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I just acquired a selection of these, various sizes - and thought I would report. I followed the Ashley Isles ferrule thread recently - I would happily have got those anyway but thought I'd give these a try. I ordered 4 sizes: 9/16" - 4 off; 3/4" - 4 off; 7/8" 6 off; 1" - 4 off. Prices were very...

I have a bit of an engineering fascination for these things, and I'm not getting answers or explanations. I checked yesterday, my fence is currently set 0.6 degree anti-clock (best I can measure, but well under a degree). I reckon there are too many variables to simply say 'I have no drift' -...

Andy - I'm amazed this thread isn't attracting a lot more attention from the hand tool lot, and generally all the furniture makers here. It's a gem, honest. Scratch stocks alone are worthy of a thread (I've been guilty myself). The step chair is taking shape very nicely - keep the pics coming...

Thanks for the encouragement! Yes, it faces south west, so plenty of afternoon / evening sun. But then I got rained off yesterday so not much progress. managed to turn 2 finials that do look like a pear. And a spare third that did go pear-shaped (the skew can still bite back sometimes #-o ...

Excuses first. I am supposed to be making fluted legs for a chess table, but here's the reason for the delay. About 3m x 2.2m, roughly. Brickwork was by Colin, who is local and highly recommended (works Kent and east Sussex, get in touch if he may be useful). Oak is from Michael at Wealden...

Excellent then if it is possible to easily rotate the table / fence assembly a little - Jack's Wadkin. I accept the point re mitre fence... forgot as I never ever use mine. Regarding ripping, I just want to check some basics: If the back edge of the blade is not central in the kerf , drift will...

I know that mallet - helped do the final polish (super-fine abrasives only) not long ago. What else are you to do when hanging around Jims chilly workshop while he fettles the Myford? I like the elm and the combination is really nice, especially at the join. I have one similar and use it a lot -...

watched the first half - a rotating table, wow. Strikes me as gross over-engineering to resolve a simple issue, but if the fence track is fixed (non-adjustable) then I suppose so. Normal practice I think to do the freehand rip (as in video) then true the fence to the ripped stock. On my Record...

Mark - they are all down south because that's where I am :lol: The 205 has no fence at all, and she started it at £50... how much for a fence I wonder? And I admit to having a bid in on the 342, but it's a gamble as the pic is rubbish and there is no detail at all, it may need considerable...

I agree re hardboard and it isn't structurally much good anyway. Likewise mdf which is not strong in the planar direction. Ideally I would go for 6mm faced ply, but it tends to be a bit pricey these days (birch ply seems to have almost doubled in the past 18 months for some reason). There are...

Outstanding. Very crisp mouldings, all with hand tools too. I am certain this is going to look very good. The small router plane looks handy, a record I imagine... which one?

The double rebate above is very good - on big ones if you aren't careful the actual glass can end up becoming structural (load bearing) unintentionally! The oversize back helps stiffen everything up when you come to hanging too. Re internal edge reflection, I make the mirror rebate as shallow as...

I have a Coronet 1 (I believe that is the early CL1) and I learned from Jumps here that the brackets under head, tail and rest are oriented in relation to the upper assemblies. On each bracket there are 2 bearing surfaces on one side, and one on the other. These need to be orientated relative to...

Thanks all... it was really just a first 'crack'. I confess the wall thickens deeper in, though not a great deal. I also expect the rim may break out under the weight of said egg... it's too thin maybe. And Marcros - I'm bored with straight lines, the next bench is going to be ROUND, based...

Jumps tuned some gouges for me and returned them today, then showed me how to form a hollow. Here's the first attempt. Skew for external except the hollow bit (cove is it?), and the gouge for internal with a bit of scraper thrown in. Nothing to get excited about, but we're making slow progress...

absolutely - the fastest hand-tool way I imagine would be bowsaw (accurate and close to the line, saving a lot of effort after), then drawknife or maybe rasps etc. But if you are in production and making numbers of these, you must surely have a bandsaw? Any smaller bench-top would knock these...

Missed this one... probably built already! I agree about rigidity and mass. Not so sure about maximum surface area - I'd say around 78" is plenty. I also agree make the first one fairly basic - your ideas on benches will evolve anyway, and a basic design is easier to modify later. The school...

Very nice legs indeed Andy (the chair) - I'm sorry you had probs with the turned ones, but pleased too #-o . These are going to look great!!

excellent indeed, interesting processes, particularly like the use of solid material rather than veneers. I might breach your copyright on that one!

Am sending on the Karl today (sorry, slight delay getting to P.O.). Hopefully there Saturday.