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Looking really good.

Very pleased with my purchase. Pleasure dealing with Lord Kitchener.

My plan is working. Today cake. Tomorrow the world

Weird - I'm still getting the other site.

I've just tried to access the yandles website (Welcome to Yandle & Sons Ltd) and I'm hitting a placeholder site. Is the Yandles business OK? This is what I'm seeing:

Hi. I'd be interested in them

I use one of these - it is over budget, but you get wet and dry option and a power outlet (which switches on the vacuum when power is drawn). I think it's worth paying a little extra for those two features in a shop vac: Guild 30L Wet & Dry Cleaner with Power Take Off - 1500W However, this...

That looks really good. Must make one myself some time. :)

The vice was another ebay purchase. £45 and I was the only one who bid on it. To be honest, I'm not sure it was a good buy. The thread is well worn and after purchasing it I realised I could buy a new screw for a similar price. What I most like about it is the additional parts that came with it...

My understanding of the Roubo design which I think I read in Chris Schwarz's book, is that the lack of support across the grain immediately below the top allows the top to expand laterally over time/seasons. Of course that is based on using a single slab of wood for the top and a slab that is...

I got it on ebay. It was labelled: William Marples Shamrock Rising Pillar Bench Stop Yes - I did wonder if that would lead to a repeated debate.

My understanding is that it is better to place your planes on the sole. For example see this. I believe the thinking is that the blade won't be damaged placing it on wood, and placing it on the side tends to have the same effect as tapping it laterally - that is, it messes up the blade alignment.

Over the last week or so I have finished my workbench. I fitted a end stop into the bench stop at the end of a line of dog holes that I'd cut with a brace (and chamferred with a palm router). I was able to use the stop and dog holes to hold a couple of oak offcuts that I shaped to form...

I got to use my Faithful No. 10 in anger today to shave a couple of millimeters off a door frame. It worked a treat and cut lovely even shavings. It cut right into the corners as you'd expect. I found I had to give the chip breaker a little more work as initially I was getting some jamming...

I have a Faithful No.7 and enjoy using it. It does a good job of jointing boards and I've used it successfully on a number of projects. I spent an hour or so flattening the bottom when I first got it. I also have a wooden plane of the same length. Both work well. The wooden plane was cheaper...

Ah!. That's a Rapier 500. A bargain for £4, though I did end up replacing the frog which cost an additional £10. The main thing of note is the plastic handles. In use that doesn't bother me, though I do plan to make some wooden handles at some point. I've set it up as my main material removal...

It has been a fun build. I have learnt a lot doing it and I'm really looking forward to using it. I'm putting the build on hold now as I have some things I want to make as Christmas presents and I can use the bench as is for those. After Christmas I'll fit the vices and do a little tidying up.

It's what Richard Maguire (link in first post) uses in his tutorial which is one of my main inspirations for this build. I presume because the longer cure time gives you more time to get all the joints together. In my build I needed to get eight doweled joints fitted and then fit the worktop on...

I presume you mean the wooden plane :) The marking on the end state J. Amey

Part 2. I next started cutting the legs to size and added an offset (half lap?) tenon to the top of each leg. I then cut the matching mortises in the worktop. I cut most of the waste out with a router, the Trend jig working well again. And then squared and took the holes out to size using...