• karpintero@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Beats making dust, but I might be biased towards handtools.

    The Veritas low angle jack is one of my favorite planes, super versatile

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      1 year ago

      Worked awesome out of the box, then even better after sharpening it. I made a pretty amateur mistake of leaving it on a piece of wood I had just planed. I oiled it before I left for the night, but when I came back in the morning I had the teeny tiniest spots of rust.

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        1 year ago

        I “cheaped” out and got the LAJ from Stanley (the Sweetheart No. 62). I think Rex Parker(?) on YouTube had a good comparison of a lot of the “fancy” low angle jacks (as did a million other people). I settled on “good enough”. I do this for fun, and so far that plane has been quite fun and easy to use. I love low angle jacks now.

        Edit: here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPNSR-XpOdk

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          1 year ago

          The legs I mentioned in the post are for his 2x4 stool. It’s been a fun project. Wish I had a drill press for the holes. The angles are tricky to get free hand

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            1 year ago

            Oof, yeah. I’m actually thinking of making a stool, and am dreading the idea of getting the legs straight…er, the correct amount of crooked.

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              1 year ago

              I drilled a few practice holes with a forstner bit and a bevel gauge and honestly even the first holes I drilled were pretty dead on and I’m no whiz with the drill. Worst cast scenario you’re out $5 for the 2x4

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                1 year ago

                Yeah, I (luckily) do have a drill press. I imagine it’ll go fine, I’m just always a bit paranoid. I think I’ll be using a large piece of 4/4 oak that I got from a neighbor, and I don’t really have a ton of that lying around if I bugger it up.