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Thanks. I’ll try with the corners rounded off a bit to start and with the chisel slightly further forwards Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Vann. I shall have a go at playing with them all in due course. You are right I messed up my numbers and it is a 78. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

I was fortunate enough to acquire some planes today. I got a Stanley 75 which looks to be complete, the only thing I am not sure about is the nicker. One of the three ends look like it has been sharpened, but nearly worn out and the other two ends are not sharp at all. Is that how it is meant to...

The next challenge was to make some dowel for all the parts that move. As mentioned previously my 15mm dowel cutter will be too big as the wood is only 16.5mm thick. I decided to have a go at making a jig with a plane along the lines of the one MikeG used. I have had three attempts so far, but...

Well I have made a bit more progress. I started by cutting all the long slats into 20cm lengths on the table saw. Despite using a reasonably good freud cross cut blade I was getting a bit of tear out at the back. I found a bit of wood to uses as a sacrificial fence at the back which improved...

Nick, That is a very elegant desk. I like the design looking very simple, though I am sure it wasn’t. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Here is the progress I made yesterday. So I started by setting up the lockmitre bit centred on the half height of the wood: I then took a test cut on some off cuts: I found it was easier with some finger boards to get a good cut: This was my test cut fitted together, but not quite pushed...

Excellent. I’ll see if I can make a bit more progress today. I am aiming to use a lockmiter bit to make the frame once I have got it set up properly. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

If the links to the pictures are now working, this is a picture of the design I knocked up in Sketch-up. It is going to be 1.3m high by 55cm wide.

I've just tried putting the photos in a shared folder on google photos and updated the links in the original message. Hopefully you can see the photos now. If not then please let me know and I'll scratch my head again about how to do it!

Hi sorry about the photos. I spent ages uploading photos to google last night, then put the links in. When I previewed the message it looked fine. I can’t seem to upload the jpg from sketch up either. Any advice would be welcome. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

So here is the progress I made today. Starting with the reclaimed floor boards which I had taken then worst off. I knocked up a quick prototype to check that I could make the folding design work. I then cut some of the longer planks down so that they are more manageable in the garage. I...

The wellies are all looking a mess in our porch, so having seen this: I had thought I would try and build something like it out of some old floor boards from a neighbour. The bit I liked is that you can fold up the welly supports when they are not being used. Before I can go much further with...

Many thanks for all the advice. The idea of using a sash clamp as long leaver on a nut is not one I had thought of. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks Hornbeam, I fear you are right. Unfortunately I don’t have an engineers vice, so used the best vice I had. I had been look at Axminster. It would be good to have an engineers vice as well, but I don’t have space. Thanks Mark Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Had a quick job of adjusting the brakes on my tandem turn into a long job when I discovered one of the spokes was broken. The difficult bit was getting the rear block off the wheel. I thought that putting the splined nut in a vice and turning the wheel would work, but this is what happened...

Thanks, that looks even better as it will roll up when I don’t need it. Mark Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Thanks the idea of a seed tray is good. I had better buy one as I will get into trouble if I nick one of my wife’s! Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

Are you sure it is not so hot in Cyprus that it just evaporated [WINKING FACE]? I think we are both talking about the same wheel and blade alignment. The time most water goes everywhere is on long blades such as those from my planer/thicknesser or sharpening garden shears. Sharpening narrow...

Hi Gui and Sunnybob, My grinder didn’t come with a dvd but just a colour manual. It quite clearly said that when sharpening chisels the wheel should be rotating towards the end of the blade. I agree with Gui that the straight edge jig is very poor and I bought a Tormek SE-77. I bought a second...