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Hello, I had the 106 from Axminster and found the outfeed table changed setting on conversion, pretty much every time, and I had to re set it after conversion. I could see no way of successfully overcoming the problem, so got rid. Is yours a similar thing? I don't see how it can swing away on...

Hello Jewellery makers dies. Mike.

Hello, That is the motor start capacitor. Replace with one of the same rating, i.e. operating voltage and capacitance in micro farads. It should have a label with these on somewhere. Mike.

Hello, The definition is very simple, actually. Almost nothing had ever been made 'by hand' flint axe, coiled clay pot, not much else. So you are looking at something where the parameters are faintly ridiculous. Everything has been made with tools, and many of those tools were made by another...

Hello, They are absolutely hand crafted! Some tools have motors, some do not, but nothing is automatic. Everything here was made by 'the craftsmanship of risk'. There is no certainty with any of this; at any point, the whole thing could have gone disastrously and irreparably wrong, and it is...

Hello, You watched the video, but still find the price surprising? Mike.

Hello, For things like stairs, you must use a 'structural' adhesive, regular wood glues are not structural, neither are the usual gun applied construction adhesives that builders and joiners use. There IS NO STRENGTH in the expanded polyurethane glues foam, so no good either. MS polymer is...

Hello, Strictly speaking, MS polymer or something similar fulfils building regs. Pink grip, construction adhesjves, expanding polyurethane etc, are not suitable. Just saying! Mike.

Hello, This is just as spurios a myth as Pliny. Churches ( the buildings at any rate) were built around existing yew trees. The yews were places of worship before the churches were built, and if followed that when technology permitted the buildings were erected on the already consecrated...

Hello, Have a look at other writings from Pliny, you might find that he is a little unreliable as a source of information! Mike.

Hello, The simple answer is to use the angle from the sliding bevel ONCE to make a master template and use that, (after checking it is correct). Sliding bevels get knocked, dropped or otherwise reset, a template will stay true. Mike.

Hello, Just like my first one, softwood underframe and plywood top, cross braces on the back. Sturdy, simple and cheap. Should last as long as a reasonable person should want. But my vices were a little weak, so I built my first 7 footer, beech topped one about 17 years ago. I priced up strong...

Hello, Do you mean like mine? This is one of two I made! I made a U shaped tail vice on this one, so I can clamp panels across the full width without a portion being over a void. I think this is original, I've never seen it before at any rate. The vice screws are steel, but vices are wood...

Hello, I don't think Pax 1776 do a saw equivalent to what you are looking at in the Bad Axe range, but they are fine saws all the same. You will probably want to reshape the handles, though, of Nicholson there is plenty of wood to do so. I have a 10 inch dovetail in rip cut and it is a good as...

Hello, Classic hand tools have them also, but a fair bit dearer! I must say, I have both cross and rip tenon saws in 12 inch long brass backed and didn't pay that much for the pair. I did rehandle, though. 2 saws take longer to dull than one! And despite it not being a real issue, there are...

Hello, Workshop heaven have them in stock, better than all the hassle importing. Although I like good tools and would never put people off buying the best and enjoying them, I don think I'd spend £215 on one, though. I'm sure they are fine tools, though. Mike.

Hello, Very nice cabinet, well done! Mike.

Hello, MDF is wood bits (very small, granted) glued together and then, perhaps veneered. Anything can be called solid wood if you are going to stretch the definition. But then I suppose furniture made in workshops where everything is done with 4 siders, Brookman machines, hydraulic presses...

Hello, Doing it that way is just perverse, though. And I don't need to work it out with, or without a pencil. It would take untold faffing about and unnecessary work. Since the OP has matched plough and chisel, it is not something that is even going to arise anyway. Mike.

Hello, No you can't, unless a haunch that does not fit the groove is acceptable to you. Mike.