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Thanks for the extra information Eric. As with many other things there is no one correct answer. You are obviously pleased with the results, great! An update on your question about concrete column speakers. In Briggs book 'Loudspeakers', my edition 1969, but could have been earlier, he gives...

Hi Eric, I cannot say whether I was using a Linsley Hood design, the whole lot, apart from the columns, came as a kit. There seemed to be a lot a shared information about in those days. Perhaps the Wireless World article kicked off the kit? I am not familiar with the Monitor speakers, or any...

The first pair of stereo speakers I owned were concrete. 12" spun concrete columns to be exact with an upward pointing Wharfedale 10" double diaphram speaker in each. To me, young in '67, they sounded great. They certainly didn't move around when I turned the wick up. xy

Sorry to hear about the plane. It is always a punch in the stomach when a newly acquired tool is damaged. xy

Emma, my condolences to you and your family. Just like many another here I never met Richard, but always delighted in reading of his plane making. I am sure he will be remembered for a long time. geoff, a.k.a xy mosian.

Thanks gentlemen, If I had come across the lubrication of burnishers before, then I had forgotten it. As for the various body extras, I think I'll stick with the candle. My burnisher is polished with the same regeme as my carving tools. A tickle with the diamond embedded rubberised wheel and...

Hi all, Sorry for the tardy response. Thank you all for your comments about the spoon. As for metal inclusions, I suppose most of us have had some. This is the largest bit I have come across personally. Although I did work with a chap who cut up some fruitwood and came across a large mortice...

That made me wince phil. That sort of thing normally happens when there is little extra time or money to sort out a quickish solution. xy

Hi phil, I too have cut through nails before, with a hand saw. I think it depends a lot on the support at either side of the nail. In this case the teeth of the saw were dropping either side of the blade into the soft wood. Perhaps if I had been sawing more quickly, I might have got through it? xy

About a month ago I had a Sycamore felled. A rare opportunity to get hold of some green wood for carving. The surgeon left me three lumps about 400mm long x 350 mm diameter. I have already carved a large fruit bowl, drying before the final shaping, and a spoon. I thoroughly enjoyed both. That...

Hi all, Yesterday I came across one of those eureka moments. I was shown to use a ticketer, sorry burnisher, on the scraper dry. This has always been a bit of a drag at high pressures. I don't know what made me do it but yesterday, when I came across the drag I instinctively reached for the...

Hi Mick, What good looking chairs! Thank you for posting. There is some seriously fine turning there. I especially like the shorter of the two. I knew Jack Hill as a fellow demonstrator at a Craft Show in these parts in the late seventies and early eighties. One of life's good guys. Sadly...

Thanks Tim. Some very useful wood there. Now where to hide newly acquired wood from swimbo? Thanks again, xy

Hi Tim_H, Could you give more contact details please? I am just over the hill, both ways, near Queensbury and this looks very useful. Thanks, xy

Hi Keith, I have rather liked the look of shave horses myself, sadly I don't have stabling room. I'd like to see the results of your efforts once you have it sorted. Enjoy your woodwork, xy

Hi Mick, I can see the problems using the Ashem Crafts trapping plane by hand, particularly losing settings when adjusting the hold. I use my tapering shave by clamping it in the vice and turning the wood by hand, perhaps I can extend that a little. Think adjustable pencil sharpener. I like...

Hi, Mick, Thanks, that means a lot. As for the stretcher height, I completely agree with you. Sadly although I was aiming at just above middle, I forgot the thickness of the top when sited the rail and I centred the shaping on the rail. After that I was stuck with it. I could shorten the legs...

Thanks nathan, I really enjoy 'simple' woodwork. I like the feel of the spokeshave, wooden, as I move it around trying to find the best cut in the wood. The woodworkers equivalent of being 'In the zone'. xy

My first completed project of the year. From a pencil sketch. To a finished stool. Cutting out the blanks with a hand held circular saw and the rest by hand. Spindle shaping by plane, spokeshave and scraper, tenons by tapered shave and mortices by auger and tapered reamer. The finish is by...

Steve, I realise just how difficult it can be to 'Get off your Backside'. Well done, steady away. xy