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Back on topic (we're fans of Paul's approach, as in latest issue of BW), I've come to see forums and magazines as complementary. Though I've often considered starting a forum for our mags, I've come to the conclusion that the independence of a forum like this is crucial. I am happy to contribute...

I've built many sheds now, and consider the most effective system is to build from the inside out. Screw 2x2in treated softwood (or 2x3in for a bit more strength) to thin OSB sheets to make panels, with studs where you want the windows and doors. Assemble the panels, then insulate, waterproof...

One of our subscibers is asking about instructions or advice for a Routerlathe Twister. This is not the Trend machine. Can anyone help? Thanks Nick

At last a question I really am qualified to answer. My parents bought a caning and rushing business in High Wycombe when I was 6, so I've been surrounded by chair repairs all my life. A steel plate can work, but you'd be surprised by the forces exerted by both rush and cane. Repairing a...

If you donate to Children in Need tonight you may get an Axminster operator. ATC is one of three companies in the SW hosting a CiN call centre for free tonight. Good for them. It sounds like a major undertaking. Apparently they all are waiting for the first operator to answer the phone...

Please email me the letter ([email protected]). We did a lot of research into toys when I was at Good Wood. It would be interesting to see if things have changed. Thanks.

I had an old Dyson on my bandsaw for ages. It was brilliant.

Hard luck. I once put a drill bit through a customer's phone line. Amazingly they asked me back to their next house, where I put a nail through a central heating pipe, just before breaking my collar bone and being off 'games' for six weeks! I eventually finished the job, but haven't heard from...

I'll see if we can get one in for testing. Well spotted. Thanks.

My guess is that the panel has expanded and forced the joint apart. Not sure what else would have the power to snap a peg.

We've been asked about rail systems for plunge saws etc.... Are any of them no good/brilliant? We only have experience of the Bosch and Festool. Never used the Mafell. Thanks Nick

What an *****. Never noticed that. Thanks.

Spot on, Gary. Thanks for the reducer idea. Is it ok to use in BW? Thanks (by the way how do I thank on the forum?) Nick

Oops. Sorry, I hadn't heard about the sipo Dominos. Will get Gordon Fry to check them out when he tests the new machine on external doors.

Clifton have been very sadly delisted by Axminster. It is sad as their planes are magnificent but their marketing is rubbish. You can view them at Classic Hand Tools, Turners Retreat and The World of Woodworking. You can support British manufacturing, as featured in our recent article about...

Fair point. There's very little stress on that joint, and to paraphrase Orwell: "Rather break all rules than make something outright barbarous." Must have made assembly much simpler.

Probably! I suspect it was the biscuits that failed more than anything else. One of my concerns would be that you choose durable chestnut for a gate, for instance, and then insert non-durable beech tenons. At least the Dominos are solid rather than compressed beech. Most external joinery on...

Thomas Corkhill's Glossary of Wood describes a frog as: 'A heavy timber at the mouth of a slide to control the direction of discharge of a log.' I presume this is a forestry term, but not sure if it might or might not be connected to planes. Nick

No. A block of wood!! It's the frugal approach. I'm very interested by other options.

I will direct our Country Carpenter, Gordon Fry, to this thread as he's a joiner in France and about to test the larger Domino. Call me an old Luddite, but I'm nervous about loose tenons in external work. I hope Gordon will persuade me otherwise as I love the Domino.