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I used some reclaimed pitch one recently for a coffee table. Only other things to add are that it is quite pungent to work and the stuff I've got splintered quite badly in places.

I have a number of 130+ year-old purlins that came out of my roof when we had the loft done a few years ago. As far as I can tell, they are likely to be baltic pine (Scotts pine, Pinus sylvestris). Some of the timber is lovely, other bits are full of knots and a century worth of mortar dust and...

I suspect that you/your hands are rocking side-to-side as you feed the dowel in and this is happening at the same rate as the drill is rotating. The movement may be almost imperceptible as you are only out by 1/4" or so and may feel more like a gentle shimmy. Edit. p.s. it clearly isn't a...

>but, as it stops it rotates backwards a little and the blade comes off the wheel, now i don't know if having the guides in place will stop this but i would say no as there should be no rubbing of the blade on any of the guides. Not what the guides are for. This suggests to me that you have...

Some of us don't have a planer thicknesseser, but do have a lunch box/benchtop thicknesseser as these don't have to take up any permanent floor space. Much less work to straighten and square an edge than to flatten a board.

Chris. Don't know what blue mountain tastes like, unless it's menthol (eucalyptus). What sort of flavor are you after? I usually spend ~6 quid in a 250g bag of beans. Can get lots of interesting locally roasted options for that sort of price. More expensive than supermarket beans, but I've...

Nabs - Yes, but the next coffee is essentially free. Enjoy.

I made some pine pegs recently for a coffee table. I had used pitch pine for some of the table and wanted the pegs to match. Big mistake, pine pegs weren't strong enough to be hammered in. Had some luck driving them in with a drill, but this was a bit hit-and-miss. Mind you, mine weren't 8mm...

Mine has the switch in a more conventional spot. Still arsed about backwards though.

I have a similar vintage of Euro 260. Lovely little thing. I assume your's has a Hoover motor? You can get spares from: https://incamachines.com/english/inca-spare-parts.html I find the mitre guide and rip fence useful, but wouldn't buy them at those prices. You are also missing the guide that...

Having never built stairs before, this has been/is an excellent read, thanks. How will you fix these on?

double post. Oh, and it's scon (as in gone) in NZ and Australia as best I recall.

As someone who has live in both countries, I'd say that's about half right and certainly true about the i/u mono syllable of the Kiwi accent. The Kiwi accent is also more clipped and there are quite major differences in local colloquialisms. There is some variation in the Aussie accent. I always...

The record ac400 seems to be a fairly popular choice. Rutlands do something similar too. I've been meaning to get something for a while. The smaller microclean (now Thor) would be great, but seems to be fairly noisy (if anyone has real world experience, if be interested to hear your opinion)...

We used to freeze our coffee. Stopped years ago as I couldn't tell the difference. From memory you can grind from frozen. The grinder warms things up pretty quickly.

I use an aeropress at work. I agree that it makes better coffee than a cafetiere and it is also easier to clean. It does not make espresso though, regardless of the claims. You can not get a decent crema. If you drink anything other than espresso, this may not be much of a problem. We used to...

>Espresso? Is this some new-fangled form of tea? Think spindle moulder vs. 1/4" router

Another Gaggia classic owner. In my experience the grinder is much more important than the coffee machine in terms of final outcome. I have an Eureka Mignon, but there are plenty of good options.

Don't agree with the MDF, but otherwise Bm101 is spot on. Buy a new tool only when you really need it. If your need is to deal with end grain, you probably don't need a block plane yet.