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My holdfasts work extremely well on a top that’s nearly 3 1/2”. Got them from WSH.

Norm uses Cypress but that is not so easy to get hold of in the uk. What would be an economic but durable wood to use instead that we can get here?

I guess so but I was cautious about using too much solvent in case the finish was compromised by it drying out and causing the wax to shrink after application. In uk temperatures this isn’t an issue as I get a really nice gloss finish without finger prints and the like but at the cost of being...

I find this interesting and more than a little surprising. With my limited experimentation I would have concluded that the only way to get this to work with carnauba would be to flood it with the solvent (turps in this case) which then has its own issues as that solvent dries away on the piece...

Sorry just seen this. The recipe for the wax I gave to bob is one part carnauba, three parts bees wax and four parts turps. I’m not the most experienced in making this stuff but from the experiments I did, I found that much more carnauba than that makes it impossible to apply. I still have a...

Yes but accurately dating a plane, if such a thing is possible, will depend on a number of factors, not just the the lever caps and frogs. The most comprehensive dating study I have seen is on USA made Stanleys. I’m not sure if such detailed studies are available for other makes and types...

I agree with this. I think it would be well worthwhile.

That’s not strictly speaking true though. Here are my Stanley bench planes: I can reliably date each of them (the youngest being over 100 years old). I think it’s just harder to date the ones that were made in the UK, which is what I think you meant.

Hard to tell from a pic but “kinda greenish” and “fine” imply a Charnley. I’ve got one too but I think they can look very different to one another with some having red flecks etc.

Liking that table; very stylish design to my eye. Quick question about the top if I may - did you intentionally run the grain in that direction (across the ellipse rather than along) for some specific reason? I’m not suggesting it’s wrong just that my gut instinct would have been to do it the...

Good prices their droogs. Are those tracks metric or imperial?

Great event again today and a wonderful fundraising outcome - 10k+ in one day - awesome! As ever the crowd was brilliant and everything was superbly organised by Richard, Kate and Jim. Big thanks to you all for putting it on again. Looking forward to next year already!

Good man Pete. Bringing your camera again I assume?

When it comes to a cordless it has to be Makita for me. The hire shops and work sites are awash with them because they are well made and you can get parts for them easily. I’ve had mine for about 9 years (same Li Ion battery) and if it died I’d get another in a heartbeat - probably a brushless...

Chris, Further to the posts by Jim and Rafe above, you must know as well as I that there is a terrible lurgie going around St. Albans at the minute. 24 hour bug or so it seems. Lots of people dropping like flies only to have Lazarus like recoveries the next day. I’ll pick you up about 8:30...

Agree with deema above. Getting a good quality planer thicknesser (Sedgwick MB in my case) helped deliver a significant step change in my own woodworking. It’s not that I could make things I previously could not rather, it meant that one of the most time consuming and laborious tasks...

I don’t know what the fuss is about. I always buy locally made stuff when I can. Nothing wrong with that in my opinion. It’s why I’ve got more Makita power tools than others as they still have a factory here. Made in country is a positive for me for a number of reasons and nobody has ever called...

I stuck some leather I scavenged off of an old sofa on mine, furry side out. Seems to work well.

Bristol Design.

Just to be clear; “older machines” (depends on what you mean I suppose but ones that go for circa £500) do not all have riving knives and most certainly do not all tilt left. Some older Sedgwicks don’t even have any slots in the table at all. If you come across a right tilting Wadkin AGS with a...