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Got this mitre plane finished over the weekend, gave it a polish, sharpened the iron and have taken the obligatory shaving photo - the plane has quite a narrow mouth and therefore will take a very fine shaving. A huge relief to get this done and dusted after 3 years! I plan to use this - a...

Mmmm I feel I owe everyone an apology. 3 years ago I started this infill mitre plane and I got close to finishing it - but then one thing led to another and I see it is over 18 months since I last updated. When I last touched it, the lever cap needed fitting to the base, and the infills needed...

Wow that's a lovely piece of workmanship. I love hand made planes. I need to get back and finish my mitre plane. Its been 'resting' for the last 12 months :(

I laughed out loud Especially as it was 1145pm. IM imagining the neighbours saying 'whats that noise'? Oh its just Mark belt sanding his feet again. Hats off to you sir! Cheers Mark

Another option is make the legs of something else and then stick 3 or 4mm mahogany on the 4 sides of each leg. Make the outer 2 faces of each leg the last ones to be attached so they are the widest. It sounds awful but I have done it most successfully this year for 3 tables - one in ash, one...

I think they are 10mm

For years I did up chairs, sofas etc and used an electric staple gun. Whole different thing once you get an air stapler. You really need one with a 'nose' that enables you to put staples into narrow spaces (there is an electric one which JA Milton sell but its almost £300). I got a Tacwise type...

Yes agreed very well done they look lovely I almost love upholstery more than woodworking. Its not hard but worth watching a few videos. The JA Milton website has lots of videos and I think there are some specifically to do the sort of drop in cushion you will need here Good luck to you Mark

I've just got one. My previous P\T seemed to have got noisier as the years went on so I bought this from Axi. They had a 10% off sale recently plus this machine was reduced quite a bit. First impressions are it is just amazing. So quiet and so accurate / smooth. I got it 40 metres down my garden...

No it will be a parabola which doesn't have a radius. It wont be too far away from an arc if it is 'shallow' though so the formulae above will be a reasonable approximation cheers mark

Its a long shot.... but I have had a Record C26 combination for 10 years which has been outstanding. However I dont really ever use the spindle moulder anymore and I got persuaded recently to get a helical planer thicknesser..... so as 3/4 components are now redundant I wondered whether anyone...

I am also on the lookout for a helical bladed P/T or bench top thicknesser.... as much as anything for noise reduction as well as better finish I have seen the Axi 107 PT trade P/T which has a helical blades for about £1700 and as a result of that I spoke to someone from Axi who told me that all...

But whatever you do the sides etc all need protection from water oil etc

Not sure thats a good solution for a kitchen top. Surely kitchen tops get a far bit of misuse? Knives, things getting dropped on to them etc - we'll mine do anyway. Rustins plastic coating is tough - stain water spirit resistant etc but it will scratch easily with something sharp. This would...

Shultzy and I both have this multifunction machine - which I have had for 10 years and is great except that the tables are difficult to level once they are out of true Depending on where you are, if this machine is being broken up for scrap I would be very interested in the aluminium sliding...

I would love the Bessey clamps but I live in Oxford... would you consider posting them?? Thanks Mark

Thanks guys. Apparently a matching bureau rather than some coasters is now in order! I will take some close ups of the stringing and dentil moulding this week The dentil moulding was quite interesting. There are all sorts of people on the web who have made jigs etc to cut dentil moulding on the...

Many thanks for all your kind comments I finished the table over the weekend. The table top was attached to the base actually with simple brackets with 4 small screws in each limb because of the fact that the top is only made from 18mm MDF with a veneer either side so I needed to get multiple...

Can I ask anyone with experience. Is it best to use micromesh as wet or dry as I presume it will clog very quickly otherwise??

Thanks gentlemen I haven't attached the top to the base yet as I have scoliosis and can't lift much so I wanted to minimise the weight. As it stands the top looks Ok and the surface is quite good but not good enough yet. Im going to rub it down with micro mesh starting at 1500 and going all the...