On Jul 14, 2011, at 10:39 AM, Ted Shuck wrote:

> I did occasionally gouge into the surface of my mitre jack with the  
> plane while making my joints, but it really isn't a problem until  
> you mangle it sufficiently to mess up the geometry.  Even then, it  
> is not too difficult to bring it back with a few minutes of careful  
> planing of the surface.

Sounds like Robert is, in fact, your brother's mother's brother

Ed Minch

------------------------------------------------------------------------