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Really interesting Tony. I dont suppose you have a picture of your hacksaw knives? What kind of shape did you cut the hacksaw to make a blade? And when you say shallow angle, single side? As an aside, are you still organ building? And if so I'd be curious who you work for. Brother is an...

Thanks everyone. Lots of good ideas here. Have access to old hacksaw blades, planer thicknesses blades and even some defunct chisels. I'm going to have a play. I like the idea of back bevelling to save the square too. Been using a Stanley over the last few days, like in Sgian's picture and this...

Hi All. I struggle with knife marking. I have been using the Narex double sided knife for the last couple if years and I find it jumps out alot when I keep the blade quite flat, or if I lift the blade it gets blunt against my rule. This difficulty is particularly on the awkward side for my...

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Dear all. I am finding it hard to navigate the world of old tools. And also the issue that many of the tools the come up are in England, for collection, but I'm in Scotland, and there is understandable resistance to putting things on pallets. I'm finding that drills up here are often 1/3hp...

Nice one Calum. I'd be interested to know how the communal workshop works. Such a great idea. Does it get opened at particular times. How many use it. Was thinking of trying to setup a local men's shed. Love to see some of your woodwork!! I'm just new here too, but am a novice woodworker. So hi...

Thanks bingy. The garage damp is I believe due to: 1) stolen cast iron guttering. I've ordered some plastic guttering..it's the tattie holidays here and its one of the main jobs. 2) rotten metal windows letting water in, mostly because of the lack of guttering. I'm not sure what to do about the...

Thanks Sachakins. If there isnt insanity in our lives, there is something missing!! I should add, I always wanted to work with wood. When I was a kid I wanted to make violins (I still do!!) but that wasn't the parental expectation and I ended up being a doctor (pathologist). I am very grateful...

Thanks for accepting me to your workshop site. 8yrs after moving into our family house, I have finally cleared the years of crap from the large garage I am very lucky to have - literally tons of warped MDF, offcuts of kitchen cabinets, worktops, doors, windows, lengths of wood, variably damp ...