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I’d only raise the grain and sand off if I was using a water based finish. Do you have some offcuts you can test on? If not I’ve done a first coat on the underside first to check I like a finish.

Bench disassembled, hard graft, and the cross mortice cut into the bench leg. Made a dowel for for the centre pivot but decided I need a proper clevis circlip pin, one on order. Mortice on bench leg intersected the tenon, luckily not to a depth that would hit the bolt. All installed, and...

Thanks J-G , I’m a metal work newbie so I’d made an assumption a drill would drill the hole size stated. Hopefully the slightly loose fit will not prove a problem. Fitz

As mentioned I’m going with a cross mechanism in the leg vice rather than a pin board. The cross is made from 12x40mm bright mild steel bar, 460mm long. The pins are 10mm stainless steel. I order a new 10mm Bosch bit to make the cuts and was disappointed that the holes have come out at about...

Great info thanks. With the info you've given me I need to do some thinking and planning on if this is logistically possible and economically sensible. If someone else decides they want this please feel free to jump in and grab it, no hard feelings from my end.

Ed, I’m interested as I’ve a bunch of windows to make in the future, and a spindle is on my tool list. However I’m about as far from you as it’s possible to be I the uk! Do you know anything about the bearings in the spindle. Are they ball bearings or older plain metal bearings. Is there any...

It was from an individual maker, bought on eBay from seller cobiecat, also on Etsy under GreenRiverDesign.

I’ve always planned a leg vice on the bench, having installed one on my temporary (5yrs old now) bench and fallen in love with it. I’d hung my nose over the benchcrafted hardware but just couldn’t bring myself to spend that much money. I also decided I wanted a wooden screw. The main wooden...

Tidying up is always my first activity. I'm terrible at putting all the smaller tools away and I end up with scrapers, drill bits, tape, etc lying all over in random places. Often some sharpening and resetting of tools. my planer and thicknesser knives are normally on that list. I then...

That's lovely, beech top and oak legs, or beech throughout?

Going to remake the whole window. Need to decide if I go with vacuum glazing or double glazing so that I can finalise the design. Fineo glazing costs are excessive at £1700 for 2.3m2 of glazing (incl £660 delivery), so I'm waiting for a figure from LandVac. Having studied the window it's a...

Scotty, what a fantastic machine and a great rebuild series, thanks for all the time you have put in to this it's been a pleasure to read and follow along. This has to be one of my favorite woodworking pictures. It made be smile and guffaw with laughter when it came up, I can just imagine the...

I like that idea! I like the idea of a new doorbell that i'll hear in the shed, but dislike the idea of the ugly little box on my nice old victorian door. Another idea to go on the to do list.

A lot will depend on how often you are prepared to refinish the item. I used osmo on a garden table, it looked ace for the first two seasons, shabby after three and i decided then to just leave it to weather naturally, after 5 seasons the legs were starting to look tired, after 10 the underside...

If the piece is going to live outdoors then I would say stainless steel fixings are a must, blue black staining will occur if the wood is wet, the oak will corrode regular steel fixings in short order*. *short order likely being 10+yrs but not the 50+years that oak can last outside.

Brilliant, much better than the originals! The important question though, are they comfortable?

Once all the tops were glued up things got a little too snug and no amount of malleting could seat them. So the tops had to come off, and some fanangling of the joints ensued. With each top weighing 40kg and the legs at 7kg (ish) it’s bloody exhausting taking it apart, adjusting, and test...

The problem with something like the Kreg rip cut is that it uses the edge of the board as the reference surface. On the first cut this will be spot on, but cut after cut the errors mount up, with a straight edge you can ensure the edge is straight and square, or at any other angle you want.

A very hard wood could cause the workbench to mark pieces you are making, but sapele hardness is similar to other woods you mentioned. Sapele can tend to splinter when worked and the splinters can be wicked things. not sure this is a reason not to use it on a workbench. It's not quite as dense...

An AC motor requires phases that are out of sync to spin. Without this the AC just makes the motor bounce back and forth, hum, at the uk electric frequency. The capacitor causes a phase offset as the rate it charges and discharges is slow compared to the frequency of the uk grid. The motor...