find challenging assumptions or knowlege we take for granted (in this case, seemingly without a clear...

That's great to hear Rob. Both Veritas and Quangsheng have 50 degree blades for sale for their low angle planes, and I thought that was a bit high, but it's cool to know that you can go even higher and it'll still bring benefit!

Yup, I understand the concept of presentation angle of the plane blade, and how that's controlled by the sharpening angle on a BU plane and controlled by the frog on a BD plane. But this extra 2 degrees on the bed of a BU plane throws a spanner in the works a bit, and makes things different and...

So pretty much all bevel up planes, be they block, jack, smoother, jointer or any other are bedded at 12 degrees. I was wondering for what reason was that 12 deg bed angle chosen? I've read that the old Stanley no. 62, the father of all modern bevel up bench planes (I think), had a chipping...

I've had the same experience with the 100 micron, although only when using it as thin 1-inch wide strips - I find it sticks fine as a full 70mm sheet. 100 is too coarse for normal sharpening anyway. The main reason I ask about the Hermes is that I end up using a lot of 3M film when lapping the...

Hello all, I was wondering if anyone had any experience using Hermes self adhesive film (available from woodsmithexperience or Axminster) for scary sharpening, and how it compares to the 3M microfinishing and lapping films. The Hermes film is about half the price per area compared to the 3M...