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My Pommy mate in Australia was most adamant about not using a metal lathe for woodturning. Never saw the problem, but same mate, who worked for Vickers during WW2 also flatly refused to use carbide inserts. But there are lots of occasions when the metal lathe is preferable, like when making...

Saw the prices for the different stamps, so I decided to make one myself. I use a 150W soldering iron for heating. It's made from brass. Have a smaller one too, but modesty gets you nowhere. Also remember to make it mirror image.

Two 'buts': Have you got the room for two different machines? I haven't, hence the Metabo HC260. The other thing is that unless you go into serious production, the HC260 or similar will do all you need. Had one 12" thicknesser, but needed a planer, and for space-saving the HC260 fitted the bill...

Have a look at a Metabo HC 260 C - 2,2 WNB Have had mine for a few years, and am very pleased with it. Advantage with having a planer/thicknesser is that squaring up stock 100% is easy and necessary when jointing. HC 260 C - 2,2 WNB (0114026018) Planer Thicknesser | Metabo Power Tools Like with...

Bought a Stanley block plane, and found it interesting that the sole was unevenly concave, and the plane generally of very modest quality. Have bought a chisel plane, best Chinese, no kiddin'! Finish is tops, and it cost about the same as the crappy Stanley. luban chisel plane - Buy luban chisel...

I am in awe over the craftsmanship. The skill and precision in using the adzes is just incredible.

Being retired is great! In Australia I had spurts of unemployment/lack of work, and no pay. Now I have Norwegian minimum pension, which isn't great. But - and it's a large but, then the Norwegian social services helped me get Australian pension as well. So for once I have a steady income, and at...

My solution with same is to dry it in a microwave oven (if not dry), and then saturate the soft parts with laminating epoxy. That epoxy is like water at room temperature, and will soak in well. When dried, up to a couple of days, it's ready to be turned or worked with, and retains the...

Lived in Perth, WA most of my time in Australia (27 years), but in Sydney in 1986 when there was still no anti-venom for the Sydney funnel-web spider when we lived there. Many nasty critters in OZ, but some of the ex-Poms are the most vile 👿

Strip it back and apply two coats of Osmo Hardwax Oil. Use the standard one if you want the darker oak, or go for the white one which will give a beautiful, a bit lighter finish. With the white, just be careful to assert the first coat is very thin and worked well into the wood. Being meant as...

Not too many tarantulas in Oz, but some rather big huntsman spiders, plus redbacks and other charmers. Not to forget snakes. The reason I returned to Norway (having forgot about bloody snow- bloody, not blooded) was the effect of summer temperatures as I got older. In the cold you can put on...

Do like I do: Go to AliExpress and look up all the small useful things you can get. Few things as exciting as small parcels in the mail 🎅

MTF = £300 Festool badge = £700 (here in Norway)?

Go the full hog, get a Leigh FMT Pro FMT Pro | Leigh FMT Pro Mortise Tenon Jig Leigh FMT Pro and you're set for life! Suddenly jointing is great fun. And yes, I have one pluss a couple of Triton's biggest routers.

Use Gyproc all around! Fire-proof and easy to work with. Could be lined with plywood or thin wood panel if you need to waste that money.

How about a Leigh FMT jig FMT Pro | Leigh FMT Pro Mortise Tenon Jig Leigh FMT Pro ? One jig that works marvels when used properly, as I can vouch for. If materials are proper square, you get hairline joints, as shown on their web pages.

If you are planning on a 'minor industry', then to be on the safe side, for precaution, use one of the really safe masks with air filtering, like the JSP Powercap or the Trend Airshield Pro. I have the former, and when I bought it from UK it was subsidised, so I got it for a very good price...

I used Gyproc plasterboards for the inner walls and ceiling of my workshop for one very good reason: they are fire-proof! Okay, special care has to be taken when fastening stuff to Gyproc, but I found a glue gun does a good job if the glue is well spread. Insulation in the ceiling is almost 10"...