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Beautiful Knappers =D> , I'm sure they'll both be highly delighted with them

Now thats my kind of cake =P~ Pity you live so far away DW :(

+1 for centre of the line

Dont they realise the gravy train has come off the rails :roll: the money has run out , welcome to the real world

Well done Dave, the end results been worth all the effort =D>

"Only 'she' turned out to be a 'he' didn't he? " Theres a few of them around these days Digit :mrgreen:

Thats quite a machine Jack , can't beat the old Wadkins but you wouldn't want one falling on your foot. :mrgreen: How did a country that used to produce that quality of machinery end up making nothing :(

Very nice Alan, is it just the picture angle or have you fitted the doors upside down?

Did any one see the bloke recently who had claimed £400,00 in disability over the course of ten years for being paralysed. Turns out he was as fit as a fiddle :shock: so got seven years in the nick. He originated from Morocco but claimed asylum from Afghanistan and brought his two brothers and...

Firstly, is the £20k something you can afford to splash, because youll never see it again from making those kinds of items

Sounds like they were using it to fill the grain Gareth, you would normally use a grainfiller of that colour when finishing mahogany. The same process was carried out on carriages (horse drawn)

I was taught by old George (who was head wainwright to King Alfred) many years ago to make your mallet so that the angles of the two sides of the head would intersect at your elbow , thus ensuring a square strike :mrgreen:

Ooh ,sounds very painful :shock:

Very impressive video, looks a really useful bit of kit

Didnt you ? and there I was thinking everybody had received one :mrgreen:

Studders was bang on , same reason as a joiners mallet is angled, so the impact is square on to the end of the chisel (hammer)

:? Think I'd rather buy some with sensible looking handles and spend my time making something :wink:

Nice bit of family history there, but they're not museum exhibits so I'd crack on and get them painted

Horrible looking handles though :-&

Very usefull BH