Vegan sausages ?
VB
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I have an urge for a Leatherman of some sort
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Just arrived a fixture that turns a angle grinder into a mini chop saw. Decent enough for Ā£25
I forgot how much of a pain deburring metal is without a decent bench and vice setup
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Not sure, Jim. The cheeks are beach. Which means I found it on the beach, a piece 4" square and 3ā long which has been drying out in the workshop for a good while. Whilst I agree it looks a bit like beech, it seems much heavier and denser with quite a cryptic grain (itās a bastard to plane!)
I always have this urge, are they silly?
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Missed this, taking orders? 
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As I said, I need to get the fire installed which is definitely going to be before the winter weather hits. Once itās in (and if you give me the exact dimensions you want) Iāll make you one to try out and see what you think.
So jealous of the skills involved. That looks like a great thing to build. I wouldnāt know where to start.
But how do you make a smoothing plane without a smoothing plane?
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Thatās the hard bit 
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Great thread but in the face of such skills it also makes me feel very inadequate 
You and I both Spacy 
Letās take solace in the fact we are good for nothings Mike 
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Works for me
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Wow, thanks. Can keep it to a simple one to go in my wooden jack plane. I suspect you arenāt short of a bit of iron, but Iāll have a root round at work and see if there is anything special knocking around.
No problem. Iāll probably use 3mm thick 01 tool steel - ground flat stock - which I should be able to harden to around 82 Rockwell.
I donāt have a hardness tester, but the process should get it there or thereabouts. It will be evident when the honing process begins.
Tip top Paul. If you want I can see about getting a hardness test done at work so you know you are in the right ball park.
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I have some Bridge city planes Ed, best I have used.