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A friend has several 18V li ion Dewalt drill drivers but Dewalt no longer makes batteries for them. Can anyone suggest a good aftermarket supplier? I also have an old bosch Nihm that I would like to find batteries for

You are of course right, a mortice chisel is not strictly necessary. But I saw this on Finewoodworking, and it seemed a good idea. the depth of a pig sticker in the mortice to line up the chisel, rotate upwards and you're in exactly the right spot. Seemed to work well in the video.

Small mortices, 1/2" x 2". It would be used mostly for squaring up routed mortices in hardwood. I'm not into cutting mortices entirely by hand. I'm using a decent oire nomi at the moment but thought I'd give a relatively inexpensive old mortice chisel a try.

I would like to buy a 1/2" mortice chisel but know nothing about vintage tools. would a Shamrock’ Marples 1/2” mortise chisel be a good buy? how old might it be?

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I have bought a few new Ouchi recently from the person I suggested. 3, 6 and 12mm dovetail and mentori oire nomi with white oak or boxwood handles, whatever Ouchi has in stock when I enquire,they have cost around $65 each, very approximate and airmail is incredibly inexpensive from Japan if they...

I agree. most diamond stones would be far too small.

Can I suggest you try the nomi shop It's an English guy who has a Japanese wife, lives in Japan and works in a workshop making nomi. He sells both new and old and even with the ridiculous charges made by the Italian authorities named brands cost significantly less than in the UK and Europe. I...

Everything I have seen about sharpening on glass has suggested thicker. As as already been said you can often get pieces of 10mm, offcuts, from suppliers for relatively little money. I use both glass and the cast iron top of my saw table. The longer the abrasive area, the quicker you will...

I need to put a full bullnose on a roughly 800mm long, 24mm thick piece of timber, except the edge is slightly concave so I can't use the straight fence on the router table or spindle moulder. I expected to use a template but didn't think about how until I had the boards ready. I don't have a...

I imagine that if you are going to sand or scrape it after it doesn't really matter, whatever you have. If you have to buy some coarse will be quicker and depending on the finish clog less.

In Italy the min admin charge from couriers is €20, the post office charges €6.

Many UK stores won't ship to Europe any more, and many others who will charge ridiculous shipping charges. I went to buy a single 1/4BSF x 3/8" screw last saturday and the cost was £16.

I think it unreasonable to suggest you not use a Japanese saw, as has been said it is all about practise and muscle memory. If you have used neither extensively, start with one, my preference would be a Japanese, but that is what I prefer, and if at sometime you want to try a Western do so. The...

The Gyokucho should be fine for someone not used to Japanese saws, just go slowly. It is the thinner much more expensive resharpenable versions that are delicate and not recomended for those new to pull saws.

I don't know. So far they have insisted they don't know who the manufacturer is. They are playing silly bu???rs.

I'm not sure if they were available in the UK but I'd like to try one.

I have only had 2 planer thicknesers, a small Scheppach and a FS 30 bought in the 90's. At one stage I had both of them at the same time. The finish produced by the significantly cheaper Scheppach was always much better than the Minimax. The Scheppach had a rubber feed roller which hardly ever...

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Cement render over the years cracks, only microcracks but it allows water in and once behind soaks in to the bricks and can't get out. If you do remove render and re-render, use a soft hydraulic lime mortar that breathes. French drains do work, they allow air to circulate rather than having wet...