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It looks a bit scruffy but if it all works as it should and just needs a good clean I reckon the price is okay, you could make them an...

I thought I'd write a short piece on one of the best (fairly) recent additions to my hand tool workshop. The humble trug! I now keep...

Looks like that is the design, there is a manual for a more modern version that looks pretty identical here link. Bearings are 6203s so...

Thanks everyone for all the great info, especially around the heat loss. Time to make my choice on design and let future history judge me.

I agree 100% with Ollie. You are worrying unnecessarily about the minimal heat loss.

I looks to have cast iron tables, adjust height infeed and outfeed, a solid fence, and is a reasonable length. All good points for a...

AAAaaaaarrrrrRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH! (But I forgive you, because I've just used the phrase "for free". My God, the shame of it all...)...

What is the machine weight? PTs vary from 250 -> 1000+kg

I was thinking, what is sprout all about.

Hmmm. Sprout has been substituted here for the name of a king who allegedly tried to turn back the tide. I wonder what other anagrams of...

Another vote for willow from me. Funny how a picture of a tree can bring back a memory of sore arms. My pal and I once chopped down a...

When I lived in Russia one thing that struck we was how the management of the language reflected the culture. The Oxford English...

One source of hardwood cane be old furniture, look local on gumtree for free/cheap vintage wardrobes will normal have solid sides that...

As a person who has restored thousands of sash windows I have come to the conclusion that spiral balances are the devils work and should...