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Ronnie - welcome to the forum - coves and beads rule !

If you are looking for profiles, "Shapes for Woodturners" by David Weldon takes some beating - you can pick up a copy for as little as £3.50 (Abe Books and eBat are good places to start) ...

Further down the page is a very basic pencil compass at £0.73 - BARGAIN !

"Split the kipper" ? (as my education clearly stopped at the engraving desks stage, can you enlighten me as to this ritual ?) ...

Mmmmm - yes, there is a nice short point on the compass. but don't forget that a pencil is classed as a lethal weapon ! (Def: 'Any object that can cause death') ...

Fisch Multi-Function Wave Cutters get my vote (especially for deep boring and clean-bottomed stopped holes). Because they incorporate a removable centre tip (which can also be swapped out for a centre drill), they enable you to produce crisp flat-bottomed holes). The cross-drilling in the shank...

Ah ! There are 2 losers in this (otherwise possible) transaction - you, because the German firm won't sell to a UK customer and the firm's shareholders who appear to have cut off their noses to spite their faces ...

Jacob - are you saying that if the EU collapses it'll be our fault ?

Having read my rant on 'things Europe', I do feel somewhat duty-bound to address the issue posed by the OP. For those of you who are currently suffering the (totally avoidable) pain that resulted from the abysmal shambles that 'getting Brexit done' spawned, I must offer my sympathy. No UK...

On 5 June 1975 I voted to become part of the European Economic Community (EEC) and, on 23 June 2016 I voted to leave an organisation that was not only on the way to becoming 'Fortress Europe' but was also dictating how we in the UK should lead our lives. In July 1957 (some 4 months after its...

@Mikegtr Do you have a lathe ? If yes, buffing can be achieved quite simply (and cheaply) ...

"Old shabby DAB radio" - looks like I'll have to update my perception of 'steam' radio from valve sets to DAB !

memories of 'Trigger's broom' ?

Here's Jason Breach's approach to planking a log:

Welcome aboard Pete - where are you located ?

I see you've noticed a 'bump in the middle of your grind' (no reference to a song of yesteryear) and would ask if you've removed the belt and examined the top & bottom rollers and the flat 'table' for evidence of build-up from the belt backing ? If you have build-up, removal using a...

One of the 'tests' relating to theft is the need to prove the 'intention to permanently deprive'. An example is finding a wallet late one evening and then handing it in to a police station the following day (in this case, the wallet isn't categorised as 'stolen' during the interval between it...

Further to Paul's (very valid) comment, also consider a couple of simple pencil marks on the spigot where it contacts say jaw number 1 (using the gaps between the jaws as 'edge-markers). If the workpiece does 'move' after a catch, the spigot can then be accurately re-positioned in the chuck...

Yes Steve - got this tip from an old buddy years ago - it works REALLY well (especially if you twist and knot, twist and knot, the bag into a 'rope') ...

You are measuring the diameter of your dust ports (and not the circumference) ? I only ask because 214mm for a Makita sander dust port seems HUGE !