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Yes it has been cut, it was a 3m board, but it has nothing to do with machining, it is the whole board.

I bought a sheet of black coloured MDF yesterday, for an MFT table and a desktop for my son. This is the only product I can find locally and the pallet was labelled so I felt sure I could get a Spec. sheet and maybe even finishing details. Turns out the label doesn't belong to the product and...

I have also used one for many years. Good value.

I use CMT professional blades which I find quite good. Here is a CMT guide, for the US market but might help. I have bought CMT router cutters from Scosarg at very good prices. https://www.cmtorangetools.com/media/userfiles/files/03_60_0325%20ENG%202019_GUIDE_blades_10inches.pdf

We have Roman dormice, lots of them, mainly in the roof but I also see them in my workshop. Theyre protected, not sure why as they slowly eat all the insulation in the roof, you see it coming down the rainwater pipes, and travel down the walls and into my underfloor heating manifold where they...

Or is there a source of spare parts for oldish Record planes?

My reason for think a froe might be more suitable is that with an axe or hatchet you have to hold the smaller pieces and strike and withdraw hand at the same time, smaller sticks or narrow wedges wont stand up on their own.

Very similar to a Japanese Nata which I am also considering.

I'm the one doing the splitting. The softwood logs are up to 18" diameter, easy enough to split, but my x27 splitting axe is a bit big and awkward to use.

I have a habit of losing screws from my planes. Can anyone tell me the size of the screw and washer that hold the removable nose on the Record 077? As I'm in Italy I cant simply pop out and try different screws, only metric here. Alternatively a source for the original screw.

I have always bought Liebher. I'm 60 and I have had 2. I bought the second because I left the first in the house when I sold it.

I like the Bahco, I use a large Bahco splitting axe to split the larger stuff. Edit. Tell a lie, I have Fiskars, not Bahco

I thought this might be OK but maybe this would be better.

There are so many types of hatchet out there, and I have to buy online so it's difficult to see which might be best, I was hoping a froe would work . I had an Estwing hatchet but it appears to have dissapeared.

Unfortunately I am of the buy once train of thought, spend as much as I can afford in an effort to not have to replace with something better 2 months down the line. On the other hand, this is primarily for producing kindling for my wife, I usually use a rather large splitting axe, but she is...

Does it really not need to be a steel that holds a good edge? Then why so many high end expensive froes?

Doesn't work, you still have to declare a value and will be charged VAT plus €20 handling fee. If you underdeclare the value and it goes missing you lose everything.

The Ashley Isles will incur not insignificant charges and postage importing it into Italy. It probably would cost nearly as much as the Gransfors Bruks if I went for a similar size.

I saw that one too but the handle does look short and what exactly is "good quality steel"?

Can anyone suggest a good quality Froe that doesn't cost over £100? Does anyone have experience of the Ashley Isles?