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Hi I recently made a bunch of birch ply drawers and finished them with cellulose based sanding sealer. I sand lightly to about 180 or 240, quick coat of sanding sealer that dries quickly, quick denib with 320 or 400 - leaves a lovely smooth almost waxy finish. I do the internal faces before...

Good comments from Custard. I used to have a similar extractor to the Camvac one you are considering - mine was a Record Power one http://www.recordpower.co.uk/product/fi ... qot-BobirU It worked very well with the table saw, planer and (Scheppach) bandsaw. I had a good system of blast gates...

There have been a few comments about box joints/comb joints and related jigs - I said I would post a pic or two of the one I made. Steve Maskery has posted details of his jig with a nice how to video here finger-joint-advice-t94807.html I have been using box joints quite a lot and the more you...

The arts & crafts stuff would be my favourites too. The Fitzwilliam Museum is an amazing place I think and very easy to pop into if you are in Cambridge. There is a very varied range of furniture (although it is the ceramics collection that is unbelievable); I think the reason the Wales &...

There are various sellers on eBay that supply small sizes of birch ply. It is a relatively expensive (in £/sq ft terms) way to buy it, but useful if you just need a small piece. Cheers

Back to the original question, some of the suggestions are for concealed jointing methods and as has been said, I don't see the point of fancy jointing that you cannot see. I am not sure that anyone has suggested box joints or comb joints - to my mind these do look more contemporary - they work...

I did not know anything about Wales and Wales, but just looked at their website - I realised that I have admired one of their pieces in the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge http://www.artfund.org/supporting-museu ... -and-wales It is a one off piece, whereas some of their stuff is contract design...

I have been using these in the staff beads on sash windows, so that the staff beads can be easily removed. Having established the right diameter and depth of hole to drill, I press-fit them in a vice (rather than try to bash them in with a hammer). With flat head countersunk stainless steel...

Well, I thought there was something odd about Plane no 1. Having scraped around a bit, I found that the lateral adjustment lever has Stanley stamped on it. As far as I can tell, Stanley did not make such an infill plane - the frog is identical to that on my old Stankey No 8, but it has been...

I had to dip into a couple of the toolboxes today - lots of wooden planes and moulding planes to sort through and get sharpened up (lots to learn there). I came across three infill planes that I thought someone may have some ideas about. I should say i am not an expert on old planes, but do...

There is a nice history of the Hobbies company here http://www.woodworkersinstitute.com/page.asp?p=4793

I have recently made two sets of garage doors from Accoya with Tricoya panels - they are not painted yet, so cannot prove it; however, I would expect them to look like any framed and panelled door - ie nothing unusual. One relevant bit of advice I got from the Accoua technical people was to...

Thanks again - it's all obvious when you know! The bench pin must have had a square clamp like this http://atlantaartworx.com/shop/v-slot-b ... with-clamp I'll look out for it. I am guessing that the bench pin came with the fretsaw that was stored with it, although perhaps the oak doesn't look...

OK, here are a couple more items I meant to post up yesterday, but gave up waiting for Photostream and Photobucket (time to rethink I think..) Item 6 I think I may have coincidentally come across a drawing of what this is, whilst i was googling around for item 7 below (they are not related so...

Drool... I have a few things similar to some of the items pictured - one I particularly like is this "monkey wrench"(?) US made again Another interesting item I have, unrelated to anything else posted so far, is this little Record vice. It is dinky, but very nicely made and deserving of a...

Yes, my grandfather worked in a US Army depot in WWII, so I guess that is where these came from. As I said, they have a really nice action.

They are the same tool - I spotted the CK, so thanks for the explanation (the logo is very similar to what they currently use on part of their range). I can only assume that these were bought in by CK from Knipex at the time? This tool is clearly one of the more recent items (c.1950) - it has...

Item 4 That's it - thank you. Yes they are very nicely made - when you look more closely, one arm end is a screwdriver, the other a pry bar; there are the grip jaws and a hammer head on one side. The original multitool! Item 1 Thanks I will continue looking; it's now becoming a mission...

Many thanks everybody Item 1: unsolved Item 2: This is it - lasting pliers or lasting pincers - I found an explanation of how they are used http://www.raisedheels.com/blog/?p=613 Item 3: This is it - in fact the other forged one I showed is the same - they are called slicks and used for...

Well, I have commenced sorting out my late dad's tools; many of these were his father's or his grandfather's. I am not looking at these things as having monetary value, but they do have sentimental value to me and so i propose to clean up and use any that still have life left in them. I am in...