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I used to have mine in the middle of our generous single garage but now have it against one wall with tools hung on the wall above it. Didn't really find I needed to access the back of the bench so this was the more space efficient option. Mike

I have a Creusen Grinder with a 6 inch wheel bought from axminster but it's twin wheel I'm afraid. http://www.axminster.co.uk/creusen-hp7150ts-powerline-grinder It's not too noisy. I was advised to make sure I got one with a friable aluminium oxide wheel to reduce the risk of overheating the...

Hi Ali, I've just had a play with my converted jack plane which has a 100mm radius ground onto the blade. The LN scrub has a 75mm radius. I'm getting chips of 1mm quite comfortably, planing obliquely across the board. Looking at the picture of your blade, the radius is pretty gentle which...

Thanks very much for your replies. It will be interesting to see what I reach for as time goes on and I build my experience. Nice to know that someone else uses the same workflow too! I certainly wouldn't be without the scrub /converted jack for the speed it offers: thicknessing is otherwise...

As mentioned in a previous post I am finding my way into woodworking, and currently prepare all my boards by hand. A few months ago I went to the Lie Nielsen demo at G&S Timber near Penrith. I was keen to try out a scrub plane to ease the pain of thicknessing by hand. Deneb from LN had a...

NHS treatment is free for UK residents. So they would need to pay I'm afraid. Mike

HSE would have a field day there! I couldn't help but notice people dipping their ungloved hands into the various 'special solutions', and the total lack of eye protection too...

Fantastic! Thanks for posting. Mike

They keep your shavings warm.....

Here are some pictures of the finished box. I have more taken along the way, but perhaps they would live in the "Project Tours" forum. Thanks for looking! Mike

I'd not come across Waters and Ackland, rather closer to home than North Devon, although when we first started looking at the Rowden offerings we lived just down the road from there. I'm sure when it comes to training different styles and setups suit different people. Thanks. Mike

Hi everyone, I ‘ve been ‘lurking’ around here for the last couple of years, and now it is time for my first post, which is a long one! It’s been a long and interesting journey into predominantly hand-tool woodworking, complicated by the vast array of sometimes conflicting information and...