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@steve355 if your efforts making your planes is anything to go by the I await with interest your results in metal - you obviously are incredibly skilled and talented..!

I've not used them but this outfit has been used by others on this forum - https://bandsawparts.co.uk/urethane-tyres/flat-urethane-tyres/ ..and this technique for fitting them - Good Luck!

@steve355 thanks for sharing - fascinating stuff! As is typical of this type of handcraft - they make it all look so easy yet am sure they are utilising skills learnt over an entire lifetime -Ken was obviously a national treasure...

Yes that chisel does look quite a substantial beast and as one would expect mirror sharp. I am not in either his nor your league but do use hand tools quite often and have my own routine for sharpening straight bladed tools - as on those videos a fine edge does just make using them so much...

Just watched those videos and agree Matt is clearly a very skilled guy, and you too seem to have learnt lots by watching him and trying different techniques along the way -Kudos!!

Glad setting the timer resolved this - and Paulm for calling it out! My oven is the same - it won't turn on if the clock hasn't been set from it's power-on flashing state It doesn't matter what time you set it - I think it's a safety feature so that if you have a power outage whilst on a timed...

I might add that in my experience they are way more complicated than you'd think and my current oven a 13y old Bosch double/built-in was not designed to be worked on easily - spaghetti style wiring where to access anything you had to disconnect cables in the way, and lots of snap-fit spade...

If you have a multimeter and can use it safely on mains voltages I'd firstly whip the back off it and check that mains is present on the main elements when powered up and expecting it to heat up. If alive but no heat then the element is likely blown. If no power the next port of call would be...

No not another tale of woes like two recent threads posted by BarbaraT and Mynewka but some deliberate hacking of flesh, sinews and bones... A couple of weekends ago I'd bought a 1.3kg blister pack of beef short ribs from my local supermarket and planned to cook them in my Instantpot pressure...

There has been for many months a similar device heavily advertised on Facebook - a platform I might add I maybe glance at once a week, and it looked lethal to me. I've taken so little notice of it I forget the product name but from memory it was a purpose built device as opposed to an add-on...

Here's mine in vaguely chronological order, built in 2011 so changed a bit since then Kity K5 gone and replaced with Startrite PT260, huge old spindle bought off Wallace of this parish, Myford 254, metalwork station + TIG etc - have now run out of room.....

Nice! - I bet it makes a swishing noise too as it cuts, I remember one notable plane fettler and craftsman extolling the virtues of this on a Radio 4 documentary on the subject. Can't remember his name but when sharpened and setup correctly they do make a satisfying sound as you glide over the...

I had a K5 from new and whilst well used was in good working order when I upgraded to separates. Things to check - all the tables are anodised aluminium so surface hard but underlying casting is not so check they are in good nick and not bent in any way. Check the planer drum rotates smoothly...

Reminds me of an article Kazuo Ishiguro wrote in the FT a while back - this

I too am no engineer but it seems to me that as others have stated, a bearing used in this configuration where perhaps one race will never fully rotate is bound to prematurely fail and that an alternate such as a spherical rose-joint would be more suitable albeit they would require some form of...

What a superb machine, and what a professional job you have done refurbishing it - I noticed in the early photos the hand scraped fence - and the later work in progress photos showing the hard work and superb finish you've achieved - simply stunning!

You could try staining it with some diluted white paint or primer 1st - the Scandinavians have used this technique for years to prevent pine from going that almost sickly orange hue after varnishing. Plenty of commercial products aimed at this but tbh anything containing a fine white pigment...

Check out my thread here. Aside from the extreme mess you'll make cutting the bitumen off the other challenge you may encounter is how to clean the sides. If the reclaimed blocks have over the years been sanded and re-varnished then you will find that they likely will have shrunk somewhat and so...

Not child labour however I had my 29y old daughter have a go at TIG welding - 2 offcuts of 2mm angle iron lap-jointed autogenously as I thought having to manipulate filler rod and control the arc was going to be too difficult -I think she found it all a bit scary being that close to the arc...

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