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probably get more answers posting this in the general woodworking section as the hand tools section is mostly for unpowered tools. For roundovers and rebating with a router you need bearing guided cutters (they have a bearing on the bottom to run against you're work) and make sure you go anti...

24 hours is FAST, either that or I am very slow, or more likely both. I like seeing the tenons on the breadboard ends, I know that joints are usually "hidden" but I like to see them, I like designs that show how things are made, like Victorian machines or bicycles, I'm sure many customers would...

Hey Benchwayze, it wasn't you who reopened the thread, it was Jintyralph09 with his first post to say that bocshmann were "the tools for him", look at page one. My implication was that he might have a van full of boschmann tools to sell, of course I don't know that as I know nothing about him...

According to this article http://blog.lostartpress.com/2013/09/22 ... d-maguire/ Richard Maguire spent most of his time at a woodworking show where his benches were for sale encouraging people not to buy them but to make their own. His woodworking philosophy, from what I have seen on his...

Check out 5m 20s http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 ... great-apes the whole program is quite interesting,, we are not the only tool makers

Pete, assuming these are made the same as in Paul Sellers videos the legs are prevented from racking by tapered housings with a wedge driven in. The coachbolt only serves to hold the leg in the housing not to prevent racking. It's a good system as any racking causes the wedge to drop and...

I always used to do these with a router, however I now use a hand plane. It's not hard to do. I either use a no. 4 or if I want a step then I make 4 shallow saw cuts and then use my rebating block plane. With the router or table saw it is easy to be a bit off so the mitres don't point to the...

Even the best jigsaw, with the best blade operated by the most skilled hand will not cut a finish quality line. The same is true for bandsaws and all but the very finest tooth handsaw. Table saws and circular saws can, bur won't always. The solution is to cut slightly on the waste side of your...

Gotcha, bench looks amazing, I've only recently come across Richard Maguire, I really like his videos

You say you can't manage the weight of your current bench with your shoulder, do you have to move your bench? If so I reckon the Richard Maguire bench will be quite heavy, it's made of ash, he even says "‘The Workhorse’ has an extremely heavy weight and substantial base" on his site. Paddy

For me it depends on the piece. That jewellery box would be better without them, indeed maybe better with hidden joints. On drawer sides, particularly the through dovetails at the back no problem. A lot of old furniture has these lines, probably because dovetails weren't a fancy alternative to a...

Cheers for that link. Watched some of his vids last night and really enjoyed them. Paddy

Bob, I'm afraid that the value of art is not in the actual piece. Why this is I'm not sure, but as evidence I have a friend whose truck was painted by Banksy many years ago before the art world decided his work was important/valuable. Her house was falling down and she decided to sell a panel of...

Narex or Lidl/Aldi (when they have them)

Probably want to move this post into "General woodwork" section

Yep, the full VAT paid on anything purchased for the business is refunded, in return you have to charge 20% VAT on all bills and pay that.

Gentleman woodworker, gentleman woodworker. Gentleman woodworker. Yep when I do sell my boats and leave the dock that is what i want to be "Hi, I'm Paddy, I'm a gentleman woodworker". I'll have to get rid of the cockney accent and I suppose I'll have to have straight handled saws. "Goodgrief...

Some years ago, maybe 10 definitely more than 7 as my daughter wasn't born, I was building some stud walls in an art centre. The only tools I had brought were a cordless and a chopsaw. There was a guy there doing the skirt and hanging doors. I'd watched with interest as he used what looked to me...