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That's just blown me away! :lol: - Rob

I use that stuff as well and agree, it's great, but in my experience it doesn't turn black on oak - Rob

This is how it's done, you don't need anything except a drill and router bit...or a chisel the right width will do: 1. Drill a hole slightly bigger than the head of the screw (countersunk) about 7mm deep 2. Above this hole, rout/chisel a slot (about 12mm long) which is 6mm deep and equal to...

There are others, lignum vitae is the heaviest timber known (at present) Any timber with a density greater than that of water will sink Can you provide a sample of the end grain or a picture of the leaf and twig structure of the tree?...expert analysis of those two features is the only way to...

If you can find the very thinnest steel rule that you can...something less than a mm (mine is an old R&C one) and have the plane edge about 50mm away and parallel to it, the angle on the back, if you care to work out the trig, is about 0.3deg or thereabouts. This makes no effective difference...

They are...but they're still a 'puter :evil: - Rob

I would agree entirely with Ed's analysis, suffice to say that initial impressions indicate that 'it's good' which was the whole point of my statement in the first place. It's far too early to say whether on not it's the definitive blade material, if indeed there is such a thing. For example...

A very nice piece Mark :wink: By 'slicing and dicing' that apron rail, the grain of the drawer front blends in extremely well with the rest of it...if you didn't see the handle cut outs, you'd have to look twice to see if there was a drawer there at all, which is the effect that the client was...

With you now Matt. At one time, if memory serves, both the sharpener and burnisher were listed side by side...a duplicate listing as you suggest might make it clearer - Rob

Unless I'm missing somat Matt (which wouldn't be the first time :roll: ) the one on the site at present is the sharpener (with the hexagonal grinding thingie on the cylindrical bit)...one of which I also have as opposed to the cabinet scraper sharpener which has a smooth cylinder :? Confusion...

...along with all the fine dust and other crud (if it's anything like mine) Flooding...nope, not so far. We live on the side of a hill and the ground is chalk and flint and as for Bill the Burglar, it's all covered by insurance. T'would be a shame to loose all the stuff on it, but nothing...

:lol: :lol: - Rob

Even so, if the mat is anywhere on the computer table, Murphy's First Inverse Square Law dictates that at some point, someone :roll: will put a mug of coffee on the wrong mat. Murphy's Second Proportional Inverse Square Law states that eventually it'll get tipped all over the keyboard! Simple...

The Carbide sharpener for scrapers (not the one on the website at the moment) that Matt used to sell at WH was better than any steel burnisher. Unfortunately, they're not sold there any more...but I have one :mrgreen: - Rob

Having had a brand new IMac for a couple of months, we have a new rule...no munching or drinking anything near the computer. Tea and coffee are placed on the dining table three feet behind the computer desk. So far, digits crossed...no 'accidents' - Rob

As always Steve, I aim to please :lol: - Rob

I've tried all sorts for cutting veneers and I reckon a veneer shoot is the best way to get a decent edged that's fit for joining. That said, RI's veneer shoot looks like it's been built out of odds n'sods salvaged from the Tirpitz (hammer) (if it's the one I'm thinking of) - Rob

Agreed, but writ bold on every page of the H&L prospectus are the words 'PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT A GUIDE TO FUTURE RETURNS' so they leave you no doubt about what you may be getting into. The better funds, with managers who are market savvy do actually make quite a lot...but you have to be able...

If you look at Rob's website about PM-V11, you'll see that the sharpening issue was one that was paramount in the development of this new material. I won't discuss my experiences of sharpening PM-V11 on an open forum, but if anyone's going to Pete Sefton's Bash tomorrow I'm very happy to natter...

I agree with Rog. My position is slightly different in that I'm also retired but receive two final salary pensions each month, one from teaching and a smaller one from the MOD. As I'm a kept bloke :mrgreen: (hammer) (SWIMBO is still working) I could afford to invest long term in H&L...