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smart response Mark... provocative, but smart.

Mark - a chisel you mean? Yes, I do. What can I help you with? sorry... (hammer)

Thank you Jack - a clear response to my question ! So if I test a mix of dust (bandsaw say) with chips (planer) and grass, which is growing like crazy at the moment, keep the whole lot damp and work in decent volumes (a cubic metre or so maybe?) I may succeed and have an output my RHS wifey will...

(As a reminder it works like this: Jim finds them and I buy 'em) So this popped up recently. A Moon try plane in fine condition, some repairs but well executed. One interesting thing is the maker - (research credit: Jim) - Ann Moon, 4 Little Queen Street, Lincolns Inn Fields. Ann Moon is...

I take no credit for this whatsoever (apart from making this one). I first came across it when I was about 8 (quite telling, the things you remember :o My parents got an Ercol dresser, and the doors under had one of these. I thought it was really neat then and I still do. If anyone knows more...

Totally agree BB - I think a woodie jack for a fiver makes an outstanding scrub, and a very good starting point. The ECE of Rob's is probably excellent too and not silly at 60 euros - but those old woodie jacks usually have really thick irons which is a real benefit on a scrub (just set the cap...

Yes Jim, many thanks and what a brilliant little plane: A small Sorby scrub, 6" long, blade 1 1/2" width It's in amazing condition and is a real treat to use. Ideal I think for smaller boards and I will use it when the opportunity arises to create a scrubbed finish on a panel underside say...

sorry Jim - not sure about pre-drilling / boring and the trad mortice chisel (pig sticker). I reckon select a chisel a little under width, start at centre of mortice, slice deep vees working towards ends. Stop when close and use a finer chisel to clean up. The really key ability of these chisels...

Generally I think a longer sole is ideal for a scrub, but it depends a bit on what scale you are working on. I tend to use mine on panels and particularly those that don't fit the planer. Personally I would go for something in the range No5 / No6. And I would like to recommend an old woodie for...

(back to the topic) Any experience composting it? I produce a fair bit, and wife won't let me spread it on borders as it leeches the nitrogen I am told, and further encourages bindweed (very hard to eradicate). I wondered about getting it damp and adding a compost accelerator, but has anyone...

Agreed, I don't use rules much at all and think the rod approach and what looks right proportionally is far better. The finding of centre-point was just a rare example - i think a rule is useful for that. All the legs, stretchers and joint positions were taken from the first of each component -...

Indeed Roy I surely would - let's call it 906.5... so easy 453.25. I did round it by 3 thou I admit but that's close enough for me... funny the rounding is done in thou :lol: I still do that a lot - .1mm is 4 thou, my smoother gets set to about 3 thou as a start-point. I'm English > I like...

Just working on a cabinet today and needed the centre of a stretcher. Laid the steel rule down wrong side (imperial up) and noticed it measured 35 and a half and 3 and a bit Bits. The bit being about 1/3rd of a Bit - in fractions for consistency. I needed to check what bits (sorry, Bits) we were...

Aha! - I overlooked one key word - SMALL. Basically there is a good role for a smaller bandsaw, and I don't think anyone is making one these days (if I have missed one please tell me). I have a Record 500 for the big stuff and that is fine (actually excellent when set up well), but I didn't...

The concept of 'authority' is good I think, and personally I like a very small radius or a point. Having the bevel only one side seems to me to introduce tracking problems. This seems logical as it's a bit like a chisel, the entry angle bisects the vee of the blade or point so a one-sided bevel...

It's a good thing we are not all the same! I grew up imperial but now work metric almost entirely - I can halve (or thirds, on a Barocca day) 63mm far quicker than say 2 and 19/32nds (not the same thing, it's just an example). But I have noticed two occasions for imperial: benches are for me...

For some reason our local post runs a policy they forgot to tell me about. Seems I have to go and collect parcels but they don't tell me they are there, just to make it more interesting for me. 2 lots of bandsaw blades left sitting in local sorting now. We all know Ian's blades are excellent...

Well, I think it's a Kity. No branding anywhere I can find, but the rating plate says type: 0413, date 1999. I found this by accident and was planning getting an Inca, but this came up so I went to see it (better than buying blind on ebay). Basically it's a cast ali main frame, and in fact every...

A good read is this one Andy. Respect for publishing the errors... but then smoothly passing on to the haunched oblique tenon with sliding dovetail, like nothing had happened. Beginning to look rather close... and I still very like those legs, good choice I think. All mighty fine work.

Just spotted this Startrite 352... £30k. A snip indeed. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... 500wt_1370 On a more serious note, I have noticed a few Scheppach 260 planer/thicknessers going lately at around £450. Now surely that is a very fine P/T for that price. I know some here are very...