At 03:31 PM 8/4/97 -0700, Stephen York wrote:
>Hi,
>
>	My name is Steve York, and I have been lurking for a while, and I 

Welcome aboard.

>a big power planer. Do people really like 'Restoring, Tuning amd Using
>Classis Woodworking Tools" by Michael Dunbar, and 'Hand Tools, their ways 
>and workings" by Aldren A. Watson? They seem like they might be good places 
>to start. 
>

Both of those are good books to start with.  Also, I'd recommend all of Roy
Underhill's books.

>I also picked up the "Workbench Book" by Scott Landis. I am trying to
>modify a 30 year old garage wall bench for woodworking. It
>is very solidly made, but the top is 2X8 Doug Fir, and I think is not
>thick enough. Also, it has knots in it, so it might be hard to flatten
>with a jointer plane. But I could remove the top and replace it with a 
>maple top I make myself. The supports are very solid 4 X 6 beams.
>
What you might want to do, depending on your space allocation, is to keep
that bench for sharpening, finishing, gluing, and all of the other less
than glorious tasks that muck up a workbench top.  Make a nice free
standing bench for planing.  

One can never have enough workspace...........

Tony

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