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Without knowing more about the job in question,its not easy to give a useful answer.What type of wood are we dealing with and how thick?For a one off job it might be hard to justify buying a bobbin sander but for a regular production item it might be.At some point a router following a template...

I have done the job with sharp sand and lots of water on a piece of glass,another fellow I knew preferred grinding paste on glass.It does take time though.it will be worth doing if the shine mentioned has been caused by the stone glazing and needing to have fresh grit exposed.Having cleaned the...

I have used a Phillipson oscillating bobbin sander and it was an excellent machine.I expect that your sander will be equally good.My memory is telling me that the company founder was a patternmaker who was finding it hard to get hold of good machines and who then deduced that there would be...

You have a challenge ahead.I would use a very sharp block plane with the smallest possible throat and take the thinnest of shavings at a 45 degree angle-first one way,then the other.A really sharp scraper would deal with any minor tears and then I would use 80 grit paper on a sanding board,not...

Not sure where you got the 3.5 bar from,or what it might relate to.Similarly the 50 psi.From my physics lessons long ago I can remember that 760mm Hg is about full vacuum.Why this pump's 600mm should be inadequate I don't know.If all you need is an application of force,it may well work.I would...

I've brought back worse.More to prove a point than in expectation of gaining a valuable item in the workshop.Have a crack at it.

This is a topic I know a bit about.There are several approaches to making bags and they all work.I have seen the various silicone/rubber bags that stretch over the workpiece and they are fine within the range of stretch that the material allows and ideal for applying veneer to flat sheets.You...

I have one of those and it has been immersed since the day I received it.Still works.

You can run any part of a router base against a straight edge.Just be careful to always use the same part.I had to smile when I read that the centre of the base circle is centred on the collet,the last three 1/4 inch DeWalts I have used had a base that put the guide bush off the centre of the...

A good few allow you to use a bootable USB stick.I have done it with Linux Mint and it boots pretty swiftly,just be aware that the memory stick may not easily be formatted after you have created a bootable version.You can use the USB stick as a live installation or you can install to your hard...

If you are happy to throw money at Microsoft,its a workable approach to computers.If you would like a reliable,virus free alternative that can be installed alongside or instead of Windows its pretty simple. Go to distrowatch.com and look at the list of distributions,find one you like the look...

I have several wooden planes with tapered irons.It would seem to be a factor of allowing the wedge to enter the plane body a bit further as the iron wears.Were it not so,it would be pretty difficult to reach the end of the iron with a hammer when adjustment is needed.

I have worn out three smoothing plane irons,two block plane irons and two spokeshave irons.I replaced them all with Stanley offerings as thats what they had originally and they worked perfectly well.I know that the alternatives exist and they seem to be marketed on the basis that they are...

I think we sometimes get a bit carried away by enthusiasm for old tools.Old is really no more than a descriptor and is not a signifier of innate quality.Of the numerous old chisels I have bought over the years there were four absolute duds.Two crank handled paring gouges were traded in to the...

It needs a pretty powerful pillar drill to turn a 25 mm drill bit and it is likely to snag as you break through.It takes a lot less power to turn a hole saw but the accuracy may not be quite as good.All things being equal- i.e. you need to buy the tool,I would be looking for a Rotabroach.The...

For several years I have used damp proof membrane for bag material.I don't use the plastic clamping strip as I often find it useful to add a tuck to the seal to compensate for bulges or other shapes and the sticky mastic is totally flexible in every respect.I think anybody buying anything other...

For general use I use any old HB.For accurate lines I use a red and black Staedtler 4H with a chisel point and since it can be a bit pale on dark wood,I sometimes use a dab of Tippex to make the lines clearer.Not sure where to find a bottle of Tippex when the current bottle runs dry.

I don't have anything like the expertise to use all the features of Gimp.Its not too hard to crop images or eliminate redeye.The full range of features probably rivals photoshop.I had no trouble downloading it as it came as an integral part of my linux distro and last week when I bought Linux...

Its not strange at all.Given the width of most counter tops,you need as much stability as you can get hence the choice of quarter sawn.

I just ask them how big a job it is to build in the cavities as the house was built before their introduction.The salesmen soon go away.