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yes Mick - totally agree with 'fed up' ... I have a mid-size w'shop (400sq ft) and I have tried a number of solutions and am still not happy at all. Generally I believe the vac-style have brush motors and they are noisy. The chip extractors are big but have induction motors and they are quiet. I...

Is it nearly that time again? Very exciting...

as a gesture of goodwill :lol: I shall return to my chess table with fluted legs very soon. I had paused to do other things but also to contemplate my options regarding 2 drawers, 2 side 'tables' for taken pieces... I was seeing a collision of parts meeting in a mess inside the carcase. I may...

there you go, like a London bus. Nothing, then suddenly two. How do I fix that??

Rob - slow getting back, but I think you are right re work posted. The turners seem better at this but 'over here' it's all about sharpening etc and there was me thinking I needed a sharp edge in order to cut something. Keep posting work here please... over time the weight of content may swing...

Rob - slow getting back, but I think you are right re work posted. The turners seem better at this but 'over here' it's all about sharpening etc and there was me thinking I needed a sharp edge in order to cut something. Keep posting work here please... over time the weight of content may swing...

not at all surprised James. Matthew is famous for service like that. Re 'value' I think your rasp does remarkably well. It is hand-stitched and that means that from initial forming the blank (forge) to final finishing must have taken at least 3 hours of true hand-work by skilled craftsmen. I...

Funny that Scouse... the thought did cross my mind, wonder if Scouse would collect it for me, he's just round the corner :lol: :lol: :lol: Re guards there's a dilemma. It would certainly spoil the looks, but one day it's going to break a blade :shock:

Wonder if anyone here acquired this beauty? Went on ebay a few days ago at £112, and i was sorely tempted but it was North Wales. Would have gone nicely with the F W Reynolds morticer I have. if anyone has it, I would like to see more pics, and any idea of the original frame colour??

Yes Richard, no two are quite the same. v4 has dovetail at front (an engineering aberration but still easily strong enough). v5 has a fatter dovetail at back again. Re thread depth xy, the hole for internal is bored 1 3/8, the round for thread external is turned 1 1/2, so thread depth can only...

Getting common, these things. v5... has to be the last surely? I tend to raid the 'offcuts' pile for these, and fell upon a short board of lime. It dawned on me lime is much favoured by carvers partly because it behaves so well across the grain, and the screws are all cross-grain. I must say the...

Hi James, first off I will say I am a fan of Liogier rasps, and I have come to know Noel quite well. But I am not knowingly biased. I reckon the handle is of little consequence... Liogier only added handles a few years ago, before that they were sold like metal files, i.e. make your own. Main...

Hi Klaus - hope all's well! Yes it's almost a copy of the Veritas one, just smaller. The handle is African blackwood as I had a bit lying around. I agree about small hammers but sometimes a well-targeted tap can be handy. I like the Philly one - very reasonable price indeed... good man.

me too Mick, got the drawer and door set a while ago. Really very good... but I mashed one half of the drawer-cutter pair on an ali fence very soon after #-o As long as Rutlands keep doing these sets at such a bargain price, I think they are too good to miss (for the general amateur / semi-pro...

v4 now done, ready for a new home. Just made the screws a bit shorter as I saw no point having lots of capacity. This one will open to almost 4" which I think is more than enough and it becomes a little easier to store. I think I'll stop now.

I like small hammers, and often tend to use them held very close to the head when adjusting things etc. So I knocked this up, just 4" long: I tend to hold the head or otherwise hold the whole thing a bit like a dart, and tap with the end. May have to make a bigger one now, to go with it.

Might I suggest sycamore - same visual effect as maple (a distant relative I believe). There's a very subtle warmth of tone in sycamore which works well with the warm tones of mahogany I think. And also think about ratios, not 50 / 50, so let the mahogany dominate, or the sycamore... the other...

everything looks cherry to me except that outside one... i think you threw in a lump of ash to confuse us.

Jim reckons he's in Newmarket seeing his 'niece'. I know where he really is: http://www.airguitarworldchampionships.com/

Rutlands are doing it again - 66 pce router bit set, down to £120. I got the set last time and I think the quality is excellent. As a good quality general-use set with every profile you would probably need (except framing and raising panels) I recommend these very highly at this price... less...