Finished up the project I was working on today, This saw is really a major addition to my shop, In addition to being a hand tool only project after the stock was rough dimensioned out of a slab, the saw plate in this saw was hammer set and filed by me. Back in January I took the saw seminar at Bad Axe in LaCrosse and Mark and the guys taught me a lot. While I could have had them file the plate since I was paying for it I got a lot of satisfaction knowing that this saw from rough plate to finished saw was all my work. You'll notice some contrasting wood at the top and bottom of my saw. That's what happens when you somehow screw up your marking after checking a couple different times and the mortises for the screw plate and the fixed blade holder are off of center by 3/4 of an inch. Cut off the area, glue on a new piece, shape, and recut the mortises. Got two coats of WOP on it, I'll let it sit overnight and rub it out with some steel wool and wax in the morning and get the kerfing plane built.