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Hi Fitz, Thanks for your interest and apologies for my late reply. Regarding the play in my big screw (:LOL:), there is a few degrees of play towards the end of the screw but as the nut threads on towards the hub it definitely tightens up, ideal as this is where I imagine it will see most use...

Hi All, I have for sale a couple of wooden screws that I commissioned a local engineer to make about 10 years ago when I was building a Roubo workbench. I had intended to build a couple more benches to sell and offset the cost of building my own bench but I never got around to it and these...

They are a joy to use when tuned up nicely. I mostly used the hollows and rounds (which thankfully are easy to keep sharp) but I did try the complex profiles too. Watching the moulding appear with each pass of the plane is quite magical. I used to look at pictures of old workshops with shelves...

Hi All, I haven't used these for a couple of years and I know I'll kick myself for selling them but I really have to thin out in the workshop. I spent quite a bit of time getting them into decent order a few years ago and they worked well but they have been sat in the workshop for a while and...

Thanks for all the interest in individual books but I have a deal pending for the set.

Hi All, I'm having a clear out and I've decided to part with some of my Lost Art Press book collection. I’ve read them cover to cover and they are not only an immeasurable source of knowledge but they are also a pleasure to read. They have all been handled and stored very carefully so they are...

Thanks for all the comments and suggestions. I'll be making one-offs initially. The idea of trying to make 4 or 6 of something exactly the same fills me with dread! I'm not looking to make really rustic chairs but more along the lines of simple Windsor chairs. Some of the logs that I have are...

Hi All, I am just taking down some ash trees and was wondering what the concensus is on minimum log diameter worth keeping for use in chairmaking. Also, what length would you cut the logs into for storage? Lastly, is it advisable to use wood from boughs? I know that reaction wood can behave...

At the moment it's just a babbling brook with about 4" of water in the deepest part, during the flooding it was almost 5' deep. I am perplexed as to how it got here though as there are some sharp bends further upstream. Like your idea for hauling it out, the banks are vetical so it will take...

Hi All, We have a small stream that runs through our garden and during the last round of flooding we were gifted a large (in proportion to the size of the stream) alder log. It's about 16" diameter, almost 20' long and perfectly straight. I am faced with the task of lifting it the 4 or 5 feet...

I built my monster Roubo almost ten years ago and it is still all the workbench I'll ever need (and more!). Mine is over 9ft long and is fully glued up, it weighs in at over 200kg thanks mostly to the 4" thick beech top and the 6"x6" oak legs. I have a standard face vice with a wooden screw and...

Not to derail this thread but Tabwell Tools, oh my goodness, what a jewel of a tool shop that was. I spent many a happy hour in there in my younger days. I miss it now that I don't live in that neck-of-the-woods (Is it still open?). Mrs Barnacles and I (before she was Mrs B o_O) had a mucky...

I stopped using Amazon years ago. Their prices were significantly inflated (no doubt to account for their huge 'Prime' delivery overheads) but more than that I don't like what they stand for, where the profits go, how they treat their workers (apart from the ones in the TV adverts, they have...

I had a Karcher and it was junk. I bought a Stihl about 2 years ago and it’s been brilliant. I had a problem with the first one but my Stihl dealer just replaced the whole unit, no questions. As has been mentioned here already, look beyond the quoted “headline” figures and you’ll see that...

I ended up buying a Jet lathe and I like it a lot but if I were to choose from the ones you have mentioned I would probably go for the Envoy and spend the difference on either tools or accessories etc. I'd have like to have seen the Stratos 230 in the flesh but with lockdown it wasn't possible...

o_O Scared the heck out of me! Subsequently my ranting and yelling at the TV scared the heck out of the rest of my family (or it would have done if they weren't so accustomed to it already!). I was amazed the the health and safety brigade didn't have anything to say about it. I was rather...

I think I learned more from Bob Wearing's "The Essential Woodworker" than from any other book. I rarely refer back to it, I assume because a great deal of what I learned from it has stuck with me. In my opinion that's the highest accolade for any non-fiction book. For inspiration there are so...

Another vote for the DeWalt. I've had mine for over 5 years and it's been great. The only thing I find it won't do is drive ring-shank 90mm nails into dry timber, it just leaves them a bit proud so I have to go around and give 'em a whack with the hammer. Other than that it handles everything...

Apologies for the delay in getting back to you on this thread, things have been very hectic for a few days. It sounds to me like you are erring towards the 700 and I would in no way try and talk you out of it, like I said it’s a great piece of kit and I doubt you will regret buying it for a...

I bought the 700 and while it is an amazing machine I sometimes wish I had bought the 500 just because the 700 is a bit of a monster. The obvious answer is to have both but for me buying one was an extravagance! I have the adapter to use the smaller cutters and it's fine but it does feel like a...