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Pallets can be good, but if you want pristine stuff, your best bet is a good local timber merchant. If you know any local chippies ask them where they get theirs from; they will know who can be relied upon to supply good stuff at a sensible price. At all costs avoid the diy sheds - they seem...

It may well be, but a lot of this Asian stuff comes from ripping up tropical rain forest. OK of you don't mind that. Jim

Can't help I'm afraid but it's good to see you back with another restoration, Mark. Like everyone else, I thoroughly enjoy them. Jim

It looks like a huge and highly desirable space, Steve. I'm very envious. Will you know when it's finished or can we expect many more years happily following this thread? Jim

We have had it too for about 5 or 6 years with no problems. Jim

Mr Fish is in Chichester. Don't know if he would be interested. Jim

There is the Southern Fellowship of Woodworkers, although it is a bit of a trek because they meet in Mytchett. I'm a member - £5 a year if I remember rightly but rarely go to meetings because it's also a long way from here (Chichester). Even so, it's worth the money for the newsletter and the...

Charlie, I think there is a good cheap solution to your under-table extraction problem. I have a Bench Dogs router table in which the router sits in an enclosed cupboard which has a door on the front and a 4" extraction port in the back. With my ducted workshop extraction system connected to...

I have one like that, bought from a neighbour (now dead) who was winding up his joinery/building business about 25 years ago . It came with a Stanley portabloe circular saw and a number of other blades, none of them TCT. I don't for minute think he would have used it for metal, so I think the...

Why not contact Sedgwick in Leeds? They should know exactly what is needed and supply it. Jim

Jim, Just caught up. Looks superb. I agree that the video track is rubbish, except for one detail which comes over perfectly, and that is that delightful "swish" as a shaving is taken. Bravo! One point you might want to think about for the benefit of those who, like me, did not latch on to...

Looks great, they are an elegant solutio. I bought the stainless steel versions which are even more expensive, but still worth it. Jim

That looks absolutely stunning, Mark. Congratulation, your work gets better and better. Jim

I'm sure you could do this with gas struts of the type used on cars. These people http://www.strutsdirect.co.uk/ have a wide range and offer a free design service to ensure you get the right solution. Not a cheap option but you can set them up so that the lid will stay open at any point in its...

Can't see a problem with the thickness of board, but is it a single skin brick garage like many? If so, unless the outside is very sheltered from the weather, you are likely to have problems with damp penetration, not to mention heat loss. I'm no expert in these things but there are plenty of...

I will be surprised if someone in TATHS can't identify it. I shall look out for it in the newsletter. Jim

No idea, but if you draw a blank here, I am sure someone in TATHS http://www.taths.org.uk/queries.htm would be able to help. Jim

Mike, Don't want to hijack Jim's thread but some thoughts on your adjuster knob. I'm inclined to agree with you about it because plane making should first and foremost be about function and if you reduce the diameter noticeably it will have a significant effect on the leverage you can get to...

Quite apart from the glue deterioration possibility, I think there are two other possible issues here. The first is the moisture content of the wood. Like PVAs, UF glues rely upon the right amount of moisture and this is essentially the amount in the product as it comesout of the container...

Jim, I've just been catching up, but must agree that flat scews would be much better to my eyes - understated and completely functional, Whether it's a simple countersink on a recessed cheesehead doesn't seem very important to me. The glint of a subtle chamfer on a cheesehead would be an...