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MikeG: Yep, 20 mm. I got the idea (which I modified quite a bit) from a plan in Woodwork, the complete step-by-step manual published by DK (3rd book in from the right on the bottom shelf) and their plan calls for 20 mm oak. Do you think that is too thick for such a joint? AndyT: I wondered if...

I've recently completed a bookcase. The problems I had with it stem from the fact that the shelves are attached to the sides via wedged through tenons. The real root of the problem was that the wood is pine and I find it so difficult to work with. In this case the mortices looked more like exit...

With ref to the hedgehogs not getting eaten: I saw a picture of a German design made out of some sort of ceramic material where the entrance tunnel had a fairly tight S-bend which would never be a problem for a hedgehog but which was intended to be a bit of a poser for foxes. You could consider...

Thanks for the replies, they make sense. I want to try shellac one day but I don't think something the size of a bookcase would be my first effort!

I've just built a pine bookcase and have got to applying the finish. I've wasn't sure about using the Danish Oil I've got because I've read that it can result in a blotchy finish on pine, so I bought a tin of finish from the local supermarket which is a mix of wax and varnish (it has the look...

If it works half as well as it looks, you'll be on to a winner. It's original too, which begs the obvious question: Where on earth did you get the idea in the first place?

Thanks for the replies, chaps. With respect to AndyT's splitting job: I did that on something else (forgotten what) a couple of weeks before and although the cheeks split well, it seemed to me that, after final paring from the marked line, they ended up a mite too thin and I was glad that the...

I'm currently making a simple shaker-style side table in order to use up some offcuts and I'm treating it as a practice piece. The side rails weren't much more than 1/2" thick which led me to cut 1/4" tenons. That meant that the waste was definitely under 3/16" thick. Once you've allowed for...

DW, out of interest, how do you rate the Veritas bench chisels? I ask because I have nothing to compare them with but a single 1 1/2" Stanley chisel with a blue plastic handle from the 80s. Both take a very sharp edge but the PMV 11 of the Veritas does seem to hold the edge longer. Come to...

In the light of the above, this is not for Sheffield Tony's eyes: should you be in the market for an MF Jack Plane, you probably won't be able to do much better than this: https://www.jimbodetools.com/collection ... once-82377 Not terribly cheap but it looks OK.

If you put "Millers Falls Home Page" into google, you get to a web site which contains this: When the Millers Falls Company introduced its new line of hand planes in 1929, it needed a way to differentiate its products from others already on the market. The identity problem was compounded by the...

It might be worth having a look at this page of the Dieter Schmid Website: https://www.fine-tools.com/winkelschluessel.html

I think you can answer your own initial question if you ask yourself a couple more: a. Do you think you would benefit from having an accurate diagram available of the project you are working on? b. Would a library of such diagrams be of use to you? If the answer to these questions is "yes"...

Good Morning All, I've recently bought and Macbook and have downloaded Sketchup. To help me use and understand the latter I bought Sketchup A Design Guide for Woodworkers by Joe Zeh. The big problem I have is in customising the template and specifically the calibration of the axes. Mr Zeh...

That box is an aesthetic triumph in all aspects of its design. The rippled grain is effectively the icing on the cake. Beautifully done!

Is there a hint of ripple in this pic of western red cedar? https://www.google.co.uk/search?q=rippl ... 1804112851 It's the second row, square pic, fourth from the left and you have to click on it to get it big enough to (maybe) see it.

It makes me wonder what the Holy Grail of rippled grain is ..... balsa?

The reason that I said I couldn't imagine rippled boxwood is that the few bits I have seen (tool handles, rulers etc.) have all been completely unremarkable in the grain. Just shows how much I know. Maybe I should have asked if anybody knows of any wood which never shows rippled grain.

I have to break a lance for Jacob here: I reckon you've just undermined your own line of attack by using a quote from Jacob which contains "as far as I'm concerned" which is more or less a synonym for "in my opinion". I wouldn't go so far as to say that you shot yourself in the foot but the...

The reason I ask the question is that yesterday I planed the most unusual piece of American tulip I've come across. Having sawn off the waney edge I set about planing it, got tearout along one side of the edge, thought I'd misjudged the grain direction, turned it around in the vice and then...