Thanks! I'll give this a watch, but the description sounds right.
I had one before, for about 2 years. I think I used it 4 times for something my cordless could have done. But I wasn't really "making" stuff back then, so we'll see how many times I find myself wanting one nowadays. So far, this is #1
garrettwade.com
Yea buddy, thats what I'm looking for. Not seeing a metal one so far, but I'll look in the morning on desktop. Thanks!General Tools used to make these and they were very inexpensive ($30-40), I probably have 3 of them between 10 and 30 yrs of age. Pretty much any decent hardware store used to carry them. Last time I tried to find another one I couldnt find it in the General Tools catalog, I think Garret Wade makes a copy. Sometimes you can find NIB GT ones on Ebay.
They are handy to have.
Try to find aluminum body ones, the plastic ones get hot and the bearings melt the plastic bodies of the cheap ones and sieze up if you are doing production number of holes..
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Garret Wade version
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No idea on wood "matching" different species, but how many lumber yards did you check prices on (if you have more than 1 or 2 in your area)? This place in DFW (South Ft. Worth), that lists their prices, has economy grade (2 com) white oak in both 4/4 and 8/4 for less than $5 per bf. So, if you don't need a long single run of boards, it may work.
No idea on wood "matching" different species, but how many lumber yards did you check prices on (if you have more than 1 or 2 in your area)? This place in DFW (South Ft. Worth), that lists their prices, has economy grade (2 com) white oak in both 4/4 and 8/4 for less than $5 per bf. So, if you don't need a long single run of boards, it may work.
No. 2A CommonAlso known as “Economy” grade. Boards are 3″ and wider, 4′ and longer. Yields 50 percent clear face cuttings 3″ and wider by 2′ and longer. Grade of choice for US hardwood flooring industry.No. 2B CommonSame as No. 2A Common, except that stain and other sound defects are admitted in the clear cuttings. An excellent paint grade.
Did a quick search, and found a counter on a murphy bar that has short boards and looks ok:
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- Can you recommend a decent hand plane? I picked one up at the hardware store last week, but it's a little piece of shit.
Unless you want to restore a vintage plane, I'd go for Wood River (above average) @ Woodcraft stores, or Lee Valley (Veritas brand-excellent). Lie Nielsen is also top notch but very expensive.Hey
I was watching some videos on best hand plane practices and realized that the way you can adjust the depth of cut on the nicer hand planes is way easier to dial in than the one I bought.
Great, thank you. I learned I was doing some silly shit on my first try after watching some videos, so looking forward to trying it again.
The video below may be relevant to your interests.The long and short of it is dowels reinforcing joints probably aren’t actually strengthening the joint. In his testing it looks like dowels are a wasted effort if you’re using dowels and glue.
Worth noting that there's a difference here between "reinforcing" traditional joints with dowels and using dowels as the actual joining mechanism, a la a doweling jig. I assume he means the latter.