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I'd just been looking at hole saws on Amazon and found this TCT bit, which looks similar and well reviewed. Are the Starrett likely to be better quality would you think...

I have a set of hole saws but the sizes jump from 22 to 25mm and 25 is too big and I was trying to save myself from having to file all the holes out from 22mm. Maybe I'm just using the wrong tool for this job but was surprised a stepped bit wouldn't work reasonably in something thin like 1mm...

ok the editing failed on that one. Reply should read, I drilled a few other holes with other drill bits and tried it from there and it did the same thing, just seems to be hopelessly blunt all the way through. That drill vice has nt base below the centre so there's room to go all the way to...

Had a cheap step drill fail to do the job so bought one from UK Drills (bought through Amazon), who I've seen mentioned on here before, thinking it would be better quality but it's worse. I'm trying to drill some holes in 1mm steel to mount some speaker connectors. It drilled the first 2mm hole...

Thanks all, think I’ll get the sander and extra pad and give it a try. Will report back.

I’m looking at getting the Metabo 450XS RO sander as it’s much recommended on here. I was wondering if it’s possible to fit a 125mm pad such as this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Be-Your-Mind-Replacement-Accessories/dp/B0CDFR6LQB to it as I have a few packets of 125mm Norton sanding disks left...

Thanks all, I'll try the drilling halfway, fitting it and drilling through. I have a decent drill press so should be able to be reasonably accurate I hope :) I use the brace on the farm quite often, it doesn't need power and is great for putting hinge latches through gate posts. Tends to have...

For those that asked, these are the planes. The wooden one has three names stamped into the front end, one of them is my granfathers so it had a fair life prior to his ownership. Probably the most accurate straight edge I have is a Starret 30cm combination square, I can use that to get an idea...

As I have the glass already, I'll send the edges smooth and put it on a piece of MDF and see how it gets on. I couldn't get it to flex with a few bits of paper at the edges so I think it'll do the job for what I need.

I have one for flattening my Waterstones but I don't think that would be big enough for a long smoothing plane

Ah now that's great to know, thanks very much, I'll do that rather than taping the edges.

Oh the plane's unusable, I think it sat in a box for years. My mum had it after my grandfather died and that's 20 years ago, it's pretty badly rusted but it's an old Stanley, I'm sure it'll come up just fine once it's been sanded clean and flat again.

Brilliant, thanks Jacob.

Thanks gents, my plan was to put the big sheet of glass on a tea towel for support and work from there. Looks like I have a plan now :)

Ok I hope this isn't too daft a question. I'm putting together my sharpening setup and amongst the things I need is the ability to flatten the base of a couple of old planes I inherited from my grandfather, a Stanley no.5 and an old wooden smoothing plane. The sole of the Stanley needs a lot of...

Hi all, I have a Stanley 73 brace, a mark 3, that had a broken ratchet gear. I ordered a new one from km-wholesalesuppliers.co.uk who seem to be the only people carrying spares for it. Now that I have it, there's no hole in the ratchet for the pin to secure it to the brace. I can't find any...

Spent a bit of time in the workshop at last, took the old Wickes grinder apart, the wheels were rusted on to the spindles so I cleaned everything thoroughly, got rid of the rust on the spindles with emery paper and fitted a new coarse wheel and a stainless wire wheel. It's fairly well balanced...

It’s a Mk 1 mx5. It was my kid brothers an was in our barn waiting for him to repair the sills on it. Was there for a few years. He died In 2020 during lockdown. I’m planning to do it up and put it back on the road as a reminder of some great drives we had together. Needs a lot of work, the...

I’ll have to find a suitable finer wet wheel then. Any suggestions for which grade for the at wheel and which alu oxide wheel would partner well with it? It’ll be for the usual chisels and plane irons etc along with some turning tools when I get the second-hand lathe I bought up and running...