Search results

Hi all, I don't think this is a pure hand tools problem, even though that is what I used to arrive at this point. I resawed some inch thick maple into 1/4" thicknesses last Sunday. It was a day long, titanic wrestling match between me, my few hand saws, the wood and my workmate! A great...

:lol:

Thank you all for your input. You've made me feel much better about the scratches and given me some sound advice. I have a Record #4 that I was trying to flog but that will now become my roughing plane as suggested a while back by the prophetic Rob. Will also look around the sheds for a wire...

Hi guys, Last weekend I bought myself a little american black walnut and some maple from Yandles. I don't have a planer or jointer machine but stupidly forgot that fact when I bought the pieces rough sawn on one side. I got them home and decided it was a good time to try out my new jack and...

Thanks for the bump Rob, but I still intend to make some space by getting rid of these if anyone's interested. I have enough odds and ends to help me in getting old paint tins open and the like. I'd be inclined to run the Festool along the bottom edge of the hypothetical door in your other...

Hi all, Through much cajoling on Mrs. Robinson's part I have finally been persuaded to get some new hand tools to replace the 2nd hand ones I have been using. I'm quite stuck for space as I literally work in the lounge and store the tools in a small space in the under stairs cupboard! So the...

Hi HC, I would also love to know the answer as to where one can get high quality ply along the lines of the sheets Waka used in his tool cabinet. While his was some rather flash birdseye maple I'd settle for something plain so long as the outer surfaces were veneered with good quality wood and...

On the other hand I scored 10% off my new plane and honing guide in this Rutlands sale. I think it is unfair to complain that Rutlands is to blame when clearly they are at the mercy of Festool's terms and conditions of resale. If you're upset with anybody it should be with Festool. Though you...

Hi all, I've just started upgrading to more expensive planes and would like to look after them. My old record would often rust despite me keeping it indoors in the cupboard under the stairs. I've dismissed paste wax as a bit of a faff and the WD40 I used to use on my record clearly didn't work...

Sorry to resurrect a thread pertaining to an offer no longer available. I just wanted to say thanks to Ed. For some reason, despite their system showing that I am subscribed I do not receive the Axminster offer emails and your post alerted me to this offer. I bought on the last day of the offer...

Hi Paul, :D How's your son's commercial flying going? I still have my mind set on getting my private license. Not sure how we got to DH Mosquito's last I posted on here - think it was the glue they used - but my heart is still set on building some kind of aeroplane. Circumstances dictate that...

Hi Rob, How're ya diddly doing? I do stop by here quite often but have had very little to say or ask of late. I even sharpen and fettle my tools occasionally but haven't used them in anger very much I must admit. I was preparing to flatten my coarse water stone this morning and clamped that...

:lol: This guy is welcome to my Heath Robinson crown any time.

I think I'd best describe myself as an ambivalent voter for the workmate. Useful, but not the start to finish means to an end that I'd hoped it would be :lol: My most recent attempt at a solution was to use the workmate to produce it's successor - a workbench for use in my living space. I was...

Coming from a guitar playing family, I can tell Byron has provided you with some sterling advice there. I am behind every word of it 100% I think Byron is saying this too, but I'd clarify that you should not get carried away with brands or showing off how much you spent on a guitar. I know you...

Thanks woodbloke, as per my avatar :D with cream eclairs too! Kinda like Christmas come late or super early! The hunt for loose screws around the house has been in vein so far! Some day soon though I shall leap upon an unsuspecting lazy screw with this fine tool!

For those still wondering, here is Dan's thread showing how he made those wardrobes on Pinky's website. From Dan's surprise I think it is obvious that no permission to use the imagery was sought. I note that Pinky doesn't even say sorry. He just makes a sorry excuse about not having his own...

With the 31st January looming I put through my balancing payment for 07/08 a couple of days back. This year hasn't been as profitable as previous so I simultaneously applied to have my payments on account reduced. The system gave me a confirmation screen and confirmation code and said the change...

Yes. It would seem so, joiner_sim. For what it's worth I already have a workmate but was getting a little fed up with it :lol: By the way, the project is now spoken for, thank you for the interest received from the two parties concerned. :D Simon

Hi guys, wizer, I was keeping it to make the compact bench but I don't think I'll get time between now and the visit from the agency, nor do I really like the ply that much for the lounge or parts of future furniture, it would be fine in a workshop setting. Ed, it is just the materials I'm...