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Twin motor Camvac sucking through a Super Dust Deputy Cyclone. The fine sanding dust (and there is a lot of it, especially as I use a 60g loading) soon clogs up the filter inside the Camvac drum: five minutes to take it apart, put on a mask and beat the filter cloth against a tree in the garden...

I left a message yesterday with Niwaki on their website so a short time afterwards a chap rang me up and we had a very informative conversation on the dog n'bone. He mentioned that I'd be very welcome to go over to the shop and try them out on the bench, once lockdown has been eased a little...

https://www.niwaki.com/store/shapton-pr ... whetstone/ How's that Doug? - Rob

The 'Professional' stones are sold by Niwaki as well; see here - https://www.niwaki.com/store/shapton-gl ... whetstone/ ...and they stock all the grits from 320 right up to 12000. Even better, Niwaki is only around 20mins from me by car - Rob

A general query really about these stones please. Does, or has anybody used them? Pros & cons (apart from the hideous price :D ) Can they be used with a honing guide? TIA - Rob

Same here; I have the branded 'Precision' engineering squares and they're spot on and indeed made by Soba as are the 'Rider' planes, which are generally pretty reasonable for their price point. They're not LN, Veritas or Cliffie quality but that's reflected in the cost...apart from the...

The 'Precision' brand is still made in India. Sometimes you can get lucky and sometimes you don't; mostly it's pretty good but there are 'Friday afternoon' ones that get through the net; I came across one a while ago and couldn't believe just how appalling it was. That said, both my bigger 'shop...

What Mike G and others have said. I generally take a little off from both sides and then let it do it's own thing for a week or two. Currently I've got some bits of Brown Oak conditioning in the workshop and one or two of the 180mm wide boards have warped by around a mm or so. As long as...

A quick word of warning about UToob. As you mention, much is American from the other side of the pond and their 'shop practices can be very different to ours, no to say absolutely dangerous! As has already been mentioned Richard Maguire is pretty down to earth and well worth a view but Peter...

Agreed. I believe Philips screws were first used in the American car industry back in the 30's and are deliberately designed to tightened down to a specific (and fairly light) torque before they 'cam out'. Even so, they're frustrating to use and Pozidrive are only IMO marginally better. For my...

Never had much of a problem with A2 steel; it just needs a slightly higher honing angle (say 32 deg as opposed to 30 deg) and it's great. If the honing angle is too shallow, the edge might 'crumble'. David Charlesworth hones his A2 LN chisels at around 33deg which seems to be about par. That...

It's always a tricky one is this to sort out what you want to achieve. You mention a 'fine finish on a table top' but I would use my LA smoother for that with a tight mouth and highish effective pitch on the blade, followed by a card scraper (where needed) and then sanding with Abranet grits and...

Yep, the 3M films are for sharpening the honed bevel. Grinding the blade(s) is done on a Tormek with a coarse diamond wheel and I can grind back accurately so that all that remains of the original honed bevel is a tiny sliver of polished steel, which then forms the new honed bevel. I never grind...

In my view, that's why the edge only feels 'adequate'. When you remove the burr, what you've got is a tiny hacksaw blade which you're then trying to refine to get really sharp. Not going to happen! With my system, I start off the honed bevel on 30 micron with a three or four swipes back and...

Only my two Euros (for what they're worth) but I tried waterstones back in the 80's when they were relatively new to the UK and hated them instantly. Messy things that went banana shaped far too quickly and I could never get anything really sharp on them. I use the 3M 'SS' films now from WH...

If you have a look at my sig block below, I was employed by Ax for three years and finished in May 2017. I made some good friends there and one of first things I was 'volunteered' :lol: for was this little gem :lol: You wouldn't believe the agricultural language going on and if I recollect...

I should have added that the lid has an overhang at the front and rear of about 10mm, so as it comes to rest just past the vertical, the gap at the rear is taken up with a few of those little round silicone 'bumper buttons' that are fitted on kitchen drawers/doors etc. If they weren't fitted the...

Having looked it up online, it could be Chas, but this stuff is much heavier than Hemlock (28lbs/cu' or so) It's more like the weight of oak and is pretty hard; doesn't pass the 'thumb nail test' either - Rob

Go to Marches and search for their best quality brass butt hinges and No.7 screws. I recently finished this one.... ...with a very heavy, solid top. It's hinged with three... ...of these 65mm brass butts. If you set the hinges in so the knuckle is offset as shown in the pic, the lid...

I don't normally do this, but I'm puzzled and would value your opinions. Many years ago (over thirty) I salvaged some timber off a beach, from which I subsequently made a blanket chest, which served us well over the decades. I've just recently made another, so I broke up the original one and...