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Hello, I don't know why toolmakers were less common in Lancashire, but re. comment about Liverpool plane makers; I know of two. I have a rather lovely screw stemmed plough from R Fairclough and Co, 72 Byrom Street Liverpool. The other maker I have heard of is Bridge. My plough seems to be as...

Hello, Does it have to be made from solid timber? I would cut the ellipse from plywood and veneer. It opens up all sorts of decorative possibilities with fancy veneer that is not practical in solid, and ply will not move or break at the joins. Of course if you are doing something like carving...

Hello, It might be, if that is the technique the OP wants to use. And while i am not arguing the validity of the camber, clearly it works for many, it is not the only technique that works. I have never cambered my planes all my life, except a fraction on my smoothers. A straight across iron is...

Hello, Sounds to me like you have table misalignment problems. Push blocks won't solve that. Besides, planing doesn't require a great deal of downward pressure. If you consider a board with a slight arch in its length, pressing down to much will momentarily flatten it to the tables, which...

Hello, What sort of house do you own? I would be concerned about the context of the beams in relationship to the architecture. I'd be very surprised that a home that would look good with exposed beams would not have them already. Putting them in a modern home, an Edwardian house, Victorian...

Hello, It looks from the latest pictures that you still have the saw on the lower speed 600m min-1. It will certainly work but likely will run better at the higher speed 720 m min-1. The tension wheel is correct now. Mike.

Hello, You move the belt both ends. In other words, move the belt on the motor end from the smaller to the larger pulley and at the lower wheel end, from the larger to the smaller pulley. I don't like the Snodgrass video though I know some here like it. I think (know actually) that it makes...

Hello, It is the other way around, sunnybob. Large pulley on the motor small pulley on the lower wheel, gives higher speed. I would set the side guides just behind the gullets though. 3 or 4 mm is too much. The blade can only move backwards by the 1/2mm the rear thrust bearing is set away from...

hello, BTW the belt tensioner should be running on the back of the Vee belt, I dont know which picture you are running the saw on currently, there seems to be one of each! you have the speed set slow, too, it might be worth setting the belt on the wider diameter pullley at the motor end to...

Hello, The blade looks to be in the right sort of position on the bottom wheel but a little towardes the back of the top one. Also, the blade looks like it is contacting the rear thrust bearing, it should not. Move the guides out of the way, use the tracking adjuster to bring the blade to the...

Hello, Sorry, I didn't mean to be insulting, I just think that the idea that little Jenny pops round to the friendly old piano teachers house after school is from tales of yesteryear and Enid Blyton novels. Even in state schools, if a kid (jokingly if maliciously) claims a teacher hurt or...

Hello, If you are making furniture and the like, get a 10 inch saw, or possibly a 12. Big joinery work then possibly get bigger. I have made furniture for donkey's years with a 10 inch saw and they are optimal IMO. A Wadkin 10 AGS is a fine saw. You are going to want a couple of blades of each...

Hello, I'll bet a pound to a pinch there are no cash in hand piano lessons for kids, or extra maths, like there was years ago; this poster is clearly not living in the modern world. Home tutors for the school aged do exist, after they have had their CRB disclosure documents, liability...

Hello, It won't matter, unless it has a narrower kerf than your riving knife is set up for. Check just in case the 190 mm one is a narrow kerf one for a hand circular saw. I think your TS wants a 2.4 mm kerf, whilst narrow kerf blades can cover as little as 2 mm which will foul your Riving...

Hello, You would pay for travelling times, whether you realise it or not; it would be lumped into the daily rate with umpteen other costs such as insurance, that had nothing to do with the tuition, but need to be paid. There could be no such indemnity if it pertained to a disclaimer. You...

Hello, Those screws are meant to make L shaped tail vices, as Beau indicates. Ironically, they shouldn't be used as vices! They are intended to hold boards on top of the bench for planing, with bench dogs in the long leg of the L ( the bit that runs along the length of the bench top). Only...

Hello, Perspex in theory is fine, but I think you might have difficulty in fine tuning strips made from it, to give a smooth, sliding fit, with no play in the mitre slots. Wood has the advantage of being easy to plane a couple of thou off to sneak up on a good fit. Perspex, (acrylic) is very...

Hello, TBH I would get 2 blades. An 8 inch saw with the sort of power the TS 200 has will need all the help if can get ripping 2 inch thick timber, so a 24 tooth rip is best. But that isn't optimal for plywood if you want anyways a good finish. It will splinter it to death cutting across the...

Hello, You do realise that when you say you are ripping down ply, you actually use a crosscut blade, as it is not actually a ripping cut, even when going with the grain as it appears on the top surface. Just sayin', sorry if you already know :D Mike. Edit: there is nothing stopping you using...

Hello, Not an original wedge, no fence or rods or irons. Who cares, it was a doorstop! Mike.