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@steve355 Thank you. That's a fascinating video. The Bat was a new tool for me.

I agree with @Derek Cohen (Perth Oz). The vice position is more about planing than sawing. Personally I'd rather use a bench hook for sawing as it supports the cut better and can be sacrificial (you can cut into the hook to avoid blowout in the piece being cut). However, the joy of making a...

@benhen31 How have you got on with the dovetail guide?

Blackwood is expensive. What you have looks more like Mahogany which has less of a premium price. If you look at this the results for this search I think you'll see where I'm coming from: Craft Turning Blanks for sale | eBay Looking again, £100 is too low. Perhaps there is a turner out there...

IMO Those are basically offcuts. The good news is that stored indoors for a long time they will be ready to use and they look like very nice offcuts. The bad news is the £300 you are competing with offers like this: Hardwood Timber Pallet Wood Project 170 Oak Sapele Iroko Accoya Offcuts (182) |...

Personally, I'm looking forward to seeing the wood you have for sale.

Do you have a jubilee clip holding the hose on?

I have a small collection of inshaves/scorps built up over the last few months. The first one was a cheap Chinese tool bought from ebay, that I haven't had any success with. It just doesn't cut very well. It's the middle inshave in the picture above. IMO even as cheap as it was, it was a waste...

The books I ordered from the list have arrived safely. I'm very pleased with my purchase.

M&T is more substantial than a magazine. It feels more like two or three bound together. I really like the content. As with Quercus, I will happily read them cover to cover, but that takes me days. If I lived in the states I'd subscribe, but here I just buy the odd copy when I buy other stuff...

The problem is that so much of YouTube is people trying to sell you things. I just find the thoughtful long form represented by publications such as Quercus and M&T feed more into why we do things. Youtube is for how to do things, written texts are much better for why we do things.

Thoroughly agree with that. Unfortunately, I've recently bought the bound issues 1 to 3 book, otherwise I would have snapped up the set of 5.

I've just received an email stating the Quercus' 21st issue will be the last. That's such a shame. I've only recently (last few months) subscribed, and I've found each issue fascinating and read them cover to cover.

Looks like classic hollow grind. Main unusual aspect being the sideways action. Interesting. Interesting the way he can lift the blade off the stone to get a camber. Interesting stones too. Diamond water stones - not seen those before.

I should add, I tried a few gadgets when I started cutting dovetails and I have to say by far the best item I purchased was a good saw. In my case a Veritas saw. By far the most important items for cutting dovetails are a good saw and marking knife. Though I should also add that I am in no way a...

I've got a Katz Moses dovetail guide that I don't use. I'm off for the weekend but can dig it out when I get home: Sunday/Monday.

Christopher Schwarz seem to have released a lot of Lost Art Press videos onto YouTube a few days ago. Some of the content appears to have been originally released as DVDs. Worth a look in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/@lostartpress/videos

55% off some sash clamps. couldn't resist

It almost makes me want to build another workbench :)

Thank you! That's not far from me. Think I might pop over Saturday morning and have a look