Search results

I once watched a friend put a plastic cooking oil bottle down on an (very much on) electric hob... The result was rapid, dramatic and messy. Self-same hob was more than hot enough to light a cigarette or ignite a spill on, due to a failure in the temperature control rheostat.

Would Leeds Hackspace be an option for you, its 40mins away but should offer a size of shop you'll never match on your own (albeit with the foibles of a space used by a lot of people at a lot of experience levels) https://leedshackspace.org.uk Tomorrow and every tuesday is open night so you...

I was about to suggest going across the panel perpendicular to the grain with a (longish to long) hand plane with a slightly cambered iron until all parts of the panel are level, then sand/plane the slightly scalloped surface, as I did this with a friend recently on a really massive panel he'd...

One of my friends from uni is a Conservation Ecologist with the woodland trust, she's got a chainsaw licence but struggles to use the big saws that they have (she's about 5 foot nothing and thin as a rake), apparently the bigger male volunteers are always shocked at how quickly and accurately...

As I understood it, they're making a limited range of popular machines new to order, including a new model of panel saw. I need to go see them about some spares for a BAOS Planer in the near future so I'll try to find out more then.

Exactly, I really liked my little Dewalt, and have designs on a Wadkin or Stromab RAS if I ever set up a workshop of my own again... Part of the reason I found it so handy was buying huge slabs of Douglas Fir straight from the mill... If I'd had a table saw I would have had to length it by hand...

I'm not 100%, I think it's the thermoplastic polymer for the 3D printer, melted into puddles for dramatic effect... I assume someone either forgot about it cooling and needs to come collect it or was just mucking about and forgot to clean up after themselves, such are the joys of a shared...

Sorted, Used some 5mm brass as I was able to shape it to the curve of the original shave better. Bandsawn to rough shape, filed to close to the mark, linished to finished form* and polished on a mop, the most challenging bit was securely holding the spokeshave in a machine vice to drill pilot...

I know, and more's the pity that they don't! I do find it interesting that the basic design (including the replaceable silver steel rods which form the ways!) That made that made those machines so good, has survived with minimal alteration for a little over 80 years. Ironically, for the most...

The RAS, always has, and always will have a place, more or less where you've said. Working with big sectional sizes, or long lengths of wide (solid wood) boards is what it excels at, CNC Crosscut's have replaced it in manufacturing, just like it largely replaced pendulum saws (but not entirely...

Lignum bearings are still being installed in water contact applications today... Mainly hydroelectric plants, both as replacements for existing bearings, and in new-build generating units. I believe Cargo Ships, Icebreakers and Nuclear Sub's are all in service now with lignum bearings too.

I suspect you will see expansion issues immediately and major rot issues in time with this... Hardwax oil won't form a total moisture barrier, and paint on wood preservative is generally quite short lived in its abilities. If you found appropriate pressure treated or naturally durable timber...

Depending on your setup and proficiency with working to fine tolerances I'd think you could build a conventional table saw by purchasing a spindle, adjustment screws and gears & a motor as COTS (commercial off the shelf) parts, putting the spindle on lignum or oil-soaked maple bearings and...

That's a pretty unusual combination machine, sounds very very capable!

Come to think of it I have wee blocks of Purpleheart and Jarrah which I've been saving for this kind of thing, they won't be as wear resistant as the brass would... But still much tougher than beech (By my logic replacing worn beech, with more beech to wear down in the same way seems like it's...

I've just found an old wooden spokeshave in a box of odds and sods, with really significant wear to the sole. Not had a chance to try it on any wood yet, but my guess is that it's going to make it take a deep cut that's much easier to dig in. With regards to sorting it out, would creating a...

As a big Tyzack fan, I find this less unusual... Most of their Steel-Backed backsaws that I've seen have 3 nuts... Which leads nicely to: Indeed, The first of the three works making tools set up by the business (then trading as William Tyzack and Sons) was at Rockingham Street, which closed...

Thanks Donovan, I'll have a think, for the time being my old heirloom gouges have plugged the gap for now but a fishtail gouge would be useful, as would a tad more variety in curvature and size of bent and straight gouges. If I'm buying new, a mix from any of: Robert Sorby, Ashley Iles, Henry...

As with Andy's commemts, Cedar of Lebanon would work... And smell lovely.

Taking shape now! And a closer view... Now something for the toolies: Home made gouges courtesy of my Great Grandad... Both ground like japanese gouges, one from a firmer chisel and one from a beveled edge... It too me a while to work out how to sharpen them, but with some effort...