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Ash is a very poor choice for exterior joinery, its very poor in terms of durability :?

My nephew has just bought a makita set of impact driver and combo drill. 18v brushless with metal gearbox and 5a batteries. Also three yrs guarantee on it. (hammer) Makita do a wide range from diy rated up to the heavy duty top end stuff so its important to ensure that you buy an item rated...

A picture paints a thousand words

:roll: Hmm I wonder what her pet name is for Jacob and who suffered the most :?

Thanks Peter, much appreciated. :wink: British toolmaking needs all the help it can get I'll be at Harrogate so will see them there but will be certain to buy my next addition from you .

Make a new frame. You'll end up with a much better result

Well spotted Vann :)

Would much rather see one of the new Cliftons getting the publicity of a pass-around

Your right there Lurker. I had very little money for tools when I was eighteen but still managed to turn out some very impressive jobs. Now I have a workshop full of the best of tools but often lack the motivation to do work. :roll: Enthusiasm is worth more than any tool (hammer)

Wont make any difference to the plane at all, purely cosmetic although the blade needs grinding and sharpening. If your not feeling competent to do it send it to me and Ill sort it out for you

What size is the biggest door ?

No reason he couldn't fit them tight Roger providing they have a relief angle on the leading edge, which wont be seen when closed

I would have thought 4" butts with bearings would easily carry the weight of those doors providing there's no excessively wide ones. They are usually used on heavy external doors so should be fine. Sounds a very straight-forward job so why not give him what he wants. The only thing Id watch out...

Any contacts for metal ducting, I'm sick of dragging my extractor around the workshop so need to get some ducting installed

Thanks for that Chris, I've seen one of those in action being used to make spokes for carriage wheels but couldn't remember what they were called About as common as hens teeth to find though :(

A normal copy lathe will only produce round turnings , so ok for baseball bats but no good for cricket bats

Serginho, you would probably have more success posting your question at www.kitchenfittersforum.com

your not obligated to read it :?

It was four of them Rod. Two welded together for the ground floor and another two on top for the first floor. Excellent result as well

bugbear wrote: Do you also make maracas? :lol: :lol: :lol: BugBear ....no...but I did think of making some juggling clubs.... But I didn't know any clowns I could give them to.... Until now! :roll: :lol: Touche