I have been a lurker for a while now (had to reset my password to get on). I am the son of a child of the depression who with my uncles was a builder of sorts. They were typical of that era in that they were jacks of all trades. I became a printer and my son is in his final year as an apprentice carpenter. It is in his blood.
I have enjoyed doing small renovations and projects over the years and have inherited some of my fathers tools. I have also enjoyed restoring some of his Stanley planes especially the Bed Rock 604. I've had a desire to do some cabinet making and need to learn the basics like 'dovetail joints' and 'dowelling' and I guess to learn the various timber joins. So am looking forward to accessing the knowledge that flows through this site.
Iv'e bought a Stanley No 59 Dowel Jig on eBay. Of course it is in imperial but was wondering if Stanley make metric guides for it. It strikes me that it shouldn't be too hard to make some up myself. I'm not sure which forum I should use to investigate this further and would appreciate any suggestions. I plan to enrol in some community based carpentry courses at my local community college. I live on the Central Coast NSW.
