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I've got a got an oldish wooden smoothing plane which appears more or less unused. The body still has fairly sharp corners with stopped chamfers toward the top and is more or less unmarked. I haven't used it much yet, partly because the edges of the body were pretty uncomfortable in my hand-...

I think in future I will avoid alternating happy/sad. The last time I did this, with maple, I found myself dealing with alternating grain directions in adjacent boards. This was not only a total bear to plane smooth, but also catches the light differently so whichever way you position it the...

Anybody recommend a suitable pad for sanding a curved surface while maintaining the fairness of the curves? I have a few rudder blades to refinish and I think the standard hard base on my Metabo 450 could introduce hollows. The camber involved is about 12mm max depth over a width of 230mm, and...

I got some recently from Isaac Lord. http://www.isaaclord.co.uk/nsdx-20r-lapcon-adjustable-soft-down-lid-stay I they were easy to fit and seem to do the job.

This is a bit of a newb question, but worth asking anyway..... The dimensions given for hinges when buying online baffle me (slightly). I get that the given width dimension is the overall measurement with the hinge open, but I don't know how much to allow for the barrel section. Or in other...

No, on reflection I'm not sure either, but if I can compress one enough to insert in the hole in the table which looks to be designed to receive it then it would stop the insert rattling. Will report back.

After I posted my last message I went to the Hegner website to order spare bushes for the tension lever, a quick release clamp and a couple of spare retaining springs for the table insert, etc. Probably finished the transaction by about 11am yesterday. Was impressed to find my order sitting in...

Just spoken to Axi and we're in agreement with Martin's diagnosis. The disc washer which isn't on the machine diagram appears to supernumerary and it's loss resulted in slop at the lower end of the link arm. Then with things tightened back up the alignment of the lower arm is corrected. Off to...

Martin, Isn't that interesting? Mine has spring washer, thick washer and thin washer on the outside, then missing thin washer and thick washer on the inside. I couldn't really see why there would be two washers either side in addition to the bearing since washers themselves make fairly lousy...

Indeed. Message sent. In the meantime I disconnected the link arm from the motor drive wheel, to find not altogether surprisingly that the thinner of the two washers on the motor side of the bearing had fragmented. Not having another of the same size to hand I reassembled without it to see what...

Thanks for the advice so far. I have removed the metal guard from the left of the machine and by turning the drive wheel I have established that the tip of the lower arm describes and elliptical path being closest to the motor side at the bottom of the stroke and closest to the casting...

Malcolm- I was cutting 3/4" pine-- some old futon slats The blade was vertical to begin with- I tweaked the table when I got it using the cut a block of wood, flip it around and blade fits into kerf technique. Will see if I can get some photos which show the deflection Cheers G

I'm new to scrolling and have probably less than two hours use on the machine. So last night I was working away trying to stick to my lines or else maintain a fair curve where I drifted off line. I was beginning to wonder if perhaps the blade was beginning to dull as I seemed to be deflecting it...

I used Ronseal Garden Paint which goes on fairly nicely with either brush or HVLP spray. The colours are pretty, but it doesn't 'build' like an oil based gloss would. It hasn't been out in the weather long enough to comment on the durability. Then again, (I keep reminding myself) just how...

While I find the idea of custom making the cutter appealing, I'd go for the woody too. I experimented with the sash cutter in my combi plane for the wendy house windows I've just made and just could not get it to go well- a mixture of sloppy fence, iffy depth stops and trying to muscle a massive...

They're pretty handy for marking waterstones when flattening. Otherwise I mostly prefer disposable Bic propelling pencils, when I'm not using a knife.

I've got one of those which I liberated from my Dad's shed when I left home. It is fantastic for countersinking and has saved many a task from delay when I've been let down by a flat battery.

Your Jenga will be ruined if you domino it. The best way to win (in my experience) is to get the opposition to drink more than you do!

I read somewhere that a splitting axe was supposed to be relatively blunt to avoid sticking - in contrast to a chopping or felling type axe. I guess the mode of operation is different. Wedging apart relatively dry timber along the grain rather than slicing fibres across it. My splitting maul is...

The reception classroom where my daughter has just started has a corner with a workbench with a small vice, some pieces of scrap wood and a few quite blunt looking junior hacksaws to use. I was well impressed when we went to look around. Being only four she has only the patience for one...