Without a WW bench, would straightening wood work with two clamps to hold a board?

way to go , bob ,

not bad for an electrician .

i didn’t notice a cord on that plane ,

did you cut through it (LOL) ?

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

I cut it off :-))

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Bob, Father’s day is next month, make a list of must have tools and put it up on the fridge.

You did well but you are going to wear yourself out.

David, lol

-- When you know better you do better.

maybe the wife will get you some starter cables ,
and you can hook your plane up to a 12 volt truck battery .

lot’s cheaper than some of those new cordless !

might not do much for the plane ,
but it would make you work quicker (LOL) !

-- david - only thru kindness can this world be whole . If we don't succeed we run the risk of failure. Dan Quayle

Good job Bob and a really nice jointer plane. There is another much easier way to eliminate that bow, but I forgot what it was.

-- Mike, an American living in Norway.

Cher, wish I had room for more must have tools. I’m trying to make room on my shop, garage, warehouse for my lather and bandsaw ;-)) There is progress!

David, I would rather use the hand plane for small jobs like that. I don’t know why, they just facinate me:-)

Mike, It is a nice one all right. It has been painted black over the lost japaning. I don’t know if yiu could tell that in the pic or not. If there is an easier way, I probalby don’t want to know now that I’m done ;-))) BTW, are you still up or just got up?

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Mike, I take that question back. I just googled it and it is almost Noon!! Guess I’d better get some sleep, Noon is headed this way ;-))i

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Bob I have the same problem, I have a two car garage but there is only room for one car.

-- When you know better you do better.

I’m a 2 car garage too, but I have electrical stuff for contracting, bullet casting set up, a regular non-wood working work bench, but no car ;-))

-- Bob in WW ~ "some old things are lovely, warm still with life ... of the forgotten men who made them." - D.H. Lawrence

Bob you fascinate me … an electrician with a non electrical tool.. and the fact that you do very well with them…i might just have to try this hand tool thing..

-- Be safe.

have you ever tried clamping a straightedge to the board and then cutting off the edge with a circular saw or router? i’ve used that method a few times, it works pretty well and it’s really quick.

Bob if you lived closer to me i would let you wse my jointer 8’’ 72’’ bed . then you wouldent have to take all that kidding from the other LJ s Have a nice day Lee

-- wchips

Bob, you lie, you lie. You do to have a work bench! My first one was a expandable portable work bench similar to your black one. LOL
Saw your jointer to I have the no. 6 myself.
Good example of making use of what you have to work with, and not what you don’t have.
Bob and Cher, do you have any space to put a fold down bench somewhere. Just a thought!

-- I don't make mistakes, I have great learning lessons, Greg

Gregn I’ve got 3 tables in the garage, a Festool table, a wooden table I made and use and a steel table. When I want to do woodworking I have to take the car out first then I have enough space. I have plans drawn up for a new garage but I am waiting for my “ship” to come in.

-- When you know better you do better.

I have a plane just like that. All my Stanley Bailey planes have either Stanley or Bailey cast in the toe of the body and the number of the plane at the heel. The #7 just says #7 at the toe and no brand cast into it anywhere. I was thinking that it was not a stanley/bailey but a copy. It works just fine, and seems to be well made, but I was just curious if there is a way to tell without the name in the casting.

-- Michael Murphy, Woodland, CA.