Rob,
I am overjoyed that I found your YouTube channel. I am a 77-year-old want-to-be box maker who only recently took up box making (just before COVID and my heart surgery). Your videos and the tools I have recently purchased based on those videos have allowed by to improve my skills and to greatly improve the fit of the boxes I have been making for our nine grandkids. My boxes no longer need filler. They are square in all three directions. The latest ones look fantastic (to my old eyes) compared to my first few boxes of red oak for the guys. For the girls, my wife helped with the wood selection at our “local” Woodcraft shop in Sacramento (about a two-hour drive). Zebrawood, Purpleheart, Birdseye maple, maple, walnut, and Redheart were her selections. Thus far I flattened the Birdseye maple and the Redheart used for the tops and bottom of three boxes. I was amazed that I could accomplish such a feat with the wood cupped as it was.
I keep my planes sharp using Rob Cosman's Sharpening Rule with the Shapton Heavy Stone Holder holding the Shapton 16,000 Ceramic HR Glass Stone along with Rob Cosman's Diamond Stone. The Rob Cosman's Shooting Board - 18 inches has made my day many times over in just a few short weeks.
Thank you for your instruction, equipment recommendations, and ability to purchase items that have considerably improved the precision of my woodwork.
Respectfully,
Mike Cuchna
Retired now 12 years and I love it!
Measure what is measurable, and make measurable that which is not. – Galileo