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Frying pan, get carbon steel and season it, decent pan will last forever, and I find better for most things compared to cast iron

I’m with AJB, the designer focused on the look, I made sure it work for me as the cook of the house. Ours is mostly off the shelf bits but needed some customising to fit my hob, which is huge. Also worth thinking about noise, not a single designer we spoke to considered it, we didn’t go top...

As above, Addis, nice chisels

Nicely done, hopefully the back had been well maintained? I would expect the original handle was burnt onto the tang to make the mortice, something I’m yet to do but keep meaning to. Chiselling out is such a calmer more controlled process.

My maple board is the same colour as my beech board Just about see it below the knives

Taking longer than I thought due to work getting in the way and stealing my evenings and weekends at the moment. Managed to get a few hours in the workshop tonight while the benchtalk was on and carried on sawing out the profile Will tidy up with the grinder and file radius’s into the...

Enjoyed this tonight, thanks for the heads up. I mixed between sitting listening and pottering changing the blade on my bandsaw and readjusting all the guides. look forward to the next one

Bamboo is horrible for knife edges, limited difference between edge and endgrain on edges

Or go hipster and cast either some pallet wood or a scaffold plank in resin

Beech sycamore maple are good choices avoid open grain, tropicals with high silica content, stuff with knots.

Having a small startrite bandsaw for metal, I wouldn’t hesitate to go with a bigger one for wood, as mentioned above everything is very nicely made. if Going the second hand route the tires and the guides are the main areas I’d check for wear/damage

Owen Bush - bushfire forge - is out East London way - he’s more of a Bladesmith but does taster days (covid allowing) and also may well know someone else local https://www.owenbush.co.uk/

You could look for a local blacksmith offering taster days, they look doable in a day with some instruction.

I’m intrigued so will give it a go tomorrow on a spare pozi 2 tomorrow.

Running it through all three was my understanding too, overload is ordered so should all follow as per the diagram now. thanks for the help all

Cheers, the internals gives me the starter but the rest of the control circuit is on the overload relay. Just ordered a 1.1-1.6a OL as I worked out FLC to be 1.5a on the motor. When that arrives all should be fine (crosses fingers it’s compatible)

Carbide Masonry drill sharpened on a diamond stone has worked for me on hardened tool steel. carbide drill will do it to, but as has been said they’re fragile and if you snap it in the whole you’re going to be starting again.

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Thanks, that makes sense it’s the control circuit I seem to be missing looking closely I can see what the start switch on the box is acting on but not the stop, it seems to just float. Went with Eaton as Spark who wired workshop rates their stuff, if I need to goback to the shops any links for...

Hi here’s the front and the spec on the side