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271582 Chuck Taylor 2020‑08‑01 Re: Anarchist's workbench available for free download
Adam,
You have it backwards:  planing stops are for those who can’t build a proper
tail vise. :-)
Chuck sitting on a cool island beach north of Seattle, watching the tide come in


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On Saturday, August 1, 2020, 12:46 PM, Adam R. Maxwell  wrote:



> On Jul 30, 2020, at 19:44 , Chuck Taylor via OldTools  wrote:
> 
> There is a lot of good information about workbenches in Chris's books. I don't
agree with all of his opinions, but that's to be expected. For one thing, I
don't understand why he prefers a planing stop to a tail vise. Sure, you can get
by without a tail vise, but why would you want to?

Tail vises are a crutch for people who can't make
their own planing stops :).

-- 
Adam
Sweating over dovetails in a 90˚ shop in Benton City, WA

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