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I've only got one thing to say Dan...

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>YOU SUCK!

BTW excellent score, Scott feeling very jelous...

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Thanks Scott,

I do suck! I have been selling off my unused tools all year and slowly accumulated enough cash for the LN 8.

The Mortise chisel I have wanted since the last woodshow when I saw Rob Cosman demonstrate the LN Mortisers at last years show.

The drawer making video really wasn't in the plans but when I saw Robs small chest and the air tight drawers I had to have it as well. I have read articles on piston fit drawers but a picutre is worth a 1000 words so I am hoping to someday be able to duplicate the piston fit.

Cheers

Dan Clermont

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Paul Benton

>Dan, don't relegate thr 97 1/2 to just removing glue, which I've always thought was a silly "Stanleyism" for this plane.

I use mine for that purpose but more often I use it to clean up the solid wood edging applied to veneered sheets. I find it excels at this as long as the blade is sharp

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Frank D. in Montreal

>Congrats! Glad you like the no. 8 there Dan. I won't say I told you so. :)

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ThomD

>I think the only explanation for how the LV tools look is they want them to look bad. They made several planes prior to LN coming out (well not sure who really made them) that were head and shoulder above the looks of the current planes. I have a Jack length plane that came certified 1/10000" back when nobody was turning out good stuff. And they have made many attractive tools over the years. It's like when No Name was new, and stores spent a fortune making their premises look like warehouse, pulling up perfectly serviceable floors to put down ugly one. It is product positioning, with a kind of endearing Miller Falls look. But you can't fault them for the quality of the innovations. If they were making really weird stuff that looked too Stanley people would resist it more than in the current format. And they do get some things more right like the adjustable mouth on their LA jointer.

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Dan CLermont in Burnaby

>Thanks for the tip. I would never have thought about that

Cheers

Dan Clermont

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Dan CLermont in Burnaby

>Hi Frank,

You told me so, so many times and I finally got it!

Got tired of sending guys from the West Coast to Montreal with the intent of hijacking yours only to have you feed them a beer and they would forget.

It was cheaper just to buy my own in the end

By the way, you are right it makes one heckuva smoother

Cheers

Dan Clermont

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Brian Cargnelli

>Hey there Dan,

Boy did you ever buy a bunch of stuff. And I thought I had spent a lot! The 5.5 is a real winner. I have tried the high angle frog in my 4.5 and it is also a great improvement. I tried the original and the new chip breaker and the new version is better. I agree that the DVD is a real eye opener. Maybe something that Rob can do for a future DVD is how to make all of the shop made jigs (shooting boards, panel cutters etc...) that he uses on the shows. I thought that I had a 140, but now realize what I have is the 95. I can see that I am going to have to break down and get the 140 package that Rob had at the show. What was the cost again? About 240 I think.

Anyway, stop in for a coffee if you're ever up this way. I've just started to redo the surface of my bench after my flood last January. I really can't believe that the bench stayed as flat as it did under 52 inches of water, snow and ice. But it is a real workout trying to flatten it. Maybe that #8 of yours would be a good purchase to do this, or am I justifying it a bit too much? Take care.

Brian

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Brian

It was nice seeing you again at the show. Hadn't heard from you for awhile so I was a little concerned all might not be well. Glad you like the 5.5 it is a real gem. You can borrow the 8 if you want anytime.... just bring your bench down to my shop ;)

The 140 is a real gem but if you do plan on using it for rabbetting it is handy to have both as mine tears out working against the grain. I had a feeling it might but was hoping it wouldn't. Guess Rob is going to get more of my money sometime in the near future.

Next time your in the lower mainland you will have to come over for some coffee and shop talk.

Cheers

Dan Clermont

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Stephen in Ottawa

>Hi Dan,

Good haul. I agree, the #8 is a beautiful plane and works really well ( looks good to IMHO!). Let us know how the new video is. I was thinking of getting a copy as well. Incidentally, what size mortiser did you get?

- Stephen

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Dan Clermont in Burnaby

>Hi Stephen ,

I got the 5/16" which was not what I originally ordered but after reading the discussion here about tenon widths I decided to go with that size.

I also went with 5/16" because the tite mark mini comes with mortise attachments in a 5/16" width. I don't have a mini tite mark but it is free to dream ;)

WHen I am done playing in the shop getting the new tools arranged in the cabinet I'll find time for the video.

Cheers

Dan Clermont

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Brian in Merritt

>I bought the DVD at the show too. I watched it and then rewatched it. Everytime I see one of Rob's demonstrations I pick up so many new tricks and techniques that I would never have guessed at trying. This DVD is no exception. In fact if you have the other DVD's in the series on Dovetails, then this is the logical extension to it. I really now understnad the use of No 10 Plane. Never seemed to make sense to have one of these until I saw this DVD. I think one could get by with another plane, bu this one really make the job at hand easier. Seeing how Rob uses a shooting board for simple things is also a real eye opener. Never thought that I needed to chamfer the back side of the cut before squaring the board, but now know why one has to do this. To see how he lays out the various joints, cuts the half blind dovetails and shows off new tricks is also a thing of beauty. Seeing is sometimes so much easier that reading a book.

Now if you want a detailed description of the DVD (which is the way to get this only I believe) I will give one. But if you are interested in buying it and were not sure, get it. Best 50 bucks you'll spend. Better yet, get a wood club to buy it and then share it around.