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Oh, and I love the precision here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F0MKpOsfRNw

One can't miss how finely tuned his plane had to be to cut that finely & evenly. But for the fret cuts I'd lean toward scrapers, but a scraper plane might grab at the cuts. He spoke of using a block plane, and that probably a low angle. The use of a 5 seems to me odd but seeing it work makes sense. a 5 1/2 might cover the whole surface. I'd be tempted to a lower angle, like the Lie 164 or similar. But then I'm no luthier. Nor am I going to use my 2E as a guinea pig.

My 2E could use this adjustment. Should I shiver at the thought of trying it myself? ;-)

Thinking of making scrabble boards for Christmas gifts. 1. First thought is to glue up blocks like an end-grain cutting board, varying species based on the scrabble board bonus locations. 2. Another similar is to glue up stained blocks to that same end. Less chance for error, but maybe not quite as nice. 3. Also thinking about just routing grid divisions in a flat surface. Then stain or paint bonus locations accordingly. Any other ideas?

Just found this video.

Last week at a house-cleaning sale a man gave me a Stanley 605. Tote is cracked and brass adjustment knob was crushed from being turned by a channel lock or something similar. Blade needs a lot of work. But overall it's restorable. I already have a plane in this size class. Is there any functional advantage to using this over using another? As a casual user, I can't see any. Of course there might be if I were a frequent or constant user of my planes. Your thoughts?

Steel is about 8 inches long. I can’t find any maker mark on it.

Picked this up today for real cheap. I have a suitable power supply . Question is, what software? And where might I find a useful tutorial for it?

https://fb.watch/jDSmmuANYX/?mibextid=cr9u03 really well-done.

Love that dresser. Hickory?

I'd never heard of an isolator before. But it makes sense.

I put this on long ago, just after completing it. This was one of my first projects. It's got a few issues wrt styling but does for us what you were addressing. Things get lost in the back of shelves. For us it was getting lost in the back of the pantry. So now we have access to everything on a rollout. Just added a facade to match the rest of the cabinets.

After attaching edge banding the trimming can be challenging. Sometimes the grain isn’t exactly straight. Then when I take that edge trimmer across it, sometimes it will snag the grain and tear into the glued part. And that’s not nice. These days I take a little longer to trim it. And I end up with no tearing into what was glued down. It’s a simple technique. First I bend down the excess as though to break it off. But don’t. Then I set the block plane very shallow and go across the edge a few times at an angle akin to softening the edge. Once through you’re done. I use the Record 060 1/2. It just has a better feel in my hand than the Stanley 60 1/2.

Just maybe we're all working too hard.