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The design continues to evolve, the main thing was the addition of a bar at each end to hang angle grinders off, however this is work in progress, need to add a dust cover above them to stop bench grinder dust ingress and a tray for the angle grinder plug and lead to be tidied into. Underneath...

I attacked one of the planks with a plane today to see what I've got. Looks good, this is a smaller plank closer to the bark so lots of character, the bigger planks near the centre will not be as figured. I hope to get it end sealed and stickered up by Sunday so will know more then. Cheers Andy

I use this site for most of my groundwork, very good site with calculators for hardcore, sand etc. The link shows the difference between fibres and steel reinforcement, although there is some overlap depending on what fibres you use, typically fibres are used for crack control and steel...

Annoying in-laws can also strengthen the slab if you already have a patio ;)

I would ask the concrete co to add some fibres to the mix, only costs a couple of quid and strengthens the slab and stops cracking. if your only doing a 4" slab I would also be tempted to put some A142 mesh in too, its much easier to put it in now than later :) Lift it off the membrane with...

You may be able to find the manual for free however here it is for a fiver Here's a free Boxford lathepdf - know your lathe :D

Hi Mervyn The motor will offer more power the closer you get to the designed speed, usually around 1500 or 3000 rpm however there may also be inverter settings you can tweak to improve low speed power a tad. Use gears if you want low speed and torque. I haven't used a Boxford since school so...

Here's the castrol and BP equivelents I had a similar dilemna with my milling machines and lathe. If you want the exact match then Caldo of St Helens will mix up a gallon for you. As CHJ said, any gearbox oil of similar qualities should do except do not use GL5 oils as for example if you...

Thanks Woodmonkey, I'm looking forward to unloading it and checking it out properly this weekend. Cheers Andy

probably about 2 hours.

after a couple of centre planks off of each half of the log we rolled it through 90 degrees and sawed the rest into narrower planks and the legs. you can see how pippy the timber is here, its a lottery how deep it goes, its not too bad, the legs look good, you can see them as we load it up...

Here's some more pics The trunk on the sledge, about 12 foot long, about 22" diameter one end and about 18" After giving it a going over we decided to chop off just over 3 foot, there were various reasons foe this, some of it was the way the centre of the tree twists along the length plus we...

here's a quick taster of the grain Cheers Andy

This morning I was at the sawmill at 8:30, lots of photos taken, The timber is on the trailer but I have to stop off at my dads house to take the cantankerous little tinker to hospital for his back. By the time I get home and get it unloaded and stickered up so the neighbour can have his trailer...

I was sick of my sharpening kit not having a proper home and being all over the place. Tormek jigs, honing guides, honing fluid/paste, tools waiting to be sharpened etc. so I have started building what I hope will be my ideal mobile stand for bench grinder, Tormek, honing plate and possibly my...

very nice :)

The motor seems fine and it generally has a quality feel about it for the cash. Presently I feel the saw is not being pushed by my skill level so is better than I am :D There are some sensible and useful reviews on Amazon too, including a Hegner user.

I bought this Proxxon scroll saw, about 150 quid including postage from Germany, its a cut above the 100 quid clones quality wise but I must admit I am not a scroll saw aficionado so there may be issues I don't know about, I couldn't say if these are better or worse for blade fitment etc. as I...

I agree with the OP, not much you can do except vote with your money, don't buy low quality tools, unfortunately it may be too late as most of the quality manufacturers have either died or jumped on the low quality clone/badge engineered band wagon. Not only is the manufacturing low quality...

I've just been looking at the mobile power tools I use that need extraction so I can make sure I have all the right fitting. All the fixed ones have standard 100mm or 63mm connections except the trend routing table with 58mm ID (inside diameter) and 70mm OD (outside diameter). Proxxon scroll...