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Here's a blog post following up on my previous post about first glue up with a lot more details:
http://www.closegrain.com/2015/10/green ... hiery.html

New body with 40 degree bed angle works MUCH better. Shavings come out warm from friction, but unlike metal bodied planes, these wooden bodies stay cool to the touch. I'll probably get a bit of a hand cramp gripping these tiny things, though. I can actually use them two handed for easier grip, at fr...

The 8mm plane is done. It's curved in width and length. This one is pretty high angle, 60 degrees, though I sanded the tail end to pitch it a bit lower. Also making a 45 degree body for it. This one tends to jam up, hence the awl for clearing it. I've never used tiny convex planes like this before, ...

Thank you, Michael, that's perfect! I've cut up an old mostly used up Stanley plane iron and a much older rusted up hunk of Buck Bros. plane iron into suitable iron blanks of various width. The steel cut surprising easy with a hacksaw until I got to the hardened edge section. There I scored it with ...

Woohoo! Several firsts today: First ever use of hide glue. First rubbed joint. First use of pinch dogs. First attempt at making an arched plate. Did I have the right viscosity? The right temperature? Did I have the edge shot well enough? Did I rub the joint properly? Did I use my pinch dogs correctl...

I'm a hand tool woodworker interested in building violins. Someone posted a video from Vimeo on the Unplugged Woodworkers group on Facebook that has hooked me completely. In a half-hour, it shows French luthier Dominique Nicosia building a violin with hand tools, covering the entire process start to...