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I've got Naniwa stones and I have to say I'm not a massive fan. The 1000 and 5000 I got, initially for kitchen knives, are nice, but I found them to cut slowly. I then got a 300 to remedy this for starting tools, and still find it to be quite slow. The 8000 I have is just weird (it doesnt feel...

We've got one of the battery powered dysons which I really dont back to handle plane shaving and the like. I think from the above comments my plan is: - See how much I can get away with hand tools only over the next few months to decide what my needs really are - Buy some cheapo shop vac e.g...

I think that's the key point, do you reckon for the likes of a circular saw / router you'd see a big difference based on the shop vac? If a more expensive one will prevent masses of dust being spewed into the room (which will occasionally have to be relinquished for overnight visitors) then I'll...

Hi all, I've seen there are a few threads including a pinned one of dust extraction and I've scanned through, all super useful stuff! My setup: - spare bedroom of a second floor flat - mostly hand tool but want to be able to occasionally use a circular saw and router - need to keep my wife...

I also really enjoyed Chris Schwartz's book so would also recommend. Personally I'm shooting for a roubo at some point. Some other options that look good are Paul Seller's plywood workbench and Rob Cosman's MDF bench. Both look to have lots of good features and are likely a lot easier and...

+1 to threaded inserts and machine screws. Very easy, secure and makes the legs removable. One note, if your legs are just simple legs then no problem.... If your legs are the boxey kind that span a lot of width (e.g. a leg assembly has two legs and a plate across the width of the table) then...

This looks great! we bought a similar end grain chopping block a few years back, looks exactly the same and was $$$. Great use of scraps

Wow, thats going to be super nice! What kind of design are you going with? I've got Christopher Schwartz's book on workbenches and the 'milkman's bench' was where the idea came from but theres no way I'll be producing wooden screws etc! I also thought that the wagon vise maybe added excessive...

haha very true! for context what i'm considering it for is making a mini workbench that I can pull out and clamp on top of a desk / table / countertop to enable me to do more woodworking in the flat (I do not have regular workshop access sadly), so form is less important than function (although...

What are people's thoughts on buying solid countertops (this sort of thing) for use in woodworking projects? Presumably they're pretty stable, flat and seem to be relatively cheap compared to buying PAR at somewhere like surrey timbers' online shop. I'm looking to buy stuff for a project that...

Sadly no track saw. Perhaps a piece of kit to invest in in the future

Thanks for all the replies. I think my current plan would be to put the top on some blocks to replicate being on legs and then stress it a bit and see I get any more clean splits which I'll plane and re-glue. If not I'll then put some bracing allowing for a bit of expansion and contraction...

All the individual pieces were planed and thicknessed and apart from one or two places the joins seem pretty good with (almost) no visible gaps so I still think it's just too little glue. Or perhaps I was glueing too much in one go so the clamping force was too diffuse. I'm going for a kind of...

I'm putting together a table using a variety of reclaimed wood, but have kinda messed it up and looking for suggestions of how i can fix it. When I was laminating all the strips together (lots of thin ones) I used a roller to spread the glue. when I had glued it and clamped it all up I found I...

It's the first drive cog, ie the first on the chain. Alan has indeed been helpful and spares are on their way. Looks like it will be a fiddly job indeed to change them though!!

In fact, help may not be needed. I did some quick investigating and found that the cogs that drive the chain have become almost completely rounded some how!!

I have a record PT260 planer thicknesser for which I could use some advice... I am using the thicknesser function but the thicknesser bed is reluctant to move. When doing so it tends to move a bit before the handle is met with resistance and a sort of ratchety clicking occurs. At this point it...

Thanks for the replies, my settings (new member I guess) won't allow me to post links but it's the £100 one on rutlands. Apparently it's a non-branded version of a machine that could be twice as much which I semi believe based on other searches. It has 800m^3/ hr so hopefully ok for the...

I'm working on a project using a record power PT260 planer thicknesser and needed an extractor after the old one packed in. A helpful forum user pointed me in the direction of a fairly cheap dust/chip extractor from Rutlands and based on the reviews i expected reasonable performance...