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What about the Record universal machines? Several of us on the forum have a C26 (well Shultzy and I do anyway) and they do occasionally come up second hand. I have had OUTSTANDING service from mine for the last 6 or 7 years - it is completely reliable, the planer tables are dead flat, the saw is...

Progress has been slow due to work, my wife going for a promotion necessitating me cooking every night last week, and to be honest, I don't love this project yet. Until that happens things tend to go quite slowly... So, first I picked up some ash-faced 6mm ply last thursday and made the 2 side...

I have used both but now always buy Fiddes HWO - I find it very forgiving, dries quickly depending on where it is, and polishes up when just-dry to a beautiful deep finish. I have used it for floors and fine jewellery boxes and it produces a very hard-wearing, water-resistant finish. I love it -...

Some progress made over the weekend although I was on call and kept getting interrupted So I cut the 4 legs up, planed 2 sides perpendicular then used a template and bearing guided straight router bit to shape the 2 curved sides. They are 22mm at the top increasing to 45mm square at the base...

Have to say I agree with Rob the front panel look wrong. Shouldn't the grain run horizontally not vertically? Great looking piece overall though - really unique and a great keepsake for your friends Mark

Went to the sawmills today which only has 1" walnut which is also a mix of heartwood and sapwood. Not sure what to do will have a think today

OK thanks I agree with both of you Next problem is the walnut I have some 1" and 2" English walnut boards but they have both the dark heart wood and the sapwood - and I definitely do not have enough dark wood lengths to make the 4 corner pieces - which are 40mm square at the base rising to 25mm...

This is going to be for us - so I am personally less concerned about 'copying' - but would welcome your views.... I want to make a tallboy - and have seen with interest the thread from here from the competition in 2007 the tallboy by Slim (really sorry I have never worked out how to put in a...

Only just seen this public thanks - so thank you also Geoff. I hope the mysterious dark unmarked crystalline substance I sent you in an unmarked package turn out to be useful! Actually to be perfectly honest with you Geoff your gratitude makes it all worthwhile. The last time I did something...

That's fabulous absolutely stunning finishing and attention to detail - makes my cufflink box posted at the same time rather weedy and poor quality - however mine took 6 hours start to finish - bet yours was longer! (how long did it take out of interest??) Brilliant job Mark

A small gift for a good friend (John) having a 40th birthday party on saturday Ebony mitred base with mahogany base, lemonheart lining, red baize Holly lid with ebony rim & lemonheart inlay with a pink ivory 'J' inlaid. One corner swivels on a 5mm bar, with 2 magnets to close in the opposite...

Hi Ian 2 other methods spring to mind which I have used in the past.... For walnut, Axminster sell Van Dyck crystals which work very well. You just dissolve them up to the concentration you want http://www.axminster.co.uk/liberon-liberon-van-dyck-crystals-prod21990/ For oak, vinegar does a great...

It is farcical the brouhaha which surrounds the whole concept of ionizing radiation and the media. The mortality following Chernobyl was in the 10s or 100s - the Fukushima accident is likely to be much less than this yet it dominates the headlines day after day after day. Thousands and thousands...

OK thanks both of you - and what about if we wanted to field the panel - what does MRMDF look like then? Thanks Mark

We are putting in a kitchen in a little cottage in Lymington and a local firm has quoted 10k which includes fitting, painted wooden doors, all the units, granite top, + built in Neff dishwasher and washer/dryer. There is a Neff oven and extractor from the old kitchen. The price did not seem too...

Brad that's really nice I remember from a previous thread of yours you were talking about using MR MDF for painted kitchens instead of tulipwood or similar. I am going to be replacing the doors in my kitchen for a hand-pained look and I wondered what the pros and cons were - obviously a lot...

It was a Clifton 4 1/2 - I will look at it when I get it back

Thanks to all of you for the advice... I thought long and hard about it and, even though I do not think I was in the wrong, I have offered him a refund of his costs so far (but not the postage of the plane back to me) which he is happy with. I have used this plane very little, I did not have it...

I wonder if I can solicit some advice from you worldly-wise folks.... I recently sold quite a few planes on ebay - Lie Nielsens etc as I did not use them much. They were all 'as described' with photos and descriptions of how much use, how old etc. The biggest was a Clifton no 4 1/2 which I had...

Thanks ever so for the comments. I agree about the hardware - it is almost a 'secret drawer' without hardware as you have to look quite hard to see there is a drawer there. The missus is pleased, my mother is pleased, I am very happy and I think Dad up there is looking down saying 'not bad, son'...