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And you use linseed oil? I'd have thought the lighter fluid would've destroyed the surface ...... obviously it doesn't really react.

Here are the other 5 public domain books I have if anyone wants them. http://www.filefactory.com/file/4nk6zmv7hclo/n/Drilling_and_Thread_Cutting_Handbook_1924.pdf http://www.filefactory.com/file/4qak96er4mlo/n/Franklin_Jones_-_Modern_Toolmaking_Methods_1915.pdf...

I've only ever tried french polishing once or twice. I remember watching my dad do it when I was a kid, and I've read a couple of articles over the years, and I dont remember anyone adding oil to the surface. I might just have forgotten, or never noticed. I can remember the rubber being made, I...

This guy - Clickspring on YouTube - is an absolutely fantastic metalworker. He made this card press from plain stock using hand tools and a small lathe. I'd love to know what people think of his french polishing technique. It obviously works, but this is the first time I've ever seen...

It's public domain, so no copyrite issues. www.filefactory.com/file/4ff2amdb1f5y/n/J._P._Law_-_The_Beginners_Guide_to_Fitting_1935.pdf

Don't forget ponies and a monkey :D

It's only very recently that I saw a carpenters roll up rule that only had metric on it - it surprised me so much I actually made a point of mentioning it to a colleague

I've been leafing through a couple of public domain workshop books I've picked up, this one is J. P. Law - The Beginners Guide to Fitting 1935. Just started on this one, i think I'm going to like it :D

It's definitely a mindset. I work with engineering lecturers - some of whom are younger than me - who take the mick out of me because I cant switch from metric to thou's haha Edit: We have a variation of the following conversation every year with new students Student - "I don't do imperial -...

Oops - sorry mate, somehow I missed you were looking for extractors https://www.poolewood.co.uk/product/jet-jcdc-1-5-cyclone-extractor-102125/

3 Random sites from google. https://www.machinery4wood.co.uk/browse.php/section/115/level/3 https://bivenmachinerysales.co.uk/product-category/brands/jet/ http://www.shawselectrical.co.uk/index.php?p=ecom&productsupplier=JET

That's confused me so much I'm not even sure if you're joking or not. :D Really reminded me of that famous Terry Pratchett footnote: Two farthings = One Ha'penny. Two ha'pennies = One Penny. Three pennies = A Thrupenny Bit. Two Thrupences = A Sixpence. Two Sixpences = One Shilling, or...

Probably their stock went so quickly it prompted someone to take a second look at the price. I did think someone thought these were the light weight ones and priced accordingly, but you can get a two-pack of those 300mm clamps for £10. Even the 300mm medium duty are £18 each at Toolstation

I bought some 'precision' Rutland squares - worth checking out for the comedy value www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/precision-clamping-squares.124093

www.scosarg.com/tooling/drilling/drill-bits-cylinder?manufacturer=4523

If you want to go the hand built way, John Heisz has an interesting take on it. www.youtube.com/watch?v=XDVUvrmFEI8

I use imperial for woodwork and metric for metalwork :) I watched a great youtube video that explained that during the Apollo Space Program all the American computers were programmed in metric, but to give the astronauts something they could easily visualize all results were converted back to...

Much heftier than I expected - pictured below one of their light weight ones.

Amazon - tbh I love the fact I can sit here at 2am in my boxers and spend £150 on crap essential items for my shed, that'll get here tomorrow. My elderly Mother (who lives 50 miles away and doesn't have the internet) phoned me last Sunday morning wondering where to get a pet related item. I...

Mr Wandel gives a nice explanation of why lunchbox planers suffer from snipe.