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Very common problem, when wood has been stored in a cold damp environment, then moved into a warm house with central heating etc…wood that looks fine in the timber yard can soon change its shape once it’s in a warm house. Unless you have a planer thicknesses to get it flat it can be a real...

A light oil containing PTFE..is fine…As already mentioned Silicone affects so many other things…unless it’s specified I wouldn’t use it…Ive never used grease on anything in the workshop..it just acts like a magnet for dust and debris, Oil is so much easier to clean off and reapply at regular...

Hex shank bits are fine in a standard chuck drill…👍

And when using small sized taps like this, it’s really easy to snap them if tooooo much pressure us used, gently does it, don’t try and force them round especially in hard steel etc. It is better to start with the first/ taper tap as this will start cutting without much force and enlarge the...

I have a few Dohm,Colt smaller vices , which look identical externally, but the Colt has a threaded brass boss that the threaded rod goes into, whereas the Dohm’s are threaded through the cast body.

Would it be easier to drill and tap a smaller hole into the plug to take some form of tap fitting that would accept a garden hose connector or something similar

Lots more detail regarding what your making would be really useful…it’s hard to advise without knowing what it’s for.

Bosch Hex9 are quite good and have hex shanks as you say…for what purpose do you particularly want hex shafts?…

I recently bought this Wilson vice…

The Wilson Vice also comes under the name COLT, and DOHM

The Wilson vice also comes under the names Dohm, and Colt…