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I have a very old plough in our garden (for effect only) and was looking at the handles only the other day, as they are a bit tired. They look quite like ash to me - can't be really sure without busting them apart, but that was my best guess. I have offcuts of oily ash around if you need a...

Only two benches Andy... just the two. Oh and the built-in one. Re the plough, yes, a light went on there - i only need 5mm depth max and it should support that OK. I am going to try that as the alternative is a router, and I fancy the quiet. One other marking idea I tried and think has...

Russell there is chasing me to go spend money. Just wondered if anyone was going Saturday 16th June, Milton Keynes. It's a bit of a trek for me, just to look at 'machinery'... but anyone down this way interested?

That's right BB, it doesn't matter (I just thought it was quite funny). And back to the thread topic, the numbers don't really matter I think. When we can leave the rules aside, and use our eye, a rod for copying, the first part to mark the other three, etc... it's more precise but also quite...

Indeed, woodaxed. Ian has 2 stocks in mind, both thin but also with very little set. Another he has I have tried on smaller machines was the .014 stock (very good but only for the smaller machines I believe). The new ones are around 3/4" and designed for mid-ripping (I guess 2" - 6"). I've got...

It certainly is Teckel. I forgot to mention it, but it's an Osborn, Sheffield. And the owner's name on the handle is W Beautiman. that's what it is...a beauty, man #-o

(any month really, they are always great). Many here know them, but I'd like to say thanks anyway. My nominations at the moment are these (in no order). Add your own if you fancy, and support the really good people we buy stuff from. 1] Ian Hawthorne - http://hawthornecrafts.com/ Ian took...

Phil - well found, but bonkers price! 8Fl oz, about £10 here (sorry forgot how to do html neat links) - it'll last ages, and as far as I know it doesn't go off provided airtight and never frozen. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Birchwood-Cas ... 214wt_1121

I have a box to make at the moment, and when I finally got the stock I wanted and sized it etc, I began to realise that I was going to need to dust off a few less-used tools. Along the way on this box I will be cutting dovetails in 5mm stock, for example. First off I borrowed a wooden twin-screw...

Hi CC - Jim is the expert on Tru-oil I think, and he introduced me to it. I don't understand the chemistry but it is polymerised, and a blend of linseed and others (they don't say which). I believe the polymerisation causes molecular 'bonding' during drying (like the way plastic molecules bind...

very nice axe Scouse! If you need a nice bit of oily ash for it, let me know. That link is excellent too - the leather pouch is a nice finishing touch. I did the tru-oil trick on mine today... did I mention I got one for a birthday pressie - an Eagle, nice. But it wasn't finished :lol: so I had...

That Eagle is a beauty, and the dark ash looks great. What do you plan to do with it?? :lol: :lol:

Here's a nice example. A Hibernia Marples b/e chisel, with a very fine London-pattern handle in box. So it's a few years old then. Is it a 1 1/2? Nope. A 1 1/4" then. Nope. It might be a 1 and 5/16ths and a bit, but it's not a 1 11/32nds. (It does happen to be a 34mm though, and I can remember...

Thanks Andy - promise I'll do more research next time! As far as I can see it has a single screw and 2 guides - not sure though. (The frame saw item M looks very interesting too.) Anyway, the twin-screw incarnation is on the way - I'll do a few pics. By the way the Axminster thread cutting set 1...

Ten a penny, those Welsh love-spoons. Hold on a 'mo... that was the budget (birthday coming up an' all)

I'd quite like to get to the bottom (or close) regarding the 'Moxon' vice. I am currently making two - one for now and one for 'ron (a.k.a. Jim). Twin wood screws, 8" between screws, max capacity 100mm (metro-imperial again). Fixes in the main vice and lifts the workpiece higher which can be...

Good haul, like the axe head particularly. But Jim, what is it with you and wirelesses (as I insist on calling them)? You seem to average one a week, and over the season... p.s. got it :idea: you can tune them, but you can't sharpen them. And if you can't sharpen them, you can't turn them into...

Yup - a dead thread.

Oops!! - pseudo science,quackery... For Frazer's benefit, DTR knows what I mean. From your original post I took it that you were interested in exploring optimum angles for different tools and tasks. If the vast majority work just fine at 30 degrees, then what is left (my tiny minority then?)...

Don't think it is that simple. Here's a few example exceptions spring to mind: - paring chisel, lower (generally I go about 25) - low-angle bevel-up block, the bed is 12 degrees, so 30 gives effective 42 degrees, nice for shooting end grain, but I would go higher for general use and much higher...