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This sounds like it would be of great interest to me generally, but not so much in my early 20th century door-related curiosity. Very much so, I suspect it's a subject where with so much primary information still around it's escaped serious scholarship. This is a good point I hadn't thought...

Is there a good reference source or sources on the appearance (good) and/or construction (great) of british architectural joinery over time? After wondering about the history of the pleasingly simple and clean looking "One over Three" paneled door design which is frequently associated with...

At a guess, their current employees :p In all seriousness, the Bedfords site is still in production making seamless tubulars... I know this because after repeatedly paddling past the back of their be site in my canoe, I just had to work out what the site used to be, only to be pleasantly...

I would hazard a guess that some of the more specialist joiners and cabinet makers of this parish would charge out at those kinds of rates where they can... But that they do so because their work comes in tranches without the guarantee that they're going to have work 5 days a week, 52 weeks a...

Whilst I have access to big, 3-phase EASB MIG and DC Arc welders if I need them, the 140A buzz box I bought for £30 (for the £150 worth of high nickel content rods which came free with it) is generally sufficient for my needs to occasionally fabricate brackets, stands and the like. So I would...

As in lime-render (or it's Portland based equivalent) over a suitably durable timber substrate, a bit like an external version of Lath and Plaster? Again I didn't even realize this was an option. I can see that looking very attractive even compared to wood actually, now I think about it...

I hadn't really thought of that, but it's probably actually a better idea, in an Ideal world I'd like to maintain close control over temperature and humidity (16-22°C and <45% RH) in the metal side of the workshop, so a dedicated structure would allow me to do that more efficiently (and add the...

TL;DR: Has anyone got experience of extending one of the "Compton" type sectional concrete garages? (i.e this type, although this isn't mine, just an example I found online) Are they capable of meeting the building regs if they go over the "magic" 30m² exemption? Is it possible to make an...

After posting this, I was talking to a friend online and sent one of the pictures of the legs over... He responded with "Can you make 3 more the same though", so I went and grabbed this additional picture, as I hadn't got one of all four together yet. As you can see, they're not a perfect...

I did not, although in my defense the whole look of the forum has been updated since my last visit, and what [I thought] used to be recent posts is now [Definitely] related posts...

I have one (possibly two actually), and did plan to use one to refine the hewn surface a little bit, before moving to a spokeshave... Unfortunately, I found that the workholding/workpiece support was too challenging to make it really work for me, as even freshly sharpened it needed a lot of...

I have some scrap aluminium, a surface plate and assorted scrapers... Flat to how many PPI do you say? :P I agree with your point though, and Iron has another excellent benefit... Pressed or Extruded aluminium will never come close to the stiffness of cast iron; and Cast or Wrought Alu with...

Since it's been nearly 3 years since my last update, I thought I'd move into a new thread. The legs are almost complete, and can't really be finished until I've completed the stretchers in order to shape knee blocks. Carving complete: Refined with sanding, homebrew rifflers and a...

If you're after a hand-operated shaper kit, I believe Martin Model & Pattern are the only people doing one (as well as the only supplier of Quorn T&C grinder kits). http://www.martinmodel.com/MMPtools.html You'll have to forgive them the website design and scroll down to see the "strong-arm...

I'd disagree; to an extent. You're bang on that properly ground HSS is very capable, and in some cases (turning/boring copper, PTFE or Babbit for instance, where you might even consider very finely sharpened carbon steel toolbits) generally superior. You're also right that there's no...

Atkinson Walker in Sheffield will do handsaws, (in addition to making and maintaining just about every other conceivable type of saw).

I've long had a wireless in mine, permanently tuned to R4 (I accidentally hit it with a mallet, removing the tuner knob)... That's distraction enough for me... If I owned a TV, the workshop probably isn't where I'd put it, but I can't actually see the harm... Other than getting even less done...

I know you're right... But it frustrates me to end up with the large/delicate items floating around in the car, the problem being that I frequently do work where I need those slightly oddball tools, and am awful at keeping stuff organised. I suppose what I need is several boxes, sized to all...

The joiners toolboxes look somewhat adaptable to my purposes, which would arrive at something halfway between one of those and an oversized toolmaker's chest. The box Graham suggests looks alright, but I suspect would be awkward to store certain items in (24" stilson and my big micrometer being...

Inspired by Jacob's mention of making a tool box in the "10 hand tools for beginners thread" has anyone got a design of toolbox that they really rate? I'm doing quite a bit of volunteer work for a couple of different organisations at the moment (essentially working as a fitter for my own...