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I got my white wheel from Abtec because it was cheapest at the time. It works well, but the cheap grinder it's on has gone caput so I'm currently selling bits and bobs to pay for a sorby pro edge. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

Has it been established whether the customer is just taking the piss or not? I must admit, it sounds as if they are just trying their luck because they already decided that they want a refund rather than a repair. How much of a hit would you take just to refund them and then write them off...

I'd be happier buying some land and living in one of those residential cabins for £17,000. Sounds much nicer than a lifetime chained to a mortgage.

I use hot glue sometimes, when I remember to restock. I have a handful of sacrificial blocks permanently screwed to faceplates and generally attach them with just a bead of glue round the edge. The main issue that I tend to have is centering the sacrificial block on the blank if I've done...

The tapered ream looks like something I could do fairly easily. Thanks!

I'm making a stool with rounded splayed legs. I was wondering how to go about drilling holes for and attaching the legs in a similar way to the attached image. In my head I was imagining a sort of rounded mortise, with the shoulder cut at an angle to fit flush with the underside of the seat...

Does anyone have any opinions on the little diamond files? They seem cheap but I can't really tell what the quality might be like. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

Mine's 11" long but I'm not happy with it and considering making it shorter and lighter. It is currently half finished and of the fixed fence variety because I was only anticipating using it on one project. Unfortunately, the thickness of the boards that I'm resawing is such that a fixed fence...

I have a few blades that aren't blunt, but are fairly knackered due to pinging off the bandsaw when I hit a nail or a knot. I was wondering if I could take one of the good sections and use it for a blade on a homemade frame saw?

Derek I built a router plane to your design. It's a more stripped down version, just a bolt instead of a nice brass knob, but it does the job. Thanks for the tutorial. I have a piece of laburnum which, judging by size and shape, looks like it probably should become a coffin plane. I',m not sure...

I have a set of their japanese saws from last time. Two blades for £9.99 I think it was rather than one double sided blade. They're good, if that's anything to go by.

I recently made a Paul Sellers style poor man's rebate plane, and an old woman's tooth. Currently in the process of making a kerfing plane. The rebate and the old woman's tooth are fine. They get the job done, but they probably aren't as nice as a veritas. For the huge difference in cost...

To clarify my comment about xenophobia: it seems to be a base level at which some people are deciding their vote. If there are two groups of people - one of which is uninformed but has vague ideas about dangerous folk from the East, and the other of which is uninformed but doesn't see...

I think that out is a foregone conclusion, whether I agree with that or not. The fact is that younger voters aren't turning out as much as they should, partially out of voter apathy and partially because they're busy trying to claw their bank accounts out of a ditch due to the myriad of recent...

Someone on here recommended some 1kg silica gel bags which came to about £11 for two. They haven't fixed my entire problem, but they've pretty much saved most of my tools from rust over the winter. They're designed for vans where tools are left in over night, or so I hear, but in my very small...

I'm in the process of making an old woman's tooth plane using an old, good quality allen key as an iron. I found a guide online, which purports to be as good as the veritas version. I got most of the way through making it today and I should be using it by tomorrow evening. I'll then use it to...

That never stopped the rest of us.

Take it to the shop. They'll fix it or replace it, especially if it's only been a few months. Sticking it in the attic seems like a complete waste. At the very least sell it on eBay. Even older models go for decent money. Sent from my LG-H815 using Tapatalk

I rarely use my block plane, as a beginner. I tend to use two planes, my number 4 and a long, good quality wooden plane that I think is a jointer or a jack. It's generally a case of rough planing with the woodie, clean up with the 4, finish everything off with a card scraper. Sent from my...

I didn't do it before I started woodworking but now I find myself looking at every old pile of pallets, every truck that drives past with a pile of crap on it, and every skip I walk past. I'm getting a car on friday, so I'll actually have a boot for all those times I've fantasised about pulling...