Search results

Guys before this does descends try keep things civil. Everyone is entitled to their opinion and to express them civilly. There are many ways to do anything in woodworking especially in sharpening. Some will find the personalities a very Marmite proposition in the way they promote or present...

no @Jacob :giggle:

mmmmmmmmmmmmmm brekkie in bed yum

the traditional grain direction allows . the handle to use the best feature of the wood - its strength in compression of the fibres in relation to the vector of the force applied. When in compression wood is around 15 times stronger than concrete

If you are after a more substantial edge and fixing rather than just ironing on a thin edge band then look at fixing a solid wood lipping to the ply board. Consider using one of these types of router bit sets that will give a much better mechanical fixing along with a larger glue surface area...

A warm welcome Brady, I'm sure you will find lots of useful information and interesting discussions here. You highlight a good point in that outside the "west" much of the woodworking going on is done very differently with regard to safety. I'm sure that as time develops and former Soviet...

Failte, sure you will find plenty of like minded members.

Failte, was always a wish of mine to build a Hurricane 11C but never had a shed big enough

the patterning is there so that the sheet acts as a Fresnel lens for the backlight (which actually comes in from the thin edge of the screen) that makes the screen work. Rather than wreck the lensing and light unit why not use them to make near perfect broadspectrum daylight light boxes for you...

For their time the radial arm saw was a revelation. They were designed to allow several stations to be set up on mass production lines with each performing a set separate task allowing a much faster through put of material giving a multiple fold increase in productivity. They were introduced...

you're Mafeking that up

fàilte don bhùth-obrach🥃

but she might if you don't get a tuffsaw blade :eek:

yeah but at least the smell of poverty is making a massive comeback, I know people can smell me a mile off because of it lol

Careful not to get over zealous with sharpening that axe or you just end up with a very long handled cut throat razor

looks very much like my pipes which are indian rosewood

Personally if 1.2m lengths was all I had I would used pegged scarf joints Best example are to be found in japenese building joinery where they are used extensively for temple building. Start your research there

or click watch at the top right of the thread and be given the option of how you want notifications about new posts on that thread

between sanding grits it's easier to use a hoover but for the final coat before finishing and between coats after denibbing they are a must. in a pinch a lint free cloth with a timy amount of vaseline worked in will do

Hi and failte. I don't have a lathe personally but have successfully turned lots of lovely walnut, elm and oak into hamster bedding for the local kids and my neighbour's ferrets.