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The only bevel I have tried tapping out was on a marking knife. I used a very light ball pein and held my breath - you can't see the site of impact till you lift the hammer again...Plane irons are so thick you'd have much more room! Seriously I think I'd make the tapping out gubbins pictured in...

Gas actually produces moisture when it burns. If it's a fixed fire, this goes up the chimney. If it's a portable calor wheel-about type fire, one litre of burned liquid gas releases 5l of water into the room air which can condense if the air cools down again. In winter, any form of heating...

Sorry to disagree with Mum, but any water with an open surface to the air in the room will add to the humidity by evaporating. It will evaporate more quickly the bigger the surface area exposed. Bodies are a good souce of water vapour from lungs and skin, so your stuff will last longer if you...

Roger, As air warms up, it can hold more water as vapour. So if a room is sealed, just turning on a heater will lower the relative humidity. Similarly, if the temperature falls in the same sealed room, the relative humidity (RH) rises. With more cooling, eventually the air in the room will get...

Also very cheap power tools. Never before touched with bargepole - but have been pleasantly surprised by Silverline HiSpec range, see posts 'bargain sander polisher' and 'bargain 4" belt sander'

George, for most of the Silverline range you could be right! But their HiSpec tools seem to be something different. My first buy was a sander polisher (basically a 7" very slow variable speed angle grinder for compounding finish), something I use occaisionally and I couldn't really justify £180...

For local supplies of plummer blocks, pulleys, shafting, chain transmission etc look in yellow pages, probably under bearing supplies, or electric motors. If you go in to the trade counter with some sketches and they're not busy you'll get a lot of help on what's available/best for your job (if...

I think scrapers too, and longer planes. I was bequeathed a truly flat pre war Stanley 4 1/2 as a youngster, and bought a Record 6 when I started work. I only wish it had. Much, much later (being self taught) I discovered planes were not necessarily flat, and had to save up for a straight edge...

Thanks for the compliment DC! Tapping out is not too difficult. Use a block of hard end grain for support (under the tapping position only) and the ball end of a ball pein hammer of medium weight. Tap gently on the soft back (~2mm dimples) over the curved part to lenghten it and so remove the...

Inspired by the 100% ball/roller beraing quality of an earlier purchase, I thought I'd try the 4" belt sander from the same Silverline Hi-Spec range, available from Toolstation for just under £60, with a 3 yr g'tee. It appears to be a (Chinese?) copy of the £200 Makita, with similar...

Colin, if you're cutting veneered mdf or similar, to eliminate all chipping, set the saw to cut just 3mm deep, and begin a cut at the far side cutting towards yourself. The riving knife will push up to allow this. The saw is climb cutting but won't run on at this depth. Then plunge to full depth...

I have some boxwood handled multi hollowed Iyoroi chisels bought about 10 years ago from Japan Woodworker, pleased with these. Recent Devon bought Iyoroi seem less well made, the wider paring type particularly so, with a poorer looking weld - some traces of oxide? in the join. They were supplied...

As with a lot of things, festool sell much cheaper in the USA. I have a sister who lives in the USA and the family connection has brought the chance to save more than a few quid now and then. Earlier this year I tried to order some festool stuff for delivery to her USA address. It seems that...

That's it, Alf: The LN cutters fit as if made for the job. As far as I could see the Axminster version is the same as the Rutland I bought, even down to the printing of the blister pack (except for a 'Dakota' flash)

Glad you thought the link to Rexon style sharpening methodology was useful. I forgot to say in my original post about my decision to get a Rexon - at the time of purchase (& now too, probably) the gubbins needed to just hold planer knives for sharpening on other systems cost more than the Rexon...

Just spotted this thread; there's a definite knack needed with the Rexon and similar. An excellent guide to the required technique can be foundhere. This deals with the Makita version which is a bit bigger but otherwise very similar. You probably shouldn't try to do a really serious regrind on...

Looks good to me too; March might be kinder?

Thanks to all for replies! Will check Tilgear for 10mm+ hss lip/spur bits.

I thought the Axminster ones were carbon steel? Doesn't say HSS on either drill shaft viewed in shop, or in catalogue, so haven't tried them. I have the Tilgear Chinese hss lip/spur drills but they don't go over 10mm. My bigger sizes are Joran brad points in CV steel. A friend has a full set...

Everone wants to think they made good buying decisions, but this tool is doing the job so well I wonder at all that elbow grease wasted on buffing! Curiosity got the better of me and I opened the gearbox end. Machine screws, not self tappers, spiral cut gears (quieter than straight cut), main...