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How do you make holes for pins like those?

I'm sorry I have taken so long to reply, a combination of having been away from my family since before Easter and having my mind on other things. The first suggestion is to make a small hawk out of a scrap of thin ply about 6" square. I used a piece of dowel or broom handle as a handle. Two...

The pencil is 18 euro from Amazon in Italy and £2.03 from Amazon.jp.

I'm considering building a bookcase from 40mm birch ply, core visible, surfaces quality white laminate. I have seen CP/CP birch ply is much more economical but is it the face that is lower quality or the core? Obviously I wouldn't want any voids showing.

I have used the cast iron top of my sawbench and planer thicknesser to stick wet and dry to for a reasonably flat surface. I have also got 10mm glass reasonably cheap. I have found that when flattening the sole two lengths of abrasive stuck end to end, or along piece cut from a roll, is much...

I only have a phone with me at the moment, I'm away from home. I never did it for a living but was taught by a plasterer who worked for Historic Scotland and taught in the States too. As soon as I have a slightly bigger keyboard I'll put pen to paper. I bought, still buy, my burnt sand from...

The chemistry I studied at degree level tells me otherwise, as does my past experience, but I use a different product. I also open tins carefully, cleaning both meeting faces with a lint free cloth before I start work. That is why these are available. I have never used them, but might have saved...

If the tin is half empty there is plenty of oxygen to start it setting up.

Whilst I agree generally with the rest of your post, in my experience, and I do tend to buy small, 500ml tins, even without added driers the linseed oil paint I buy skins over very quickly unless you manage to exclude the oxygen. You can lose quite a lot of the tin.

Nice. I have been using burnt sand mastic for years, i hate modern synthetic sealants.

I was looking for a reasonably priced large try square. I thought the Shinwa might be worth trying but they state better than 0.1mm per 100mm. I thought that is quite a lot over a 60-90cm square.

I agree, I have them too.

I think it's probably curved looking at ebay pictures.

I'm trying to find some Osage orange. It's a fairly common ornamental in Northern Italy. I have also cut some Persimmon branches which are drying.

I use Matsui through Amazon.jp

Personaly I would use whatever you feel comfortable with.

I was hoping for more on the saws and less on the rails. I have two 3.1 batteries, can anyone tell me how well the TSC55 will work with them? Just for cutting up sheet material, I have a table saw.

I have bought a user Rapier, I'll see how it goes.

It's a genno or Japanese hammer which would retail somewhere between £100-£200 so it's worth the effort. I have some old ones too which I'd like to make handles for. I like to buy the best I can afford so that I know it will last and I hopefully won't want or need to upgrade in thr future-

The trouble is if I buy a cheap one I won't know if it's me or the spokeshave stopping me get a decent finish.