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My P/T one is like the Titan one at screwfix.

It's scary on here. My machines will be called "rubbish" by many, but they have served me well and I hope will do so for quite a time yet. I do try to maintain things. I bought them to be useful as general purpose machines - I do not have the luxury of a well equipped speciality woodwork shop...

Make sure you only pull my left leg - the other one often has descending damp. Of course if the MDF is in winding I get my plane with 45 degree frog, a standard cap iron as it came from the boot fair with the plane, a 25 degree grinding angle and freehand sharpening on an oil stone with the...

Regarding the three bolts you have added to keep the pedestal shaft more secure - may I suggest a brass cylinder perhaps 2mm mm long and a clearance in the thread between the bolt and the shaft to stop any scoring?

I have a cheap P/T, the cheapest I could get as, like you, I do not make money from my work - but I think I save a great deal. To begin with it worked really well, but over the 8 years it's been use I have had to keep it working well. The weakness is the fence - but I'm happy again after...

Tamusolin helps. I just hate it when I start sharpening ready for some serious planing of MDF and I have to go back indoors for one of my frequent calls of nature, it unsettles my line of thought about the current politically inspired economic problems.

Hey Pabs - do you wish you hadn't asked the question??? I see you have only been a member a month longer than me, but I've been on other forums and have learned a couple of things - first when you ask a sensible question expect many answers to be totally irrelevant. Second, given the least bit...

I love working with wood, I love the smell, the feel, the looks. I do not regard myself as a craftsman, only recently have circumstances allowed me to become more involved in making. Life took me in different direction - which led me to my love of learning and an ability to teach making sure the...

I sell a couple of items on eBay every month. I have given up with DPD and Evri as both have been incredibly unreliable - and of course it's impossible to get any sense from them. Purchasers assume I have a secret way to contact these firms but I only have the same useless AI chat. I moved to...

That's what I do for my every day wear!

I found the original article about the testing, so it seems the test did comply with US Occupational Safety testing. I fully agree that getting people to look so silly might be an issue - it's OK for me, retired and hiding away in my workshop, I do have the band handy, and wear it when I'm...

Face masks and beards: I have emphysema, I knew for several years but would a GP listen?? Last year was not great for me, but eventually I got inhalers and they have got me back doing the things I love. I use a half face mask (not early enough in my life), but having a full beard they are...

I have been pondering on permanently on heating, but we are so tight on money I only turn it on for an hour if the indoor temperature feels particularly chilly (that's usually in the low 15s or under) then I set the temperature to the balmy 16.5C. I do have the water on constantly right now...

Many, Many years ago I had new UPVC windows, the installer used a green pad to remove the labels on the glass. I expect he was "told off" because the firm had to replace every pane!

Back to the drawing board! I sanded, went over with white vinegar (making sure I did this and have left the top indoors as my garage/workshop is rather humid). I had toyed with polyurethane varnish, I thought of lacquer ... then today I had a google to find a similar table, I thought it is old...

Looks like it is mould. I'm trying some "natural" ideas on a scrap of sapele, white vinegar, white vinegar with bicarbonate of soda added. As it's a solid top I can sand more off but want to make sure any spores are dead. This time I won't try to raise the grain with water - I understand white...

Thanks for your quick reply, I did wonder about metal first, I suppose I could try to scrape some off and test it. I don't want to use anything that will bleach the wood as it will not match the rest.

I have quite an old table - looks like the metal hinge part was made by a blacksmith (the top revolves and fold out to twice the size). As the top was in a very bad way - "distressing" is nothing to the condition of this I've sanded it to bare wood. After ages getting a good finish yesterday I...

..."to see what I catch".

A rather impractical shape - but if the box were a cylinder instead the surface area would be a lot smaller, built underground at least the base could be hemispherical even if the top would be flat to allow the gubbins to be put in and maintained.