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I don't know if this has been posted before but I stumbled on it on YouTube yesterday: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xyC6AU3EiCQ It's a guide to building with hand tools the kind of jig you need for mitering the corners of boxes or other longish edges. It is also, in my opinion, an absolute...

Andy, yes that's more like what I was thinking of. Do you really think that a modern remake of that would cost 300 quid? And would it have to have quite so much heavy metal in it? I'm not clued up on the making of tools but had imagined something a bit more structurally light. Andy.

You did well with that! I was thinking more of something like a North Bros. drill which I recently saw a picture of. It was a much lighter machine than the impressive beast which you have. It looked like it could be clamped to a benchtop and it was that which I had in mind when I thought that a...

Yes, it is a bit of a hostage to fortune, isn't it? I think that to slip in my bathroom you would have to have feet made of jelly coated in vaseline and be drunk. That said, I suppose if you dropped a towel on the floor, you could trip over it. Trevanion, I'll be buying rough sawn planks and...

I didn't know that and I'm sure it is so for very good reasons. I'll look into toughened glass then. Is there a minimum thickness?

They're good points. For the sake of modesty I would put a pull down roll blind on the inside. The shower, while open at the top, sits behind a 7' high glass partition and that catches most of the condensation and of course the latter is not a problem in summer as one has the window open...

I'm moderately surprised that you didn't come up with two or three things that you've always wanted to get your hands on. I reckon that if one of the modern manufacturers like Clifton or Veritas were to produce a manual pillar drill, they would find there is a market for it. The technology is...

I intend to replace my bathroom door and want to make one with glass panels. I've still got the old one which, being made as far as I can tell from man made materials does not go out of shape at all and so will serve as the biggest story stick in the world. The size is fairly normal: roughly six...

I just read Andy T's reply to BlueKingfisher ref his query with the little stringing tool and it made me wonder if Andy and others like him who seem to have fairly comprehensive collections and a lot of knowledge each have a holy grail of tool collecting. What is the one that would represent the...

Thank you. Now it's all clear. I sometimes wonder if there's a tendency to be censorious in the USA. I was once waiting for a flight with some mates at Dulles Airport in Washington and we decided to have a drink. US beer isn't particularly strong but after four pints (and no effect whatsoever)...

I don't understand your second sentence. Have you perhaps missed a word or two out? Edit that: I don't think I understand much of it at all. :oops: The picture's pretty convincing!

Four replies in and it's still civil? Good Lord! Where's Jacob when you need him? :D

I think if I were in your position I would get my feet under the table in the village first and that would mean changing nowt for the first year. Get to know your fellow villagers and see which way the wind blows. In my opinion, if you move into a village the onus is on you to fit in as opposed...

I think there's a lot in that. If you're in the market for a new plane you can go top end e.g. Clifton, Lie-Neilsen or Veritas or you could have gone to Karl Holtey (in the days when he was making planes). Nothing wrong with the latter course of action if you can afford it, think the extra 2.5%...

I had a pair of Lundhags when I was in the army! That was during my brief flirtation with arctic warfare. Can't for the life of me remember what happened to them though.

I got them from this chap: https://freshshoes.de https://freshshoes.business.site The second link is a bit more informative about the bespoke service. I picked them up yesterday and gave them their first proper trial this morning by walking about three miles instead of the usual 300 yards to...

But that is just a matter of West End rip off. Decent shoe repairs can surely be had all over the place for a fraction of that price.

Agreed. At the risk of getting away from craftsmanship and into economics, there comes a point as your income goes up at which you can start saving. It also depends on your inclinations. If you're determined to enjoy quality time in the pub, it will work against your saving. So if you've got any...

The first thing I ever made is the one that gets used most. It's a little side table for my armchair, just over a foot square. The joinery's rubbish (it was very much a beginner's piece) but it's rock solid and nearly every cup of tea I drink gets put on it.

I recently inherited a modest sum of money and I decided to do something which I had always fancied but never done because of the cost i.e. get some bespoke shoes made. The reason for this is not vanity but rather the fact that my feet are a bit wider than average and have high insteps. This...