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This is the "York Pitch" frog for all 2 3/8"Lie Nielsen bench planes, ie the numbers 4 1/2, 5 1/2, 6, and 7. A fifty degree frog gives better results, with less tear out, in more figured woods, such as the rippled Black Walnut in the photograph. York Pitch used to be pretty much the standard...

Thank you all for your replies. And I salute your memory Sideways!

I followed up some suggestions. It's virtually certain it's an MFT accessory from a third party manufacturer. The dimensions perfectly fit the 96mm hole spacing on an MFT. And AJB Temple nailed it with his suggestion that a dog might fit the central slot, yes it does, I looked again at how...

I bet it was like that even before it entered the store! Storing fully dried boards vertically isn't a problem. Take some of the finest yards in the UK, like Tylers or Timberline. They have racks and racks of super premium boards, priced at over £1000 a cube, all stored vertically. And of...

That depends on the finish Pete. If you're oiling or waxing the piece then absolutely, you can finish directly on a planed finish and few things look lovelier. But if you're using a thin film finish, say varnish for example, that requires sanding between coats, then finishing directly onto a...

It's more of a problem with the smaller sanders, because the vacuum pressure pulls the sander onto the work surface, so even if you think you're using a light touch there's actually quite a lot of pressure. There's a valve on the sander and/or hose to allow the vacuum pressure to be reduced...

Some more photos to show how the Garett Hack style of scratch stock works. This is how the cutter is secured, And these photos show how you can alter the attack angle of the cutter to suit the workpiece, something you can't do with the traditional English style of scratch stock,

Most makers would originally have used a scratch stock, which is also what I do even today. I use quite a few scratch stocks, My favourites are the Garett Hack style of scratchstocks, which are much easier to use on straight material as they effectively have a fence that bears on the...

They’ll have to fix it first Tom! seriously, I don’t want anyone to make a long journey to collect this and under estimate the scale of repair required. For example the broken table trunnion is part of the main body aluminium casting, this isn’t a simple fix!

Free to a good home. Inca bandsaw that was damaged in transit. The table is bent, the table supporting trunnion is broken, one of the cast legs is bent and cracked. The mystery is the motor, it was working fine but now hums but won't spin! This is collect only, South Coast in Hampshire (New...

That's ingenious, I'll try that later. Thanks.

They're not Festool items, I'm pretty sure they came from one of the US accessory makers, there's nothing like this on the Qwas Dogs or Seneca web site so perhaps it was someone else who's no longer in business?

PRICE REDUCED The 2" is now £50 including GB postage (versus £93 new) The 2 3/8" plus spare iron is now £80 including GB postage (versus £155 new) And if you buy both the price is just £100!

I was clearing out a box of Festool MFT (Multi Function Table) bits and pieces, so assorted dogs etc, when I came across a jiffy bag containing these, I'm pretty sure that they have some MFT application, but what? In the same envelope were four locking knobs that could allow these mystery...

Yes, a good shove and they should pop out.

This is how I make my chairs, which is by far the most common way. I make an insert from 9 or 12mm ply that's scribed so it just drops into the rebate that's been cut to receive it. I leave about an 0.75mm gap all around depending on the upholstery material. Once the seat bottom is...

I agree with all the sources previously mentioned for box hardware, I’d add “Smart Hinges” to the list but they seem to be out of stock so often. The splines you mention are both decorative and structural, in fact for such tiny things it’s surprising how much strength they do add to mitre...

What a smashing result, you've done a really first class job! I'm not 100% sure exactly where the problem is with your splines, there's nothing that leaps out from the photos. There are however a couple of very common issues with re-inforcing splines on mitres. The first comes with planing...

There are two lots for sale here. 1. An unused Rob Cosman/IBC matched chip breaker and A2 iron for a 2" Record or Stanley bench plane, ie a number 04 or 05. This is £70 including mainland GB postage, which compares to the new price of £93 plus postage. 2. An unused Rob Cosman/IBC matched chip...

Talking to the Felder engineer there's no problems whipping out the old block and replacing it with the new Felder spiral block, he said he could do it there and then. The problem is that Felder have vetoed it, presumably because (so far at least) they want people to trade up to a new machine...