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Buy £50 worth of nice wood and start making something. You’ll soon realise what you need. If it’s just something nice that you want, id go with a hand tool as you’ll have it for years vs something cordless that will be outdated in 10yrs time. People have already mentioned planes, so I’d suggest...

Well ultimately we’re all made of the products from stars, depends how far back you go I imagine a turbine removes less energy from the wind than a large tree or two, and we’re down to less than half the amount of forest there was 500 years ago so we’ve introduced a gap we can fill

That looks really neat Peri, any wip pictures? I’d be really interested in the process, guess you glue up longer strips edge to edge then cross cut off rows? How did you level it off, just a sharp plane or anything more sophisticated?

New plane blade for a record 77 that means it now takes nice shavings even in endgrain. Started as a piece of O1, cut to shape, heat treated, then ground before honing.

Can’t find the itemised detail but getting my double garage all done with lights, 16a sockets each side, 13a sockets each side and some on ceiling, and new board with mcbs (can’t remember the letter for them but for the 16a worth telling the spark what they’re for and getting ones rated for...

Bit more progress today knocked up a super fancy grinding jig by sawing off a piece of wood at 30 degrees and knocking in two nails to rest the blade against Then set to grinding in the bevels with a 60 grit belt, frequently dipping in water to avoid any softening from the heat generated...

How thick is the table top? if it’s thin may be worth thickening where the legs attach to allow longer fixings If you think they’ll be removed and reattached often threaded inserts and machine screws, otherwise some small coach screws with the appropriate predrilling.

Let us know how you get on with it, I’d be happy to decant off a small bottle of condursal and pop in the post for you to try

My butcher in Cardiff has his own beef herd so might be able to separate sinew. He’s been pretty accommodating with a lot of my pit of the ordinary requests

So if anyone is interested I followed this recipe for heat treat Preheat to 1300f hold for 10 mins Then heat to 1475f and hold for 20 mins Quench into a medium fast oil as soon as it comes out, thin sections drop temp quickly! Tempering: I’ve left it on the hard side, with 2 temper cycles...

Cheers, it survived quench last night, so will head down and do some more tonight. Borax works well as a flux when laminating, and would work as an anti scale, but it also has a habit of eating the inside of your forge. Similar home brews use graphite powder (like locksmith sprays) that help...

At least 15 years ago I picked up a record 77a bullnose plane on eBay thinking that I needed one. It arrived and I sharpened it up as usual but found it was pretty useless compared to a block plane or a sharp chisel. I couldn’t get it cutting properly and so it went in a drawer. Now I’m in...

May be worth giving Wentwood timber a call, I’ve had some Elm from them before so they may know a source

I’ve had the idea, ordered materials, and now waiting for them to arrive to attempt to turn them into something

As someone who took part for the first time last year I can heartily recommend getting involved.

Will be interested to hear what you end up with, have an ercol dining table I want to refinish myself and have looked at the Rubio but not taken the plunge

Low angle jack please

Anyone got a link to an ep on YouTube, quick search only revealed trailers

Just sent you an email, sorry for the delay!

Same doors I have in my house. Pretty sure they’re Doug fir, at least its what I’ve always believed they are.