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I'd probably say live with the screw holes. You're right that the pine may move unless it is in a very stable climate which is hard to achieve unless it's in the lounge, and the pine will win easily over the ply. One more thing re the ply as you like a flat top - you won't really be able to go...

Excellent collection gathering there Jim... I know collection is a bad word. Having started getting, tuning and using a few basic woodies recently I have a feeling their talents have a lot to do with their simplicity. Very few parts coupled with the big fat iron and cap (or maybe not even a...

Worth mentioning maybe - proper box hinges will be designed to stop at about 95 degrees, otherwise the lid falls all the way back, or you need to design an alternative way of stopping into the box itself, which in turn puts the small hinges under significant strain. The two I referred to both...

excellent book, I need a copy of that too! (2 books in one week, becoming a worm). Is it true that it is in such good nick because he never used it? And apart from the book offer, why join TATHS - the site seems to hide the benefits away?

I have just got a pair of Ian Hawthorne's brass 'neat' hinges - very nicely made and designed exactly for your purpose. £25 a pair which I think is very fair for the quality. Worth a look: http://hawthornecrafts.com/ (under hardware). This is it: I found these too but Lee Valley, Canada so...

was just checking with Noel about a rasp query and he mentioned there is a new video, the shaping of a beech leg straight from the bandsaw. He's done this before I think, very quick. Nice profile too. And he's allowed to work in the kitchen :) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g1_PDwWt ... el&list=UL

Jerome - that sawdust reflector looks very interesting. But I can't work out where on the door these are, and your comment 'which way round?' I have a Kity 413 which is a mirror image of this, and have spent time tuning the dust extraction, so I'd like to understand this better.

many thanks for the nice words. I didn't do the bricks please note - that was Colin. He's a talent - the feature chimney stacks he rebuilt on a local manor house need to be seen... probably can be from where you're standing, on a clear day :lol:

Quick update - slates hung, windows in (need a clean). Just the lead flashing to do and traditional quarry tiles laid on floor. I need to practice first with the lead as I have never done it before, but I gather an old fashioned pre-electric iron is the way, plus flux and low temperature solder...

Brilliant Andy - I wonder if the RU technique might also adapt to smaller threads say 10mm. You know those super-cheap marking gauges in DIY stores with a fat yellow plastic lock-screw? I'm thinking a smart variant with hornbeam screw. Then there are the various Moxon vices to play with. And the...

Hi Paul - this sounds like a fine bench! What do you plan for the tail vice? I have Richard's wagon vice and rate it very highly indeed. And a twin-screw face - good man =D> Re the split top I'm sure it's fine so long as the top has beefy stretchers under, connecting the legs. the top is easily...

Hi - I will follow this as it interests me too. I generally use Freud general purpose. On my 10" they are (I think, from memory) 40 tooth. I cannot be bothered changing blades for ripping and then back for cross-cutting, although I know it is good practice. The Freuds are very good, good value...

yes Andy, I will do my part to age the bench to match nicely, but I suspect it will be over to someone else to complete the effect :( I'd like to find the Roy U info - any idea which book, I think there are about 8? And re patina - I must share my paint dating system, and here will do: if the...

Thanks Sam - I have availed myself of the 3 issues a fiver deal, in order to get to know it. If there are any others I should re-visit please let me know.

thanks for the video link - very nice work... I would like the boat those blocks go onto. Re wood screw Mark - as you know I got that one for a tenner (20 really with shipping). New ones will be around £150 I think and a York is about £20. I think the wood ones are lovely and I put 2 on the...

Nothing subtle Mark - just need to decide which pile of oak to invest in, no rush. Actually, what am I going to do with three benches... there is a hitch and I have it spotted.

Finally fitted the vice screw. Cleaned a load of old paint off first (AndyT method), then soaked in linseed thinned (Richard Maguire method). I was considering a sliding leg vice but this bench isn't long enough to really make full use, and I have a deadman on it already. Anyway the main leg...

Any views please on the best UK published magazine that covers hand tools rather than lots of big machines? I'm out of touch with UK titles having been reading Popular Woodworking for years (though I feel it has changed a bit since Chris Schwarz stepped back).

It's a single - came to me like this, I just honed it a tiny bit. Jim may know more but I assume you mean it was originally a standard block and got re-profiled some time? I will do a test piece and post a pic - it shifts stock very fast, and leaves a really attractive scalloped finish... if you...

Many thanks for the feedback. I am happy with the offset tote anyway, was just wondering. It needs using for a while now, although it isn't an everyday plane. There are 2 things I like about woodies generally, but I know it's down to personal preference: the low mass, and the absolute simplicity...