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if this was a metal lathe, this would be REALLY serious! At best from what I see in the photo you will be turning a taper, and at worst (bent shaft)-you will be turning an elipse-even in wood! Easily checked with a cheapo digital caliper 1st thing is to check that the bed is level, or at least...

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lookslike a recentlyrestored Badger shoulder plane and it's box It had taken a nose-dive somewhere in it's previous life, so had to gently bend the mouth wider so it actually worked....

I've never met an 'lecrtic nailer I could trust except for stapling carpet into softwood ply with shorter staples.

type 1 workmate, I think the UK model is referred to as e-1,as it predates the North American mfgr.

https://www.hackspace.org.uk/ shows 8 makerspaces in yorkshire/humber. all you gotta do is check em out. Maybe one fits your needs! Eric

here in Calgary we have a makerspace of which I am a member/director--- 6000 sq ft. 10+years and still going strong. Membership is currently 55CDN$/mo (about 35ish u$) TOTALLY VOLUNTEER. 24/7 access, supplier discounts, low cost training courses. Take a tour

Do what the hardwood flooring folks do, and set in in the area where it will be set in the area it's gonna e installed for at least 24 hrs.(with circulation on all sides)

I've worked from home (til the bylaw officer visited), rented commercial space and watched my rent rise, rise , and rise again; been locked out by bailiff (not my fault) and needed a space to work out of. I'm older and almost retired, but still do smaller projects, so went looking and found a...

for gluing narrow fissures-like veneer- I am partial to using inexpensive drafting erasing shields. The numerous cut outs will carry (sometimes thinned) glue in and you can work it back and forth. The shields can be easily cut with scissors. They are about .003" thick, so fit into real tight...

I find it interesting that the "shiny spots" mentioned ain't on the back of the blade by the edge! so I'mthinkin that that blade ain't really sharpat all!

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today I was jointing 10' lengths of maple. rather heavy beasts and I had to fine tune the joints, so like Jacob, used the bedrock 606 with a jointer fence to tune them . First time in years for that combination, but it was there! Block plane is an essential, I prefer the low angle record for he...

I've got a tiltable mortisng machine that was used for two jobs in 15 years. Baldkev said just drill them out with a drill and use a chisel to clean them up, but I'm gonna take that up a notch and suggest that you can buy a suitable sized mortice chisel and with a simple jig, use it to square...

If light rust, it doesn't need anything more that 1 maybe 2 sheets if 320 on the ROS I have used this many times to rehab planer and jointer tables as well. Quite cost effective. I just finished putting a brushed metal finish on 3pc 2'square cold rolled iron and had to cut through the mill...

not a documentary, but a captivating movie about a violin makers product and it's travels through history The Red Violin Eric

Square are totally essential to the wood butchery process---there ain't no such thing as good'nuf. gotta be square, and proven square. Import squares-even the "machinists type- can be out (DAMHIK) Honestly, how you gonna set up a jointer or TS fence absolutely square or just wonder why...

I wouldn't bother either. might be god for balsa wood though!. if memory servesme, they sold two types of blades, totally straight and cambered, but they are scarcer than hen's teeth Eric

sounds like you soundly destroyed a blade! Eric

It's 2021, and men's shed advertises itself for men over 50+. know for a fact that some men's sheds are looking for younger men/women/diversified Suggest you look for local makerspaces which are less disriminatory and maybe moe accepting of the facts of our lives