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Does anyone know if the PM12 was made in Britain? Cheers Nick

Thanks, everyone. Some good ideas that will help the test. Cheers Nick

Chris, do you use them for glue-ups, or just holding things, or both?

We have a pile of quick, one-handed quick cramps in the workshop, ready for testing. It just crossed my mind that to make the test all the more relevant, perhaps some woodworkers could suggest some tests we could do on the cramps. Any ideas anyone? Thanks Nick

Why won't this thread die? Not sure Pop Wood would appreciate Chris writing for us, but I'll try. He's a good bloke. Nice thinking.

Funny you say that, Simon, but when I launched British Woodworking, one of the long-term objectives was that I might one day be able to export it to the States and get our own back for once!!!! But I'm not sure how one goes about that. Any ideas on a postcard please. I'm not sure if I'd have to...

Well, good luck with it. Do drop me an email if you have something to say/write.

Does that mean I can expect to hear from you?

Sorry. I didn't mean to be over the top. People often say that to me at shows, and they're a bit embarrassed, and you laugh about it, and think that yes it hopefully will lead to a sale. This one was just rude about it, and aggressive, and didn't feel he should have to pay for information. He...

It was, of course, tongue in cheek, but only up to a point. It is very easy for people to underestimate the effort that goes into producing a magazine, and that the collection, analysis and repackaging of information in an entertaining and informative manner is a skill the same as making a...

Thanks, Alf. I gave up believing in that Santa years ago, I'm afraid. But it's good to hope.

Do you know what they mean by run out?

It is quite funny the emails I've had the weekend, with so many different folk liking and/or loathing almost every article in different ways. A famous planemaker once asked me for a copy of one of my magazines. I suggested he swap it for one of his planes. "But my planes take a month to make,"...

Change is difficult. I don't mean to sound as if I don't like it: I've introduced plenty of innovations to woodworking magazines, and hope I've got a few more in me yet. But I do think that some people have a misapprehension of what a professional workshop looks like and how it works if they...

Interesting reading, Ian. Lots of good sense. I will ponder once I've got the latest issue of Living Woods to press! Cheers Nick

The idea of a community magazine has crossed my mind over the years. The trouble is that time is the greatest hurdle (after the cost of printing). To make magazines simple to produce actually the best approach is to do everything in-house, with a workshop that makes all the projects and tests...

Good points Ian. I think we're all learning lots here. I do try to set criteria for a test, and have at time published those criteria. As you rightly say, those don't always relate to spec boxes. Actually I completely forgot to mention bandsaw speeds on the roundup of bandsaws, because I've...

Is this for table routing, hand routing or both?

I can't recall where you are based, Jamie, but we may well have some stuff in the workshop that will never need to be returned that might help you. How far are you from Gloucester? What do you still need? You're very welcome to come over and rootle around in the stuff that's been around for a...

I've had the dual base Bosch in our workshop for years, and have never used the fixed base (beyond testing originally, ages ago). Just can't see what use it would be, other than the flexibility of being able to use the same motor and keep one base fixed to the table. But as I've yet to find any...