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  1. Looks like a nice plane. Cant wait to hear your thoughts but I am sure you will love it.

     

    My #62 is my favorite plane so far. Makes a great shooting board plane too. I bought the "hot dog" for mine for that reason.

     

    I need to know more about your vise :) I am 105 videos into Cosmans bench build series and am more confused than when I started. I dont think I want to go to the level of build he has.  Also, last week I had a head off my hotrod and engine parts laying on the bench. Was thinking... do I really want a "nice" bench. So not sure what I need.

  2. Good looking stuff. I just got that same spokeshave a couple weeks ago. Have not had a need to use it yet but will :)

     

    I think the Shapton is the way to go.  I am going to get a 10 or 16 thousand for the final and probably the 1000 as well. I love my trends for flatness but cant say I am thrilled with the edge they leave.

     

    Is the Veritas the 4 1/2 you were talking about getting?

  3. I guess that depends what you are drilling.  Bits are a complex subject.

     

    I have bits dedicated for the drill press and then several sets for the hand drill.

     

    I also keep a FastCap drill bit system on the bench just because of how they are colored and organized. They are quality bits but nothing special and would not recommend them for someone drilling a bunch of stainless etc.

     

    I dont think I have ever had decent bits from the big box stores.

  4. Well in my case it limited me to some better tools. Not one company has the best of everything.

     

    I got in a rut. I had Dewalt 18volt stuff and the batteries were not cheap and did not last that long.  I kept buying kits to get more batteries and ended up with at least 4 drills.

     

    Depends on your needs.

     

    Just telling you that its liberating to give up sticking with one brand.  Keeps you out of the rut.  Keep in mind whatever you buy, the batteries are not going to last forever !

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  5. The best power tool decision I made was stop being brand loyal.  I kept doing it to keep common batteries. Once I gave up on just Dewalt and added Bosch and Milwaukee my tool collection became so much better.

     

    I think being brand loyal for the sake of batteries drags you down !

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  6. Not only that, I have been selling imperial labels for Festool track saws and routers for  at least 5 years.  Have sold over 800 of them in US and half dozen other countries.  The new TS 55 comes with imperial and metric labels as setbuilder said. As far as I know the routers are all still metric only. 1010, 1400 and 2200.

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  7. Hard to beat benchcrafted stuff.  I have their Moxon which is a nice but the major drawback of the threads sticking out.


    I am pretty sure I am going to outfit my bench with a closes tail vise like Robs current bench.  In the first video of this series he shows his previous tail vises and what was wrong with them.  Hard to say at this point as I dont see myself doing as much hand tool stuff as he does.

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  8. Well I would like to build a traditional bench with some old world joinery. The more I learn the more I realize I dont know what I am doing and why some of my other benches failed.

     

    I am watching Rob Cosmans series on building a workbench which is 170 videos that are 1/2 hour long.  Maybe after watching that I will go back to designing one that will work for me that needs to be wider than his.

     

    Yours looks great.  I am impressed with your plane work for the limited experience you say you have with it. Really impressed !

     

     

  9. 12 minutes ago, ChrisK said:

    No offense dude, but your definitely going with Marc's approach on Hybridism ??

    Thats me to a T !

     

    I bought his book. Best book ever. So I am signed up to that hybrid method :)

     

    The only thing he really missed in my opinion is the use of a quality marking  gauge. Not just for marking but as a small router plane and pairing device. Stuff I learned from Rob Cosman.

  10. Well the backordered chisel plane just showed up.


    Is bigger than I expected.  Nice piece though.

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    Since its the same size as the block planes and my small scraper plane, it was at home in the last narrow slot.

     

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    Last night built a hanger for the spokeshave and LN screwdriver.

     

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    Now need to do the same for the Stanley push drill and the starrett protractor.

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  11. I like the feel of the  4 1/2 and glad I got it.

     

    I rotated the router plane up and added the last strip.


    Need to build mounts for the new LN screwdriver, LN spoke shave and pushdrill and my new Starrett protractor.

     

    I don't have much interest in large jointer planes but might consider a skew block plane with fence.

     

    Otherwise, I think I am done  :D

     

     

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  12. Finally bought a decent angle gauge from Starrett.

     

    I had a general and last week I put a 1-2-3 block on one side and it was about 1/2 degree out. Checked the other side and it was way out. Have not had time to figure   out where all the error is coming from. Something is not right. 


    The starrett of course is right on.

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  13. I agree with all comments.

     

    My Festool tracksaw never leaves my property except on rare occasions once a decade.


    Since I use dust collection having a cord hooked up with it is no big deal.

     

    It would be a great option if I was mobile with the saw but since I am not, I really dont want to be thinking about buying a couple $100 batteries in a few years.

     

     

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