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Hi Tom, I've been reading your posts on this thread and the other one you link to and am trying to unpick what you are saying. I may have misunderstood you but if I read your posts correctly here are a few comments that may assist. !. Tolerances. All making, woodworking or engineering require an...

DW, I used to have problems reversing trailers. I understood the theory of it but would instinctively turn the wheel the wrong way. About 20 years ago I was scrapping a boat and only had a small trailer that was narrower than the van. As anyone who knows about reversing trailers will be aware...

Personally I never cease to be amazed at the human ability to strawman a nuanced argument. I did not claim that everyone can be excellent in everything, just that most people could be proficient in most things and that in many cases (again, not all, but many) "can't" is an excuse for "won't" or...

I don't know. I think you may be missing my point however. I am not saying that everyone can do everything, for example someone with no arms is unlikely to be able to catch a ball and will not play test cricket. Someone with down syndrome will not become a physics professor. Most of us however...

Tasky and DW, I have a challenge for you both. See if you can find any comments from the other one which might improve your own levels of knowledge. If you both stopped trying to "win" you might be surprised at what you can learn from each other. Cheshirechappy (and others), whilst I would...

ScaredyCat, The process you describe is fine. Personally I would hand plane the edges to be jointed clamped together after the planer to assure a smooth gluing edge and fine tune the joint, but what you describe will be fine. Paulfockliffe, I don't understand what you are saying here. The...

Chris, any time mate, give me a few minutes warning and I'll get the kettle on. Flying haggis, that's a mix up you don't want to make, hydrated lime up your nose would definitely ruin Hogmanay.

Geoff, if you do decide to give it a go and you want some hydrated lime feel free to get a few ounces from me for free as I bought nearly 1000 times the amount I needed. . It was £9 for a 25KG sack so and ounce costs about 1 pence. Don't know where you are in London, but my dry dockis at Enfield...

My ex and her husband have just moved to a new house, so my daughter and I made a coffee table for a New years/house warming present. My daughter spends three days a week with me and four days with her Mum, we all get on pretty well. The table has an oak top made from some English oak (well...

Superglue and activator spray are your friend here, as long as you position the flake correctly, after one pass with the plane it's pretty much invisible. For the exit side of the through mortise I would suggest carefully cutting with a knife and removing small chips on the first pass without...

Heimlaga, I have two bandsaws, at my dry dock I have a Wadkin, I'm not sure of the wheel size, probably 30" with a 5KW 3 phase motor and a 14" Record BS400 in my shed at home. The Wadkin, which is older than me, and will probably outlive me, is a far superior machine, built like a tank, while...

Check what cover your boiler manufacturer offer. I have a Pottereton boiler and they gave cover even when it was not working for £20 per month including the initial repair. The advantage of going with the manufacturer is that the vans carry all (well most) of the spares for their boilers so...

Brilliant, I'm going to make one for my daughter's gerbils for Christmas, they're going to love it.

If money were no object I would learn about the subjunctive, but then again perhaps all that money would cure me of my pedantry.

If money were no object and I had no planes and chisels I would probably buy Clifton planes and Ashley Isles chisels. I have one Ashley Isles gouge and it's a thing of beauty, I've never even seen a Clifton plane in the real so my decision would be more emotional than logical but I doubt there...

A sharp block plane will cut the mdf no problem. With a bit of practice the convex curve can also be cut with the block plane. Sore the line with a knife and then carefully plane to your lines If you don'y have one a bench plane would also work. Paddy

That doesn't look like a WoodRat to me, certainly not a complete one.

AFAIK in the UK a chainsaw ticket (licence) is only required if it is commercial use. There's a guy at my boat yard who is a tree surgeon, any chainsaw work I get him to do, I never touch the things. Paddy

Isn't it in the constitution that citizens are entitled (expected?) to ignore all machine safety? Anything else would be un-American crazy European communism, beware, that road leads to gun control and free health care.

Hmmm, I'm not convinced of this. The problem with motors tripping out/blowing fuses is the amount of power needed for start up, typically double the running power draw. This can be further compounded by the resistance offered by the machine, in this case the power needed to turn the impeller. I...