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Using the Richard Kell No.2 honing guide that arrived from Workshop Heaven yesterday along with the 2 piece cap iron I can remove the lower piece of the cap iron and hone the blade while the top section remains in place. Nice, quick, easy and effective!

It is true that expensive planes will not neccessarily benefit much from such a cap iron. However I was given my stanley plane as a present over 30 years ago and improving the performance of an old tool rather than throwing it away and spending a lot of money is a good thing isn't it? If...

I enquired about a new blade for my Stanley No.4 and Matthew at Workshop Heaven suggested I try a new cap iron instead as he claimed that was often the cause of the poor performance. I cannot believe the difference it makes. WOW. It is like the blade is now twice as sharp. I had tried a piece of...

Just received a 1 inch and 16th of an inch Ashley Iles chisels from Workshop Heaven. I was sporting an elastoplast within minutes. #-o Just trimmed a couple of dovetails in mahogony wow they real are brilliant, putting my old bevel edge chisles to shame. Now I know how sharp they can be I...

I would not suggest buying any bandsaw with a low power motor but I know that the INCA can manage 15 centimetres through the following woods (not all just veneer thickness) I have sawn 12mm thick slices off 15 inch thick oak, elm, ash, walnut, purple heart, padouk and mahogony in the last couple...

Try and pick up a second hand INCA bandsaw. I looked at everything up to 1500 pounds, felder, startrite etc and then stumbled across one of these cast aluminum left hand bandsaws by chance. They really are superb. Even though they are light in weight I can resaw hardwood veneers with this...

Thanks to you all for your input and advice. Especially Jacob who has a brilliant no nonesense way of getting to the root of the matter even if it is not appreciated by everyone.

Thanks Richard. I think I need to get my plane a better blade and a few nice chisels while I am picking up some lapping film. I have been using the stanley chisels I bought in the late 1980's and a Stanley bailey No. 4 plane I got for Christmas 30 years ago. If the steel is just a tad to soft...

Thanks Jacob, As far as I can see Rutlands have the best priced oilstones but only the smaller size are double sided. You are right about the dozens of more expensive alternatives being easier to find than traditional oilstones. Yes I did mean at a 45 degree angle. However I have to admit I...

If you need to sharpen a 2 inch plane iron is it a problem that the stone is only 2 inches wide? I currently sharpen at a slight angle on a rubbish 2 inch stone and so the blade protrudes a quarter of an inch on one side at the beginning of the stroke and the same at the otherside at the end of...

Thank you for the warning about the chisel sharpening jig! I was concerned that no one had reviewed it.

Sorry I forgot to include the link http://chiselsharpener.co.uk/

I have been recently trying to decide how to improve my sharpening. I presently use an oilstone bought from a chinese supermarket for 2 quid (but with water) and a honing guide. I follow this with various grades of wet and dry sand paper glued to mdf 320 through to 880 (it was what I could get...

Under European rules if a shop puts on a sale within 2 weeks of you purchasing an item you can ask them to refund the difference (and they have to!). If you have never heard about this before do I really have to explain why?

I used solid oak for the frame and not walnut and maple as the instructions suggested. I didn't want to use softwood as I was concerned that the hinges would tear out. I bought a 1100 watt induction motor secound hand but stupidly I bought the cushion bearings and pulleys new. I wish I had gone...

Here is a link to a very helpful website if you are considering building one of these machines. http://www.rockslide.org/drum%20sander.html This guy recommends velcro sandpaper

I have almost finished my drum sander and I am wonderng about the best route to take for attaching the paper to the drum. I have seen 4 variations. 1. spring clips on the ends of the drum 2. velcro around the drum (hook) and sanding paper with (loop) fluffy backing 3. a channel routed along...

Thank you very much for the pictures and height info. And very useful tip for widening the table. I have picked up a heavy duty draw runner to build a sliding table for the inca. I have a slightly older model and the motor hangs underneath the table rather than being an integral part of the saw...

That would be a great help Rob. Thanks, Gerard

I think that I have confused matters a little. The INCA saw was Swiss built is no longer made, it is now only available second hand. The dust extraction on it is not great. The Jim Byrnes saw is a diffferent saw entirely and the best on the market as it is built to do the job not to a price...