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Well i done the deal, two of the boards had 4 steel bolts sticking out of one of the sides, put a set of stillsons on them & they were just cut off coach screws so unscrewed easily. Still not quite sure what species they are but got the lot plus some shorts 9ft in length for £300 the lot. The...

Im a bit out of touch with timber prices as a lot of wood i use is reclaimed but i just got offered some boards, they are 2 1/2" thick by 12" wide 18ft long If i am not mistaken they are a good quality mahogany possibly honduras, theres 3 of them & they have been in the roof of a friends barn...

Just got a Union graduate delivered today, part of a pile of machines blagged from a School D&T workshop closure. Its in good nick & got a lot of bits with it, looking forward to learning the ropes!

I have been using saws for 35 years & that vid made my blood run cold. I remember my dad cutting a short piece of wood on an old startrite 8" table saw, it dug in & flicked it up into his face. The chunk of wood hit him right on the chin & nearly knocked him out. Another friend did something...

That is looking superb, mine went to the scrap yard in the end but i still have the wheels off it, they are 30" dia & were retired with polyurethane any good to you?

If its old lab benches they are made up of narrower bits tongue & grooved together, I had a load out of a college a couple of years ago & they cost me a crate of beer. Should be well seasoned though. Comes from west africa & used a lot in boatbuilding.

Whats the diameter & length & thickness of the wire? some years ago i needed four pressure springs for the feed rollers on a Multico planer, i used a couple of cut down old airgun mainsprings & they were just the job.

I got insurance for my boatbuilding buisness from GJW PL product liability & covered for stock & tools etc. Also very helpful were Alpine insurance london road hadleigh essex.

It is reckoned to be one of themost durabletimbers going & in America is favoured as a timber for steam bendinng ribs in boatbuilding.

I had a very similar one, it was a Wadkin DNA158 model. 30" dia wheels 3hp motor. Apparently Wadkin stopped making that model in 1926. It cost me £100 with a wadkin morticer & Dankaert circular saw. It was a great bandsaw but had no brake on it so it would run on for 3 minutes once the stop...

Thought i would share with you a few finds! From the bottom a Prestons spokeshave, i picked this up at a boat jumble 25 years ago, one of my favorite tools i use it regularly. Next up a Stanley 030 block plane, i was at a scrap dealers yard a month ago & he had done a house clearance, it was in...

Having owned a myford super 7 i would make the following comments, i used it mostly for air rifle work, although a good lathe its inability to take anything bigger than 9/16 up the spindle limited it severly, parting off was not really possible as the cross slide assembly etc was simply too...

Buy the biggest machine that you can afford, Myfords have a good reputation for modelmaking but good ones are expensive, also they have a piddling small hole up the spindle which is a royal pain if you want to turn any decent size bar, effectively they are always too small for the job. A Boxford...

Many years ago i was using some tin snips like those while cutting some sheet lead up for a model boat keel, they were old & blunt & i caught the end of my old chap between the handles. Made my eyes water i can tell you. Fortunately no lasting damage was done.

Surface grinders are intended for removing tiny amounts of metal with a great finish, ideal for planer irons etc but i wouldnt use one as a saw, the motors are usually not that powerful & the saw dust would tend to clog up the sliding carriage bearings.

Slideway services have a big surface grinder capable of doing lathe beds, it depends how badly its warped. Other way would be leave it as it is & bond a sheet of plastic to the top. Im thinking tufnol. acrylic or nylon whaever you can find cheap if its say 8mm thick put it face down on a known...

Gunsmiths use red oil, this is boiled linseed oil that has been infused with Alkanet root, it gives a prounounced reddish tint that does not fade.

About 20 years ago i re tyred an ancient Wadkin bandsaw, a friend got me some polyurethane strip this i glued onto the wheel rim with epoxy. Crowning the wheels was done byone person using a sanding drum in a powerful drill to drive the wheel and another holding a sanding block to the wheel on...

Its way harder than teak & will blunt tools. It glues well & takes a good finish. Smells nice when working it though i expect the dust is nasty, I have used a fair bit of it in the past on boats as rubbing bands etc but it does suffer from surface checking if left bare or oiled outside.

I have never had any luck whatsoever with extractors, most times i get to do this job its on a boat engine or outboard motor, the latter are fitted exclusively with soft lead alloy bolts that shear off very easily corroded into the aluminium. Trick is to centre punch accurately then go up the...