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Dig a hole :D Seriously though, you can clamp them to saw horses, and use your own weight to hold it down. It's a bit more awkward than having the board upright, but quite doable. Cheers Marcus

Perhaps after the 55 degree one they will release a 60 degree one as well - then collectors everywhere will feel that their collection is incomplete unless they own three frogs for each of their bench planes :D Cheers Marcus

These have now sold!

Hi, I have all 3 Chris Pye/Rob Cosman wood carving DVDs for sale, which I am selling as a set. 1) Sharpening Techniques 2) Letter Carving 3) Ornamental Carving They are in excellent "as good as new" condition (only one has been watched at all :oops: ). A case of ambition confronting the...

Thank you, will try these suggestions out next week :)

Some good suggestions - thanks - I'll try all three! Cheers Marcus

Hi, I'm making a piece which I want to give a simple wax finish, and have a run into a problem. The piece is mostly in brown oak, and trying out the wax (this one http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Chestnut-Woodwax-19771.htm ) on an offcut I find that it is going into the open grain of the oak...

Hi Jon, If that is your experience then I think I will complain. 50% wastage seems a bit much to stomach at that price! Hi Rod, no I don't mean english oak - Brown Oak is normal oak which has been infected by fungus and so goes a lovely chocolate brown colour. Cheers, Marcus

Hi, This is a question for anyone who uses brown oak regularly. I've never used it before but just bought a couple of wide (24") boards of the stuff. On machining them up I find that only just over half of them are the nice rich brown I was expecting. The rest is a quite ugly mixture of...

Hi Steve, Your site looks wonderful, nice furniture! However... It's worth realising that the vast majority of people out there genuinely don't give a s**t about hand-cut dovetails or hand planed surfaces. Sad but true. They also couldn't care less that you work alone or about your dog :)...

Thanks everyone, I have decided that discretion is the better part of valour and have taken it to a glazier.... Isn't it great when your problem becomes someone elses problem?! 8) I should have enough offcuts to practice some of the techniques suggested so next time I won't need to chicken...

OK I'm nervous.... I have some lovely antique glass which I need to cut into long thin panes. I have never done cuts anything like this long before - the panes are 1200mm tall, and the glass is 3mm thick. Does anyone have any hints about how to reduce the chance of broken panes making long...

Doesn't sound wooly and idealistic to me, sounds like an essential part of education. If you know how to learn, and love learning, then training for your chosen profession or trade later is easy. But you'll have a fight on your hands. In my experience the entire UK education system is...

Think you might have wandered into the wrong forum Nick :wink: Seriously though, this sounds like a good initiative - have you come across Doug Stowe? http://wisdomofhands.blogspot.com/ Cheers Marcus

Hi Graham, I use one of these and can't fault it http://www.axminster.co.uk/product-Ice-Bear-Japanese-Hassunme-Crosscut-Saw-19702.htm Marcus

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EDIT ah you answered that above, I missed it! :oops: ______________ Nice, tenon Rob! Would you be willing to share what procedure you use for rounding over the protruding bit of tenon - I never get mine as neat as I would like :? Thanks Marcus.

I grew up with metric, but I use imperial most of the time 'cause the numbers seem more straightforward to me at the scale furniture. Except I switch to mm "on the fly" when dividing things into equal parts, and for some very small measurements 'cause I find I loose track of all those 32nds...

The Technique of Furniture Making by Ernest Joyce is an essential....

Hi Rob, I agree with Ed that a pure white is too harsh, as I've found to my cost. A cream can look OK with some woods, or charcoal.... Here are a few photography tips I've picked up through trial and error if they're of any use to anyone: Usually it's best to put the camera lowish - the...