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Hi. I'm in the market for a small morticing machine. Being new to this woodworking thing, it's all a bit of a mystery to me at the moment. I've looked at some previous threads on this topic, and gathered that having a sliding table is a big plus, so I'm looking at the Axminster AW16BMST2 (entry...

I too have a Proxxon - this one. I find it a pleasure to use compared to the Dremel I used to own. Much quieter, and much more precise in the sense of runout on the spindle. Axminster rate it as industrial, whereas the Dremel is hobby rated, so I'm hoping it will be more durable too - the...

Hi rafezetter. That's the principle, but it's actually not so easy to get it right - if you don't have the setup to press the parts together quickly, the bit with the hole cools too fast and they lock together prematurely, never again to come asunder. You can guess how I know this... Have PM'd...

Sam, (or anyone) can you point me in the direction of Jacob's window build thread? Tried a site search, but so much stuff turned up it would take me a long time to track it down. I did visit Jacob's shop before Xmas, he was kind enough to give me a short demo of hand chopping a mortice and...

Hi Nigel, the window openings are already there, but have been bricked up (with breezeblocks, so in recent times). I should have said the cellar has one wall above ground level, which is where the windows and two doors (one bricked up) are located. The chap I buy glass from always subjects me to...

Thanks for all your advice. Deema, I hadn't realised that the extra thickness of mortice chisels helps keeping on line. I watched Paul Sellers' video on chopping with a normal chisel and thought that this was perhaps one of those things that look dead easy when someone who knows what they're...

Hi Timothy. I'm new to woodworking and this forum, but have been mangling then polishing metal for some time. I would agree with BugBear. It sounds from what you say ('the finish is not as good under the surface polish') that you are trying to correct a poorly prepared underlying surface with a...

John - did a search on eBay for 'pig sticker' (never heard the term before!) and amongst the offers of Peppa Pig decals there were indeed some very reasonably priced mortice chisels. So thanks for that. Mseries - I'll surely post a pic if I make the jig, but workshop in total disarray following...

Hi again. Thanks for all your welcomes and suggestions. Your replies have indeed focussed my thinking. Following Deema's suggestion to reconsider hand-making I had a look for mortice chisels in the Axminster catalogue. Good God, 32 quid for a chisel! Probably a very nice chisel, but... So I...

Hi. I've recently joined this forum - first post. To introduce myself briefly I am a fifty-something (but not for much longer alas) early-retired physicist with an interest in - well, making stuff. Over the last few years I've built up a small metalmangling workshop, but haven't done a lot of...