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Very nice indeed xy. And you get to work in the comfort of warmth too. Not that it matters but my vote is plum (having recently got one of Pedder's saws with a plum handle).

Re the Jet I wouldn't say don't get one - I have one and it obviously does something because the filter gets coated in dust within a couple of days. But that and the extractors (incl a Record 4000 with fine filter) doesn't come close to solving the problem - hence my own interest in full-on...

Excellent, thanks. Had a look at both. The box seems the common factor, and mainly for control I am favouring a scratch tool, with chisels and maybe a tighter scratch for refining the final profile. I had planned a test piece first (as Mark's link), and back to Jim's point - if I go for convex...

I have considered fitting a biggish extractor fan, vented through eaves. I have a Jet particle filter, and use extractors on all machines, but I still get a film of very fine dust laying all over. Chunkolini mentioned above, but I have a hunch that simply extracting straight outside would help...

Thanks all, so far. Yes Andy please (master researcher)... I am definitely interested in seeking a 200 year-old method. Yes Marcros, I get it I think. I've seen flutes done on lathe , small router, jig before, using another simple jig (shop-made) as a depth stop. I think the taper and reducing...

I am planning a chess table and have been basing the overall design 'silhouette' on Regency, although it won't be a precise copy of the period, more influenced by. Fluted legs, a bit like this (just a google reference): I have a lathe and can make an index plate, I have a small router and can...

Another option well worth looking at is rasps - hand-cut ones. There is a thread here about them as there was a pass-round (user test) recently. Basically the cheap rasps are machine-cut and coarse, hard to control, poor work finish etc - the hand cut ones come in a range of 'grains' i.e. coarse...

I think most will say you don't need more than one speed, unless you will cut metals on it - then 2 speed. I can't recall ever seeing variable speed on a band saw and would not see the point. The Jet should be OK within it's capacity limits, but I would say look out for a second-hand one as you...

very nice indeed... it may say somewhere (long thread!) - did you turn the knobs? I suspect it's going in a rather contemporary setting? I might have used narrow lead on the glass if it was going in our place (but that all depends on surroundings of course). Excellent, and rather nippy too =D>

Yep, that's a nice one. I note the cap has either lost its plating (nickel on brass) or was plain brass originally. I paid that for mine by the way - if it's in good nick and has all its tools I think that is the going rate. Dealers try and get more still of course. Come on... own up :wink:

"I now declare these floodgates officially open." =D> =D> =D>

Keep us posted Skills - and which screw was it. One day I may hang a leg vice off the end of the new small bench, just for the hell of it :lol:

ah!, Wadkins... looking very good. And I'll keep an eye out for one of those Ikea stools - freecycle over here may do it.

wow Richard, makes me realise just how far off it was. Seeing this reminds me not to attempt to sharpen saws. You certainly brought it back though.

(sorry, twice this time #-o )wow Richard, makes me realise just how far off it was. Seeing this reminds me not to attempt to sharpen saws. You certainly brought it back though.

Anyone noticed... I swear the price of these has risen a good 50% since Alf and then Jim drew attention to the 43. I'm going to wait til things calm down a bit. After all, don't actually need one.

Actually Jack - I needed to look a bit closer - looks like the Ikea is a wood thread, how did you cut the threads to match? I like the whacking big wedged tenon in back stretcher, and yes I reckon we call that brown oak (affected by beefsteak fungus I believe). Then I started looking for the...

They are really very nice indeed, Derek. I wish I could find a set of 750s at a sensible price. I'm quite keen on the socket construction, and if my 720 is anything to go by (and the 2" I have) they are very good indeed.

That's a neat innovation jack, the Ikea stool bit - very good! XY... didn't mean you!!, and I don't mind at all if anyone doesn't like them, but it's better to try it first. That's sort of what I meant.

Yes xy, they are potentially very basic clamping devices. I made mine with bits lying around anyway, but you could imagine using parts from an old clamp / cramp etc. Here's an update on how it's working. Not unique to a leg vice of course, but I really like the unimpeded walk along a board like...