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Yeah, but he's in Harrogate, which is only very slightly Yorkshire.

It's not something to obsess over, in my view.

No, no. You really shouldn't feel this way. There are always people willing to help. I've taught a complete beginner, and seeing it through his eyes was really revealing: basic questions are absolutely critical ("what's grain?".....for instance). You have an opportunity not open to the older...

Yeah, this is unpleasant.....and that comes from someone brought up in Perth, West Australia. I once had a week in Adelaide where the minimum temperature at night never fell below 38 degrees C. But don't forget, Oz is geared up for heat. Everyone has air con and swimming pools. Here, as with...

I don't think I've ever disagreed with you, Richard, but a plunge cut with a straight cutter almost never cuts straight (edit.....and seldom cuts cleanly). This is a job I'd always do on the table with a winged cutter, or with a plough plane.

The towel rail should be fine with the same mix. Leave the birdhouse bare wood.

Isn't there a joint there? If so, then the groove stops at the mortise or the shoulder.

Well set it up only with a credit card, and if you're bothered, with a card which has a low limit. Then you've got a comeback with the CC company, as well as with Paypal of course. I've never had an issue with Paypal, and Paypal has no idea of the existence of my bank account.

It would be very handy to have a higher number. We've talked about "WIPs" previously.......a thing here where we show blow-by-blow images through the construction process of a project........and they are a really important part of the forum. Personally I have posted WIP posts with getting on for...

It seems that my legacy threads are still OK regarding images, even if there are more than 10 images in a post. I wonder if this is because I post a URL from an external image host, rather than directly inserting an image into my posts from my computer.

Ten! Right, OK, I'd best go an have a look at some old threads with 30 or 40, and see what happened. Thanks for the size information.

Angie, is there a size limit for images? If there is, how does the forum software handle over-sized images? Does it reject them, or auto-resize them? Also, is there an image limit number per post?

It's generally only an issue if extends into the teeth, in which case it can lead to unsharpenable or even broken teeth. Here, it doesn't seem to do that, with the worst of it being in the least important place, high up on the tip.

Bottom RH corner of a post........now called "Reply" with an arrow pointing left (next to the Like button). Relax, Sam. It'll be fine in a day or two when everyone settles into the new routine and finds stuff. Think of it as a whole bunch of codgers who always meet in the same pub.......then...

That is music to my ears. The Hand Tool forum is thataway ---------> :)

You'll make a terrible hash of your first few grooves with a plough plane, and get deeply frustrated.....but at least your fingers and your hearing aren't at risk!! :)

Those bars should be straight, and have a wooden handle across the top, sticking out maybe 6 inches past the uprights each side, rounded ('cos that's where you hold it). Sometimes there was a central wooden handle-post, and a "Tee" handle on top, but generally they were as I described. If it...

For repetitive work, this is the best way....so long as you use a winged cutter and not a straight cutter. For a slower pace but with more calm and satisfaction, use a plough plane or combination plane with a chisel and a mallet, or use a scratch-stock.

Oh, and welcome aboard.

Well, it sounds like you are pushing things the right way. If your workpieces overhang the table then you'll need to clamp on a batten to hold the stop blocks. It really is an ad hoc arrangement that simply stops the workpiece at both ends of the cut. Taking the work off the cutter at the end...