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Lathams are the best suppliers of sheet goods I have found, their birch ply is excellent. They deliver to the dock where I work. As Any said above they might not deliver to you but it is worth giving them a try

Custard, to be honest I completely agree with you and always try to make make my joints as accurately as possible, a good joint in my opinion should need to be knocked in with a mallet but only with light taps, edge joins should be square and straight enough to see no light through. just for...

If I were you I would start off buying PAR (planed all round) timber. It costs a bit more but it is normally perfectly square, just watch out for twisted boards. All timber yards I have been to let you look through the timber and choose the pieces you want. A stanley/record no.4 and 5 plane from...

Custard, I have always believed what you've written above to be true. However I recently read an article by Mathias Wandel where he found a 0.3mm gap to give a stronger joint using yellow glue, which is essentially pva http://woodgears.ca/joint_strength/glue_methods.html Fat Ferret, whst do...

just read the beginning of this thread about saving money on mft by just using the top and parf dogs. Just thought I'd add that you don't need to buy parf dogs, I have an mft top, not the table, which I bought for about £70 and use 20mm plastic electrical conduit which was lying around the...

A good way to avoid break out and to get an accurate cut is not only to knife the line but to chisel out a little ridge from the waste side to the knife line. Check out Paul sellers videos, he calls it a "knife wall". if you do this on the exit side as well as the entrance side there is nothing...

Having watched his videos I can categorically state that Rob Cosman cuts dovetails faster and better than me, having seen his tools I can categorically state that Shane Skelton makes much better saw handles than Rob Cosman (probably a better saw all round but I have never actually touched...

How else are fairies supposed to do woodwork?

We're working wood gentlemen, not uranium. Coming over from machines, hand tool woodworking ought to be liberating rather than even more constipating I was just idly wondering, after all the wax leaves a lump that can easily be felt with my fingertip. If that lump was metal from uneven...

How do you folks apply the wax from the candle. I just do a squiggly line on the sole and it works fine. I have always wondered however if this could be having a negative effect as the line is definitely proud of the rest of the plane sole (I have no idea how one could measure by how much). I...

Pietrach, if you want to do woodwork with hand tools you really do need it. If you want to spend even less then a wooden plane would be an alternative but it has a much steeper learning curve. FWIW I think you are making a mistake, but of course that is your prerogative. Paddy

I'd say if you have no planes then a no 4 is the first to get. A low angle block is good to have as is a 5 and a 51/2 (well I imagine a 5 1/2 is good to have I don't actually have one) but a no 4 is more versatile. Lurcher's offer is a good one and I suggest you go for it (maybe I should put in...

Great idea. When I have time to tune them up I will give that a try Padddy

My 24" wooden jointer cost £3, can't imagine how a premium metal one could be any better. I've got a few smaller wooden planes (all for £5 or less) but I still use baileys for jacks and smoothers as I like being able to adjust the blade as I work.. One day I would like to change over to use the...

Steve Ramsey does some plans and a short vid on youtube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLvBnHNmHZQ

I got a few planes soles flattened one side squared at North London Saws in Waltham Cross. They charged £25 to set up the machine and then £5 for each plane. They are only 5 mins up the road from my house and it seemed worthwhile at the time and still use the no.5 I got done as my dedicated...

Looks nice but that short iron looks hard to sharpen without jigs, bit like a spokeshave iron in length. Admittedly completely possible, just hard on the thumbs. I use a wooden jointer which needs adjusting with a hammer, but for the rest of my planes I use baileys and think I would miss the...

Marcos, that would be really great, I've been wondering whether to buy the proset but have felt a bit miffed that the information re protrusions is not in the manual. Paddy

As Chris says you will need to file the edges square. You can "ticket" the edges and turn the burr with the rod of a hardened screwdriver. This is how I was taught to do it. There are several you tube videos showing this. Recently however I bought a carbide burnisher from Workshop Heaven, I...

Hi James, I've been wondering about the saw for the last few days and think that the plate would be too thin for the dimensions I wanted. I've also been going through the cupboards at work ad found an eight inch folded back from a long dead saw. If it is still possible to get some steel from...