Comments on: A New Bookmark: Hardware City Tools for Totes

By: Dunk

Dunk — Sun, 02 Sep 2012 12:15:30 +0000

All of my planes are old type 19 Stanley’s and I use the original plane irons nd plane caps. You can get a pretty good plane on ebay ( which is where I got my #6 )or yard sales. If you true them up and clean up all the moving parts and sharpen the correctly they will work as well as any plane on the market. Keep em sharp and pay attention to how the foot is adjusted to the throat will enhance your experience and reduce the chatter everyone complains about.

By: bmurphy1207

bmurphy1207 — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 00:31:09 +0000

In trying to acquire more skills as a wood worker, I have found myself, as many have before me, going old school with tools. Buying, researching and using hand tools have become a focal point in my wood working career. The current focus of acquisitions is hand planes and here lies the question. Do I look for and try to buy an old bedrock style hand plane, fix it up and maybe replace the iron and chipper with a heavier stock one or do I seek out a new bedrock influenced style hand planes, i.e. Lie-Nielson, Wood River, or Veritas? My heart is leaning to the old, but all said and done will my wallet know the difference between the two?

By: J. Pierce

J. Pierce — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 15:38:53 +0000

I have Bill’s work on my Millers Falls 22C (which frankly didn’t deserve the attention) and I love them to death. Added his blog to my RSS feeder a while back, too. It’s been interesting.