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Was anyone else following the LN chisels which went last night on ebay? I know they were nice... new, unpacked, full set of 9, with cocobola handles... but they went for £425 + £15 postage! Couldn't believe it

Thank you Woodaddict that looks quite good - what are the dimensions?

Thanks Chems - I did think of those wood screws actually as well - as I have the 3/4" one. I know that Axi do a 1&1/2" one as well - so you think that would be the thing to use? The chair I am modelling this on is this one and it has a dirty great big metal swivel bolted into it

Actually I got myself all worked up about the leather and it was a complete doddle in point of fact. I spent ages cutting it exactly to the mm... when in fact if it is within 5mm you can easily stretch / compress it to the right size as long as you use wallpaper glue - the website I found which...

OK Flickr started playing again - so here are 4 photos of the finished desk

I would like to make a swivelling captain's chair to go with the writing desk I have just finished. Does anyone know anything about the simple swivelling mechanisms used in such chairs? Would it be like the mechanism used on a lazy susan or is it simpler than that? I do not need the chair to...

Glued up the leather hide desktop late saturday night. Cut a lock in the drawer on saunday - finally finished the whole thing Thanks for the helpful comments / suggestions over the whole project. OPJ thanks for your query about the finish.... I appreciate that Fiddes hardwax oil is meant to be...

A frustrating week as very little is left to do but I have had no time I completed the assembly of the upper part of the desktop by simply screwing the upper part from below the desktop - I know the purists would object to such pieces of metal being used in cabinet-making but this was definitely...

Tom I would be very interested if you can find this link - I would then have to buy a bobbin sander of course, but that's much cheaper than a drum sander

Another couple of hours free this afternoon which I spent glueing on the ends of the desktop, sanding / scraping all the surfaces, putting sanding sealer on the top and bottom and 'fettling' (wrong word I know) the drawers etc to make them fit more smoothly It is difficult o put off anymore the...

It does not try to wander provided you don't push too hard. The first shallow cut is the most important and the most risky if you like - but provided you go gradually, not exerting much pressure it is OK. Another trick I have learnt is to angle the blade slightly away from the direction you are...

Mike the thicknesser I ordered from Axi has not arrived - so I cut it to 2mm on the little circular saw (which gives a great edge) and then thickness it by hand with a card scraper - that way you can make it with a slight wedge so it fits very snugly in the groove. I guess the other thing I...

So a 3mm thick sheet of ebony was cut up using the Proxxon small table saw into pieces just under 2mm thick Then these are thicknessed by hand using a card scraper to the corect thickness of about 1.6mm - the L-N thicknesser I had ordered from Axi was not in stock - next time I will use that as...

Just finished inlaying the top and it went fairly well with no major ****-ups Lots of photos coming up (Tom you asked for them!) First I opened up the inlay box which contains lots of appropriate goodies... Then I took the ends of the desktop and ensured the sides were all straight and parallel...

Thanks very much for your kind comments Tom I will do my best to take lots of pics. I just splashed out and bought a new blade for the inlay cutter from Axi and I hate ordering less than GBP50... so I bought the only other inlay tool I think I will ever need which is the Thicknessing Gauge...

It has been a frustrating week - late days at work and only able to get out for an hour or so after work each day. First I finished and glued up the 2 drawers for the desktop Then very carefully routed rebates in a thin piece which will act as the base of the drawer unit. Once this was done...

Some progress but a busy day at work on saturday and a bit frustrating on sunday so I ended up behind where I thought I would be and do not think I will finish by this weekend However, I started by adding the ebony semicircular edging to the sides of the desktop base and then cleaned it up...

Just in case anyone is dithering about whether to go or not... I went to Rycotewood at 11am on the way to work (can't go tomorrow as working all day). It was absolutely outstanding - I chatted to Mr Thomas Lie-Nielsen for at least half an hour about all things manganese bronze and played with...

Thanks for your comments - and thanks Eoin for your suggestions about sticking the leather down. However I have searched Google extensively and virtually every place seems to use wallpaper paste to stick down the hide. It arrived yesterday and is beautiful. I ended up getting the slightly...

I will 'fess up' to being an owner of something like what you are describing - sort of... Basically I bought an old Festool basis table cheaply from ebay a few years ago (it is the precursor of the modern CMS with side rails the same as the old style MFT). I got a jigsaw mounting plate for the...