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They look nice but probably wouldn't work with the holster idea. You would need to reduce them which might give you enough movement to play with at the top. I do sympathise with your desire to keep the aesthetics in line with what you had in mind. So far as megnetisation is concerned, I have...

I have my Record jack plane stored vertically in a wooden holster fixed to the wall. It has a small lip at the bottom to retain the heal and a wider one at the top for the toe. The toe is pushed up under the top lip, the plane is then pushed into fully vertical and the heel dropped behind the...

That's an interesting one. Can't say I have ever tried it but I would have thought that the grit of slate would be likely to vary quite widely on a fairly localised basis, just as does the texture and other characteristics of most forms of natural stone. I have some grey/green Brazilian slate...

Nice looking tool, Derek, I'm sure it works a treat. Jim

I have prescription vari-focals which are plastic (almost certainly polycarbonate I would think) with a hard coating. They resist scratching pretty well with sensible precautions, by which I mean always clean them with water with a drop of washing up liquid on the lenses, irrigate thorughly and...

The diamond holesaw sounds like the best answer to me. I made a frame and panel blanket chest in cherry with green/grey slate panels. I cut them with a cutting disc in an angle grinder which makes an unbelievable amont of dust. I workes outdoors and wore my electric respiarator for this but...

That's a bit brutal to a newbie, Rod, but you do have a point. Welcome to the forum Barney. Jim

Places like B&Q and Wickes are not the places to go if you want good quaality softwood, as well documented in various posts on this forum. You are generally much better off going to a local timber merchant. A good starting point is to talk to some local joiners to find out where they buy from...

Phil, The first thing to do is to stop agonising about it. Don't throw it away, use it. My first bench was made from 3 x3 softwood with some dodgy M&Ts. It is still going strong 20 years later. Don't rely on a gap filling polyurethaner glue - it fills the gaps with bubbles which have...

Phil, I have an Emir bench with cupboard, drawers under, tail vice at one end a quick release Record at the other, It had an overhang of about 1.5" which I found very useful for clamping down. It also had a row of traditional square dog holes set at the back of the overhanging board which...

No, it's just for general use, I don't do much with manmade board either. The one I have is by CMT. Jim

Just keep it out of the little nicks that most of us woodworkers have on our hands. Jim

I'm with Sgian. Skin wears away and with it the stain. Jim

I stick to a 12mm replaceable tip cutter unless I actually need something narrower. Although expensive initially, I find these last longer and give a better finish than conventional cutters and the tips are reversible. Jim

Gary, Sounds like I have touched a raw nerve which was absolutely not my intention. Of course I am fortunate to have a planer thicknesser and many people are less privileged in that respect than me. I do not for a moment seek to denigrate any woodworker or their methods; I simply put forward...

Gary, I think if you read my post again, it will be apparent that my exclusion of scrub planes was from a minimal camber, not from any camber at all. That was certainly my intention. I don't have a scrub plane and don't often remove significant amounts of stock by hand - that's why I have a...

I don't know by how much Paul rounds off the edges of his planes but I'm not sure I buy the idea about conforming with blade camber. Scrub planes aside, in my opinion, the only time there is any point in a camber is for finishing shavings so that no tramlines are created or left, in which case...

I think that's a good plan. While the Elu is a good router (I have one myself) it is relatively low powered and has only a 1/4" collet. Jim

Worn out tee shirts are pretty good too. Jim

Rusty fingers! That's a terrible affliction for a woodworker. A well known toolmaker once said to me of his very willing Saturday helper " I couldn't possibly give him a job, he's got rusty fingers, I find them everywhere, all over the machinery". Not a problem I have but the late lamented...