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You cannot possibly give up the AGS! (I collected mine in the back of an estate car and got it to the end of the garden by myself). There are specialist machinery movers (do a search), as well as regular movers who will handle machinery. These guys are STRONG! I do advise getting a small...

I've certainly seen something similar many times in mechanical engineering and musical instrument manufacture. It's usually of some clever feature introduced by an innovator in the company, but it isn't quite obvious. Years or decades later, the innovator is gone and forgotten; the innovation...

Manufacturers do not always know. A few years ago I wrote to a very famous German family firm of clarinet makers to ask if they had records of making a certain obscure type of clarinet. Now this was a small firm that had been in one family's hands for about 150 years, father trained son, son...

Agreed it doesn't matter much; I'd personally prefer tight, as the movement of wood along the grain is very small, and the distance across the grain here will not be very great. If there is a big humidity change expected, do the bolts that are central and in line with the grain tight, and those...

If you buy a new certified tool from the big makers, it will be calibrated to a certain accuracy and will deliver to that. Check on the manufacturers' specs what that accuracy is and how the indicate it on the tool. Secondhand or a cheap maker, you are in the lap of the gods. But you can always...

I doubt that keeping them in a big would help. Yes it would stop it drying out more, but drying would continue once open up and then it would start to move again. The checks have occurred because the wood has now become more uniform in water content. They are permanent. If you want, you could...

I would like the Incra T-square/rule/pencil please. No. 31. Will pm.

ah yes, broken centre drill it is. Metal recycling.

I think it is a screw extractor. Note that you would put it in a drill and drive in reverse to drill a wood screw head then unscrew it. Keith

In the Marketplace/For Sale section. There is a bit at the top of the forum page that tells you the rules. You should find a taker for those here.

I think this depends on the type of work you do. I had a flush vice for maybe 60 years. But I rarely hold long planks. Most of my work is on musical instruments and restoration. The extra flexibility to hold odd shapes with bits sticking out is for me a big advantage of the offset face, which I...

I don't think I'll be free but maybe. Anyway thanks for the link, as it also advertised "Cut and Dried", our very own Richard Jones long awaited book on wood technology, via Classic Hand Tools. I've put in an order and look forward to it coming later this month!

That's a nice job and will give you years of satisfaction. Keith

The only danger, and I agree it is a small one, is that the stress concentrations at the tips of the checks could cause a crack to open up under the stress of the holdfast. You could prevent this, if you wish, by routing a groove with round ends to take out any check, say 4-5 mm deep if your...

Yes, I thought it had a proper riving knife mechanism from your earlier pics. Great! Well done on the restoration, good job. Enjoy!

For long hole boring it is well worth lubricating the drill or auger bit with beeswax. It makes a huge difference, both to the ease of boring and to the quality of the finish.

The classy way is to drill and tap a larger thread then use a Helicoil insert to match the original thread. (google it).

Neat solution!

Not stupid. You can get a pair of trestles, or a folding Workmate type bench quite cheaply. They would come in later, too, for example for working outside on sheets to big to handle easily in your workshop. The Workmate solution has the advantage that it has clamping jaws, to help in work...

That means he has two independent sources of advice!