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Simon Barley is the authority on British saw makers. If you are a collector, his book British Sawmakers from 1660 is essential. Jim

Nothing about heat insulation in all this which surprises me. I suffer with Raynaud's phenomenon (numb white fingers at any time it's cold ) and have a single brick skin ex-garage workshop, so it's heavily insulated with Celotex and double glazed. It is also now attached to the house and...

Ah, the late great Jim Kingshott. I've been an admirer for many years,sadly missed. As for honing guides, I have used them for many years, having been taught by another true master craftsman who use them himself. Jacob is entitled to his opinions but, in reality, it's what works for you that...

Yes, cast iron Wadkin kit, but with modern fully ducted professional extraction. Oh, yes, and a mdern digital one metre wide belt sander. Workshop, Highly insulated, loads of space and light, solar panels on the pitched roof and the ground source heat pump for the house would also heat the...

Thanks Pete, I'll have a look at those. I'm one of those dinosaurs with a dumbphone but my daughter isn't and is a professional musician, so I could enlist her help Jim

If so, please have a look at my projects thread here planer/thicknesser problem

Thanks Pete. Trouble is when you lift the bonnet, most modern cars are a sea of plastic covers pretending to be something mechanical and you can't see anything that moves. Jim

The purpose of this post is to tell a story which I hope will be of interest but also to ask for your help. This is my Moretens H410 planer/thicknesser. I bought it new about 20 years ago. Made in Sweden, it was never a big seller in the UK and is no longer made following Moretens’ acquisition...

I have fitted a Wixey DRO to my PT for thicknessing and no, it isn't super accurate, but it is accurate enoughfor cabinetmaking and makes it much easier to dial inthe thickness I want to within a tenth or two of a mm. Given that I will always clean up with a handplane to remove planer marks, I...

+1 for the SM scalpel. I have had several marking knives including a Blue Spruce, but have founf them all very clumsy compared with a scalpel. Blades are cheap but also simple to sharpen on your sharpening system of choice. Jim

Lovely. I'm guessing the American one with the elaborate script may be earlier and perhaps more desirable to a collector. The other one's handles look dark enough to be ebony although that seems unlikely unless someone has replaced them at some point. Jim

That's the one, thanks. Jim

I think daily use does make a difference. Bi-metal blades are stiffer than ordinary carbon steel and also require higher tension, so long periods at rest in one position will mean the sections around the wheels will be selectively subject to additional stress. I have also heard that machines...

Speak as you find. I have had premature breakage on expensive bi-metal blades with tension left on but lost none since I got the de-tensioning habit, so it has saved me money. My bandsaw is not in daily use which probably makes a difference. Jim

Interesting, and no one has mantioned the carbon cost of all that heat. Also, one owner of a business which had used Accoya quite a bit told me that a couple of his employees had developed nasty reactions to it, so he had stopped using it. I wonder if this risk also applies to other similar...

I seem to remember tat back in the day when you could arrange with (pay, presumably) for Royal Mail to have localised postal franking marks, there was one which read "The home of the Mole Grip". I don't know about them being Petersen knock-offs but there were definitely Mole Grip knock offs, I...

...and blades last onger before they break - especially the bimetal variety. Jim

I agree with HOJ. Oak is very open-grained and, unless it is very sheltered it will be very hard to get anything to stay on it for any length of time. Better to let it go that lovely silvery colour of weaterhered oak. Jim

I have always used Morrell's Finishing Spirit which is alcohol with a little shellac added, I believe. If you have a Moreels near you that might be an easy answer. Jim

I faced this problem a couple of years ago, having realised I had lots of tools I no longer or haven't ever used. I just sorted them out and put them on ebay over a period. Figuring I didn't need and wouldn't miss them I decided to make it a project and sell them in aid of charity - Ovarian...