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https://www.dictum.com/en/hammers-nails-pry-bars-accessoires/plank-nail-50-mm-830123 These are quite good, but most sizes low stock or backorder

Trial and error. Make some reference marks on the wheel, washer and spindle before you start. Good luck

I've seen that too. One of Peter Millard's vids I think.

I had the exact same question earlier in the year. In the end I used a combination of a) multitool with a flat blade from Saxton blades, b)SDS drill with a big flat chisel and c)a Japanese reform bar. Delivery of the blades from Saxton was exceptionally quick which allowed me to get to work the...

Well done for getting stuck in. Cabinet scraper is faster than sanding in a lot of situations. Inexpensive and will last a lifetime. Not difficult to sharpen- every YouTuber worth their salt has a tutorial :rolleyes: The cuts in your thumbs will actually help you here, as sticking plasters...

Yup, Socket Countersunk HT screws are the thing

Always assumed it was something to do with the chemicals inside. Either some risk of an exotherm if confined or else maybe the mixture needs more space in the tin during manufacture/canning to offgas or something?

If you're finishing off with the router anyway, I'd be inclined to put a new blade in the jigsaw you have, maybe treat yourself to a fresh router cutter and call it done.

I was in this situation a few years ago. I discovered that it was easier to get round curves using a coarser blade than the fine one I started out with as the wider kerf creates space for the blade to turn in the cut. To some extent it depends on the thickness of your material. In my case, inch...

Chris Schwarz is much the same. Massive advocate of hand tool joinery, but is quite open about getting the machines to do the donkey work. These days I'm erring more toward this approach. Tom Fidgen's videos are great to watch, but I feel if I want to develop my skills I need to spend more time...

Is there an afterlife for a spent bandsaw blade? I'm about to scrap a 3/8" 6tpi blade, but the womble instinct is nagging that it might have another use. Any tips? I was thinking maybe a bow saw or a kerfing saw (sharpening a short run wouldn't be too arduous). A home made reamer is another...

Iron salts will turn oak black. A brown stain would be the thing

If you're not bothered about bringing the hollow up to the flat surface then staining to match the background and then add grain with black ink. Otherwise you could build the level back up with wax including the grain, probably blending shades to match. You'll need a heat source like a spirit...

I would have thought wax repair sticks is the way to go. Various kits available so you should be able to get a close match, or blend to suit.

Yes

The diddy chisels are handy for getting into awkward spaces. And a fiddle to sharpen.

A mate of mine at uni ruptured two discs while picking up a crate of flowers, lilies IIRC. At the time he played prop in one of the university rugby XVs, so pretty fit and very strong. Now whether it was the flowers or the rugby that was ultimately to blame is open to debate, but we are...

Specifically it's in reference to manhandling (or not) logs, ie ideally to split them where they lie, or else use machinery to move them. It struck me as one of those undeniable truths of life, speaking as a forty-something with the noisiest joints of my whole pilates class despite being...

Just landed a used copy of one of James Krenov's books to while away the last of the dark nights and came across this piece of fundamental sound advice in the section on milling your own material.... "Save your back, you'll need it later." Ain't that the truth? There's an element of philosophy...

Those look lovely, but I think I'd get bored of taking them in and out, really quickly. Could you cover the top, or maybe the half you're working on with 6mm MDF using the dog holes to locate it?