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p.s. even the loo doors are air-dried English oak, adzed :)

I do find benches fascinating, and have made a few over the years. So the chance to visit Thompsons in Kilburn was a treat. If you have been there you will know, but it is quite a marketing exercise these days - a gallery, a cafe etc, and a viewing gallery on the 1st floor of the workshops. I...

Very promising indeed I think. The 4 1/2s are not so common so a good find. I am personally a massive fan of the US Stanleys, and I reckon that one of yours could be got back to excellent fairly quickly. Cannot guess what the blade may be like, but I suspect a Quangsheng from Workshop Heaven...

Thank you everyone, encouragement from fellow-craftsmen is the best sort! John - the new lock is on Ian's site, here: http://hawthornecrafts.com/box-hardware/ I am a big fan of the hinges, and like Ian's uncompromising approach - if I spend many hours making the thing, I am happy to pay a little...

Thank you John, very encouraging indeed :D . The top is hinged so top drawer front is dummy. It will be undersized so the gaps match the functional drawers. I made those friction-fit and will trim a little just before drawer final assembly. I was pleased with the woods - i tend to keep an eye...

Sorry, not a complete w.i.p., as I have been doing bits of this between other work and camera not handy. I think I promised Ian Hawthorne I would post this anyway, so here goes. It's a sort of mini-chest, with 2 drawers under, and a dummy drawer front above, hinged lid. I had some really nice...

Graham - if they are (which I doubt, but...) then not for long. As proven here (above) there are a few of us could undercut him with ease (and deal with a few of the technical issues too, along the way!). The good old free market sorts 'anomalies' like this very quickly.

I must be too. I'd say 30 quid for the wood, and a couple of hours work? It's going to move too, as chopping boards tend to get wet then dry etc. Made to order, 6 weeks... and furthermore you want end-grain on a chopping board, otherwise over time the surface grain breaks away. The bloke's a...

Hi Skills - I agree totally, but for all that this Bosch is a pleasant surprise, honest. It needed to be a reasonable weight but is a right chunk in the hand. The ergonomics are excellent. I have a strong feeling this will work v well for a long time, and work hard too. But I also resign myself...

The BenchCrafted components look really good here - rock solid I suspect, and nicely dull and engineering-like (I have seen some BenchCrafted looking a bit shiny for my tastes). And your maple faces etc Butcher also very nice - I did mine in ash (just lying around) but I am inclined to regard...

Hi Graham - I strongly suspect it would handle trade use happily. I think the Toolstop video points to that - I mean that is where Bosch are aiming it. The bloke I know who's had one ages (that is where I discovered how good it is) is no respecter of tools, he normally uses the back of the...

I too remember this original thread... was very interesting then, even better now. Impressive the way the heat-loss calcs have been worked through - I would totally agree, a sensitive decision on balance. It's going to look and FEEL amazing Jacob... real respect and understanding of its place...

Really fine work indeed. Choice of woods excellent I think... I have rarely known what to do with purpleheart, perfect here as a background. Importand too that it is a really tasteful distillation of the source / reference. Big round of applause from me... why did it take so long by the way...

What an amazing little thing this is. I was given one as a 'thank you' for some work I did recently (don't fret, they got a good deal I think). I'm not a power tool devotee, or an out-n-out hand tool nut... I work between the gaps (so to speak). I love this little driver, and I'll explain why...

me too re the Benchcrafted - the maple should be very good too. Pics etc please.

That's an amazing screw Andy - I imagine it was hand-cut too. I was thinking of something a bit smaller. Adam - I wonder if Riley Toolworks may be persuaded to go into production on either the tools to make 1 1/2" 3 maybe 4 tpi screws and nuts, or just go all the way and produce the screws and...

Hello Custard... long time no speak! Would that be the sweetie shop near the end of the A337? :D (liking the sound of the new workshop... far too big to be homely but nicely kitted out, warm too.)

Agreed, excellent research BB. In shall look further into Mr Underhill's work on this too, although I am wary of the hours doing this could take. If only someone made a smaller wood screw and nut (say 1 1/2") with a steep pitch (3 tpi??) they would have a nice business I suspect.

Thanks all. First the 45 degree, understood and makes sense, but that could then become 6 x 45 degrees ?! As the stove was designed with horizontal back outlet, would a 90 at that point be OK? then 45 everywhere else? I have seen the flexible spiral material - that would suit me v well, but is...

Now summer is here, I thought I would fire my old stove up :D It's a Portway No3, made in Essex. Any knowledge of its history etc would be welcome. Found this a while ago on eBay for about £65, a bargain I felt as the seller was concerned the ash pan was missing :wink: Here it is fired up...