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Hi Chris, I did try Van Dyck, but I need to mix a new batch a bit thicker - i think that is promising too - i must admit at the moment the pp is maybe a tads reddish. So I'll do some Van Dyck and compare them. Try and do comparitive pics again also.

Update, I tested a couple of options: fuming first. As always before, I get a great colour but it's in the grey/green area. Having used Pottasium Perm before on mahogany, and having some around I wondered what may happen... excellent and very controllable. Top: pp plus v thin wipe of tung oil...

I'm with shed9 - been running a dehumidifier overnights (timer midnight to 7am) for several years. Absolutely worth every penny. Machine was about £200 I recall (smaller shop than OP mind) and costs coppers a night. I remove about 5 litres a week, maybe 8 days in winter - mine is less effective...

A wonderful joint, up there with the hammerhead tenon (seen here recently). I suppose excellent marking out and cutting and it's a good 'un :mrgreen: I wonder if that was the first dry test fit? And I like the lift test too.

Thanks all - yes I prefer the top pic, which does look a bit fumed, the bottom one is too red I feel, a bit inconsistent too. And the pig sty Phil, that's slow controllable fuming (if the pigs are controllable). I'd prefer fuming to dyes I think, some big bits on this so i'll need to knock up a...

Help required, thank you... I want to replicate original A&C as closely as reasonable, although I may compromise actual finish for durability (a table so top needs to be hard-wearing). I've seen fumed mentioned somewhere, but to me that looks a bit donkey with a hint of grey. Here's examples of...

An interesting plane, I haven't seen a carved plane before! I tried rxh's Silchester plane a while ago and agree the back handle design is surprisingly good to use. I'd also like to see any w.i.p pics, and what length is it, what cutter, double iron?

Interesting topic, I wonder if there is a bit of a pattern: one-off handmade high quality free-standing - very difficult as the true costs (time in particular) drive the price too high for almost all. Simple things we tend to frown upon can do well: chopping boards, the wany-edge boards used as...

Agreed, particularly (for me) Richard T. I am generally of the view that 2014 was not a great year over my way. Best just get on and do all those things we say we are going to do, no decent excuses really.

Thanks for the link on sharpening. I'm not a real woodturner but do need round bits every so often - a great basic reference for me.

Dont get this at all. The great old woodies were air-dried and of course at a stage the wood goes into an internal environment to bring it down to workshop-normalised. How does kilning change cell structure, and if so how for the better. Air-dried is far superior in my own experience, and will...

This looks interesting! Would you be planning a set of hollows and rounds by any chance??, Well, a half set maybe #-o I'm no planemaker, but you have quartersawn there (top pic anyway) so likely to be nicely stable drying from 20 down to say 8-10. It would be safe surely to reduce this stock to...

Well done PortersWood for being prepared to do a bit of 'tuning'. Most of the tools we all use need commissioning and on-going sharpening. It's a part of what we do. I suspect your planes will serve you well in part because you are willing to prepare them for use. By the way, if anyone wants a...

That's a very good summary Cheshire, (in my view). From my own experience the old Stanleys and Records can be really good planes and an excellent starting point as they allow you a really affordable entry to learn how to check them over and tune them to work to their best. And no matter where...

Thanks Mark, i'm assuming keeping it dry is the key then, temperature not an issue. I shall decant and seal v well this time then.

Aha! anyone following the Skelton saw pass-around will recognise Sammo's box and guides from a mile away. Nice guides, far too posh to use =D>

I used to use it all the time years ago but have since moved on to Titebond and various pva. I've just ordered some Cascamite for a specific use but cannot find any data regarding shelf-life or best way to store. A few years ago I had a very large tub go off rather quickly (couple of months...

I have a Startrite TA 12" (would that be called a 300?) - the old green Gillingham one. I had previously had a Scheppach 260 which was good, but the Startrite is a lifetime machine for me. I found it at ALT Saws which is run by Lee who used to work at Startrite, he gets machines and rebuilds...

Got here as quick as I could, needed camera and just a bit of light... Very pleased indeed with these: I'd seen them at Richard A's day and recently at Mac - very nicely made indeed, basically flawless. I like the simplicity of the wedge lock and it does work very well (which says a lot for...

Keep us posted on this, it's interesting. Where will you get bags from and how durable are they? Same for connection from pump to bag etc. I'd be keen to see how you get on with this.