Adam, you wrote:

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So far, I've got carcases done for the pair, all using hand tools:

http://maxwells.smugmug.com/Hobbies/Woodworking/23483144_SwP79b

It's quartersawn red oak.
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Those are might fine looking sliding dovetails! I seem to remember
something about you making a dovetail plane out of another plane some
time back. Is that what you used here?

Cheers,

Chuck Taylor on the other side of Puget Sound from Adam
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