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Hello, If the correct blade size is used for the riving knife, then the gap will be maitained when raising and lowering the blade. In other words, the radius of the arc described by the riving knife will be approx 8 mm bigger than that of the blade, the gap will be the same all round. If you...

Hello, Kevin Ley is the fellow. It was enough to put me off zebrano for a very long time. Cheeses it was awful. Mike.

Hello, Also useful for boring in wood turning lathes, providing you have a wood turning lathe and the Morse taper is the same size as its tail stock. I use them from time to time. Mike.

Hello, Both are good, but I prefer the 050. I think my Record 050 cost 24 pounds with a full set of cutters, most unused and the narrow cutters and adapter. The price of these tools is inconsequential, so might as well go for the more elaborate one, in my opinion. They are not exactly difficult...

Hello, Hasp and staple are the things that can be pad locked. You can get reasonably small ones, but still quite large for a box, more like a chest. You can get box locks, which may be more suited to what you want, though trickier to fit. Mike.

Hello, I bought a Priory wad punch, just last week. Nicely made and well priced. Mike.

Hello, The tube you can see on the top acts as a cam, tightening the paper. Use an L shaped piece of metal inserted into the tube and turn it, perhaps 1/4 turn and you'll feel it slacken, then slide the tube upwards and the paper will be loose for removal. Insert new paper, slide in tube and re...

Hello, To be fair, by the hang of the saw, it looks like it would be used near to 45deg and the nib would appear just before the blade exited the work. However, I still think it's function would have been known about and not just forgotten when Disston and other makers were including them...

Hello, Ahh, but we have a compartor for the pointy bone with a hole, and analogues to hollow bones with serial holes in them. Archaeologists are not guessing wildly as to the function of the things they dig up. Saw nib depth gauge has no comparison and is a wild guess. It is a fair guess, to be...

Hello, Oohhh, I'm not sure that changes my mind! Who could live with that, I'm not sure. The minute almost anything was added to that room there would be a clash. But then that is the major flaw in minimalist ideals, simply living causes clashes and causes one to fret. Incidentally, those...

Hello, Dowels would require some sort of jig to ensure they fit together, they need pinpoint accuracy for them to work successfully. Done correctly, hardwood fluted dowels will probably be strong enough, but not as strong as mortice and tenon joinery. Pocket screws are poor in this application...

Hello, Perhaps the wood yard needs a new chain on its chainsaw, zebrano isn't terribly hard. A reasonable bandsaw should cut it fine. The biggest problem is its rowed grain, so planing it one way tears out stripes, which when plane the other, causes alternately torn stripes. It is not...

Hello, I wonder how long the sharpening wheels last? High speed grinding with diamond abrasive and steel are not happy bedfellows. Mike

Hello. With a straight iron, just take a 1/2 width shaving off the high side (or a couple if you are quite out of square). You end up with 2 facets that the plane will register on for the full width trueing shaving. It is dead easy. Of course if you are used to a cambered iron for edge...

Hello, Indeed, the table top is solid. The close up photo does not show the same stripe along the edge of the first photo, which had alarm bells ringing! A Random orbit sander would be your best friend to get the look of the restoration you have posted, if this is the way you want to go. Mike.

Hello, The link you give is of a solid topped table. That can be achieved by sanding the stain/polish off, but because elm is very open grained (woodworkers call this a 'ring porous' wood) the dark has remained in the pores, which accenuates the grain, as you say. If your top is solid, you...

Hello, It does say solid in the brochure, so it may well be. But what was true in 1965 may well be different for later manufacture. To be sure, have a good look underneath, perhaps take a hinge off to see if there is still solid wood in the hinge recess, for example. Mike.

Hello, Like I said, the photo isn't the best, but look at the edges of the top. Applied solid wood edges to veneered board unless the lack of clarity is tricking my eyes. Mike.

Hello, The photo is not too clear, so I could be wrong, but I have seen dozens like yours and they are almost never solid. Post another photo of just the table edge, or even the underside, so we can be sure. Please check before you do anything, as it would be disastrous and all too easy to cut...

Hello, Tabletop does not look like solid wood, but veneered plywood with solid edge lipping. It is highly likely that the stain will be deep into the thin veneer and make it very hard to get back to light wood. Veneer is about 1/2mm thick and will not take much sanding. The only way to do it is...