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Hand planing - portrayed as one of the more satisfying aspects of woodworking. Not so in my case... I find the whole process incredibly frustrating. I have to be careful to fight the desire to go and hurl my No.7 and bench plane out the window.... :oops: I'm hopeless with handtools and am...

Right ho - I use my dad's workshop as I live away with no room, so I'll ask him to take the tops inside and see how they respond to a couple of weeks being inside. If I can get it down to planeable-degree of cupping then I will use the No.7. The top is three boards, each aroudn 150mm, but due...

I had thought about fitting bread board ends, although the issue is that while I could do it on the main top, the drop-leaf wll be curved and so wouldn't work, unless i can make curved breadboard ends?? That's something I've never seen before. Kerf-cuts could work, I take it that they'd still...

It was not fixed to the base at all, but unfortuantely the other side has a big imperfection so wouldnt work if flipped over. The wood was stored in a barn, so under cover but very much outside temperature - and as you know we've had a fair bit of rain of late...! then it went into the...

Hello all. I've been making a small table, which will have a drop leaf, and will sit up against a wall. The top I made from 1inch planed American white oak which i'd bought ready-planed and were straight and true at the time when I biscuited and butt-jointed them together. The top is around...

Left hand thread...... (hammer) (hammer) (hammer) Oh dear.... that may explain things.... I wont be over to my parent's (where my tools are) until the weekend, but thanks for the advice - perhaps its not so jammed after all.....! #-o Time will tell.

Hello all, I have a Bailey No.7 which is in need of TLC. The knurled adjuster knob beind the frog is jammed on and I cannot get it off. I think its threaded. Does anyone have a recommendation as to where I can get spares? I've yet to try brute force in getting it off, but would like to have...

That's really helpful, thank you so much. I;ll take a look at what I can find locally and have a bit of a test run. Now need to get on and finish building it!

'short oil varnish' - i'm afraid thats not something i've heard of before - do you have any specific brand name/producers and products which I could take a look at please, and perhaps purchase some for a test? I've been lookng at the shelves I made recently, which are finished with 2 coats of...

Right ho - 3 coats, and some new coasters and place-mats!! I probably wont get that far for a few weeks but I'll pop some pics up when done. It's not quite the same league as that beautiful table Kat!

Thanks Bob, I'll double-check which of the Osmo wax products I have - I cannot remember off hand and it's in the workshop. What's your advice on application - I want to get a really hardwearing tabletop - how many coats? I'd sand through the grades to 320 wet and dry, then a layer - let...

Hello all, I'm close to assembly of an American White Oak table in our narrowboat,- It goes against the wall and has a single drop leaf. The table top (when leaf not up) is around 800mm x 350mm, with the drop leaf around 800mm x 25mm. It functions as our everyday table so has drinks and...

Thanks Richard - both sets look good. As the frame is sapelle, or something similar, that's probably what i'd stick with, good to know that there is a llitte more resilience in that too. Thanks

For best results in maching 18mm MRDF - for instance, profiliing shelf edges, what would you recommend - I am going to be making some shelves and as they'll be painted I am not going to use timber. I had considered edging with poplar then machining that on the router table but if good results...

Looks good. I need to embark on a similar project soon for my narrowboat.... Oak with what sort of finish? I'd be interested in seeing a good quality pic when they're totally done - The natural oak goes well with a dark coloured paint job - ours is red with the doors currently painted dark...

Good Timbers is based just of the A5 between Weedon and Towcester I think, although I've not used them. I always find myself zooming past the turning! I regularly use James Binning over at Deep in Wood here in Oxford and he gives a fantastic service - happy to supply the odd piece, right...

It's a sad indictment on your homelife when you have to secrete your woodwooking magazines in secret drawers!! :lol: But seriously, very nice work indeed, well done. How much time did you spend on this project?

Of course - adaptation and evolution... You soon realise how useful a spirit level is, and how useLESS it is onboard!

Well it's time to share a simple project which I completed quite a while ago, but seeing as I just finished the Spring Clean I thought i'd take some snaps! These are the spice racks/cup holder on my narrowboat home - one hung on the side wall with cup hooks and a smaller one on a bulkhead wall...

:D I've not long ago acquired an old fridge and a temperture controller with probe for the same task.... The temp controller switches the fridge on when beery elixir is too warm, or a small tubular heater on when too cold, maintaining the desired fermenting temperature - however, it isn't...