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+1. Have used all three types and they are as good any hard point saws and better than the shark tooth variety which lose their set long before they become dull, but become useless all the same. BAND Q are doing them 2 for a tenner, so best value as well. Mike.

Hello, I don't disagree with you about buying good old machines rather than buying new, less well appointed, imported ones. There are plenty of Wadkin machines available, so importing from mainland Europe would not be necessary, either. (Though I would quite like to see the models of saw you...

Hello. Indeed, but they do have to be available in Britain since the OP is in London. TBH if a 10 inch tablesaw is required, then there is nothing available brand new of any real quality. The best option is a used Wadkin 10 AGS. A used startrite 175 or 275 is not a bad saw, either but not...

Hello, I was at Woodford tooling a few weeks ago and the nice lady there old me they were no longer doing machinery and concentrating on just tooling. If they have any of these saws left in stock then move quicly! TBH the suggestions of Panhans Altendorf, Martin etc. Although fabulous...

Hello, Sorry, but since the OP seems to have decided to cut dovetails with chisels and saw etc, some tips on doing that did not seem out of order. I didn't mean to divert the thread, apologies. In my experience, there are not many jigs that do small dovetails in thin stock that actually look...

Hello, Well done Jacob, you have innovated a method of making a relief cut down the centre of the waste, which, unless I'm very mistaken, was never taught in wood working school by the old guys. If it went done by them, why don't you say that is unnecessary? Happily, I have been making just...

Hello, I wonder if, because women didn't do woodwork back then, they shouldn't now, as everything was done then as it should and we should only do the same? Or perhaps some are more enlightened! We move on, we advance we get better. For example, just because antique furniture shows over cuts at...

Hello, A couple of observations; running a slight rebate on on board gives a positive location for setting the other board against when transferring marks. It was not (widely) done on old work because they did not have the speed and accuracy of a router table to do so. It is a useful method for...

Hello, Pins first, trust me, it is best. 1, see Custard's comments above, the thicker the stock the harder it becomes, so gang cutting is just doubling the thickness of your stock, doh! The time saving is negligible anyway, it takes longer to cut through double the thickness (more strokes)...

Hello, Ramsay timber in Appley Bridge is OK. They used to let you pick your own timber from the stacks, but no longer, sadly. They will get the stuff ready for you to collect if you phone up a day or two before you want to collect. They supply beech CND or super prime if that is what you want...

Hello, A whole world of possibilities opens up, if you can have access to the front face of each knob, though! Inlaying different woods or other materials, adding hollows or ring details or little 'pips'. Losing the tailstock holding makes more interesting turners. That said, it is possible...

Hello, This is what I had in mind. http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-ju ... ck-ax22446 I don't think the outlay is prohibitive for the use the chuck gets, and doesn't rely on a taper to keep things attached and made in England to boot. Mike.

Hello, if you dont mind spending a bit on a better solution, Axminster do a very nice chuck for just your sort of job. The Axminster junior chuck, which you can get with the right thread for your spindle nose, so no danger it ever coming loose. they use collets for gripping dowel. i just got...

Hello,. Worth considering if all else fails. I thought I could get a 5/16 2 MT dead hollow centre and bore it up to 3/8 but they are all fancy these days and revolve. It is frustrating as I have the drive/ counter bore centre and the auger so only need the tailstock centre. But it looks like...

Hello, Does anyone know of a supplier of a hollow tailstock centre for long hole boring with a 3/8in shell auger? I've had a 3/8 shell auger for years which I used with an independent hollow centre but I now have a different lathe with 2 MT and thought I'd get a hollow cup centre to suit. It...

Hello, Don't repair the table, I doubt it could be done anyway. Make tee bolts with a long tee that will span the defect. A bit of mild steel bar, the correct width, a couple of inches long with bit of threaded bar riveted in would work. I would do this for all four fixings, in fact, since...

Hello, I doubt .050 of a mm makes a h'apeth of difference. The drill you use to make the holes will not make a hole with that tight a tolerance. However, the Veritas ones are very well manufactured and hardly expensive. The question is, whether you'd take a chance on a knock off version being...

Hello, I should do a drawing to illustrate, but I'm off out, so maybe later. If you angle the screwdriver slightly, you are adding another axis of rotation described by the centre of the screwdriver handle about a point which has a radius equal to the distance the screwdriver is tilted from...

Hello, The axis of the turning force is down the centre, but the screwdriver blade is not necessarily in this axis, is it? In fact a screwdriver turned by hand is almost never along the normal axis, t wobbles around all over the place because humans cannot rotate their arms like a motor. What...

Hello, I don't agree with this. If torque came from the operator, then fitting an adjustable spanner to the screwdriver shank would make no difference. The operator supplies the force and torque is the distance that force is applied from the turning axis. Further from the axis, the greater the...