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The advantage there was I had a lot of oak lying around, so I didn't mind being significantly more wasteful (for which read inaccurate) with the cutting when preparing the pieces. The tool comes into its own when trying to minimise the cut width, either to save material or to make sure the...

I had a couple of thin pieces of cherry that I wanted to rip in half so I made a tool to help me rip them accurately. Here it is: I guess you'd call it a kerfing saw or something like that. It's made out of oak, about 200 mm long and about 90 mm high; the spacers and clamp pieces are 60 mm...

The main problem that I see with Britain not keeping in line with EU standards is that manufacturers will have yet more standards to follow. At the moment, if you want to sell into the EU, USA and Canada, you have to meet the requirements for CE marking (for Europe), CSA (for Canada) and (for...

Gauge plate, which is O1 tool steel as @--Tom-- said. It's supplied in a very flat condition and is easy to harden. I had some 3 × 30 mm bar, which made all the cutters except the 5 mm ones: most are 3 mm thick; I made the 3 mm ones a bit thicker (4 mm) for strength. The 5 mm ones are...

Today I made (or at least nearly finished making) four planes (based on an idea from a book): Made out of beech, walnut and gauge plate. They're for ploughing grooves in box/drawer sides for a base. One day I'll get a plough plane, but most uses for it will probably be this and it would...

I recognise that... think I might have "Liked" that on another forum recently!

Wow. That's beautiful.

PM on its way...

I'll take the rebate plane if you'd be willing to do it for £35 including postage.

I'm only guessing, but I wonder if it is some sort of tapping attachment. Can you post any more photos of it?

Mine just arrived: Looks good quality, but I haven't checked it for squareness yet. Box says it's made in the US.

I don't know of anything you can buy ready made, but it's quite easy to find sources of self-adhesive felt sheet and a hollow punch would make quick work of turning it into circular pieces. Something like this...

I've only been to this place once (I'm quite new to all this wood stuff), but thought it was worth including: Country: England Region: South West Vendor name: Williams British Hardwoods Town/City: Frampton-on-Severn, Gloucestershire Hobby friendly (yes or no): Not really sure what this means...

On the off-chance you haven't seen it, this post in the excellent thread by @custard does a fantastic comparison of some furniture woods.

I went out and got trolleyed... Black Friday sales thoroughly destroyed my inbox and I've never really seen the point in buying a fancy new TV when my 13-year-old one still works, so I squandered on a new toy: a thicknesser. I'd wanted one for a long time, but felt like the lack of space was a...

Let's hope so. To be honest, I couldn't possibly justify buying a second oscillating multi-tool as my mains powered Fein one works fine, but maybe by the time I break it the Makita one will be available!

Another vote for mig-welding.co.uk - a lot of the subject matter is machining rather than welding (although there's lots of welding too). Same (but different version) forum software as ukworkshop and a good bunch of helpful people.

Thanks all. I'll take my wood book out tomorrow and compare the greenheart photos with it. The water sinking thing is a good tip as it's an easy test to do.

A few months ago I acquired some blocks of unknown wood, found when clearing out my late father-in-law's shed. They didn't look very inspiring and had obviously been coated in something dark and oily. I nearly chucked them out, but they felt too heavy to be pine so I brought them back and...

That's beautiful.