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Get some quality marking gauges too.

If you practice dovetails for a bit you will get good, quick. I wouldn’t bother with any angle guides or other such things. For layout lines just make your...

I had one and sold it. They make some really nice tools but there are other options that are just as accurate but cost a whole lot less. My current dovetail saw is a veritas. One dovetail saw that...

Is your sole flat?

I always check the piece I’m trying to flatten with a straight edge, the edge of the sole can be used as well. For a concave piece start with concentrating your planing on the...

Well said cris. Sharp for me is a mindset as well as function, when you can cross cut grain and leave a smooth finish on softwood, that is something euphoric to me, I also make my living with these...

He really explains sharpening scrapers well too, helped me tremendously get cleaner burrs.

If you really want to get serious start looking at building a work bench. Christopher Schwarz has written a couple of books on mostly Roubo style work benches, one of those and an auxiliary moxon...

Sellers method is to use a leather strop. You’ll be forced to reset your bevels more often with chisels from rounding. For my hand planes I reset them every time, wood is extremely abrasive,...

I use pasted mdf bench sized hones atm. Been using those for 4-5 years. They stay flat until they aren’t then I use a #3 bench plane to reflatten them. I use the dmt pastes 6-3-1 micron. I set my...