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I think I was the first bidder, but only up to about $450, if I remember correctly. Do post a report on it when you have a chance to play it a bit. I'm very curious.

As to making planes yourself, I think if you just want the exercise it's a great thing to do and the results can be pretty darned functional if you're careful. It's not the quick route to a good...

It may just be me, but I've never liked the "transitionals." I have a few, and I've tuned them up and put them in good working order, but I never reach for them. I think the metal parts aren't up...

I can only be of limited help, since I bought my MT used. Still, it hadn't gotten a lot of play before I bought it. It had J74s on it, and I mostly use those, but I've tried LM-11s also, and that's...

Okay I'm impressed. I regularly get pretty much transparent shavings with my finest tuned smoothing and jointing planes, but this atom-thick gossamer thing coming endlessly out of his plane has me...

Yeah, it seems that pretty much every style of wooden plane has been called a "block plane" at some point. I don't know if it's because they're all made from "blocks" of wood or what. :) Still, I...

I agree with most of the advice so far. I have lots of both metal Stanley-type planes and wooden planes from molding planes to large try planes, collected and refurbished and put to use over the...

Fine with me. You can change mine to Phil Hopkins.

You should ask him what wax mix he uses and recommends. I'd be interested.

Lacquer is a tricky and troublesome finish in a number of ways; but it does form a surface film. Varnish isn't...

I don't have any experience of it on musical instruments, but maybe others will chime in on that.

I'm a furniture maker though, and I have used it a lot on furniture. It's a very hard wax, but...

If you'll search the threads a bit for advice for newcomers or advice on beginner mandolin, you'll find TONS of very useful information. But, unfortunately, the short answer is no, there's little...

Okay, here it is. I'm attaching it as a Word document.

Sure, I'll work up a tab and post it here in case anyone else is interested.

I never could find it either. It's a simple song to pick up by ear. I could probably write out the tab for you, especially if you don't care whether I write it out in correct time (which you...

This isn't a post about where to get them, more along the lines of have them but don't use them. I've had one for a couple of years and never have liked to play with it. It just thuds. Today, though,...

I teach philosophy and my specialty is ancient greek philosophy. Whenever I was first asked on whatever site it was years ago to post a screen name, it seemed to me that other users names were a kind...

I think this is a very interesting question. It has certainly been my (limited) experience that playing up the neck is one of the most significant differences in a quality instrument. I've been...

I think what some people are responding (negatively) to is that your question in its full form seems to me to parse into something like this:

Guys, thanks for your many suggestions, but I don't...

Your artistic interpretations are so impressive. And just a lovely sound.

I don't know where it is located under the top. I'm assuming that if he can reach it to remove it, he can reach it to shoot a little squirt of the spray. We're not talking aerosol can here. ...

I'm fairly familiar with super glues, as I also make scale wooden ships. A good super glue remover should do the trick. They often come in spray pump containers. One little spray shot at the joint...

I also worry about the effect on the finish. I think it's always best to start conservative and work up. So hand sanitizer might be the place to start. Then rubbing alcohol. Naptha or turpentine or...

I've played a half dozen different Webers, and wasn't particularly impressed by any of them. All were the lower price range models, except for one Bighorn. Others like them a lot, I know. It really...

Perhaps I'll be forgiven for commenting this time around, since I didn't notice the thread the first time. I found the article very interesting. There is a ton of research on what is sometimes called...

Like most things, a lot depends on the quality of the tool. I've used a number of farrier's rasps, on horses hooves, actually. The better made and more expensive ones are wicked sharp (I cut myself...