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just came across this Steve, bit late and looking forward to your pics. I have the unisaw but by all accounts the xcaliber is a close clone. Ideal for the home user. You'll best need a bit of 2.5mm 3 core cable with a 16amp blue plug and socket. then connected to a 32amp supply preferably...

nicely done Derek. when peining rivets its better to have a tapered hole rather than a countersunk hole. the rivet then has more grip after being mushroomed in. with countersinking, if you skim too much off the sides you lose the grip from the rivets. a little taper reamer is ideal I

Beautiful Norris, looks to have hardly been used, bit of blade life, even the tapping screw is still good.....worth a few bob. I've just bought a lovely little norris 11 small mitre plane, which i plan to make a few when time permits. you know how to search out a...

such sudden and sad news, we were just trading pms a few weeks ago about his possible cnc build. my thoughts go to his loved ones I

Philip, Had a word with K about the blade and he can see some plus's and minuses.....but no real reason it wouldnt work. i did a quick drawing in sketchup as a its easier to explain. I

a while away...too much work commitments to allow me to play for a while. interesting idea of the shoe on the levercap....fitted and ground correctly i see no reason it wouldnt work.........I'll talk the other blade design over with Karl and see how long it takes before he thinks of a negative. I

ahhhh....so i'm not the only one whose kids nosebag their parents chocolate.....their should be a law against that :lol: :lol: Mrs DL has even taken to hiding her share so they start on mine :cry: think of the fun you can have moulding new ones though...you have the negative. I

Scrit, thats a smashing looking piece of kit....handy for the bench but theyve ran out of stock. works out at a good price too with the pound so strong. forgot to add that bit about the motors...i had that dilema when i initially built my first....i went the servo and encoder way so i...

Phillip, very nice...neat little package and interesting design. from the pictures the blade is at quite a high angle (york pitch)with a BD design but no chipbreaker....have you cunningly fitted one onto the tip of the lever cap? or have you taken it naked and gone for the BD with no...

Woodstoat, I use the porter cable chopsaw....Norms old one and its in a different league to the others i have tried. It is solidly mounted inside the guard and its easily positioned either side of the blade with the aid of a push button. you can set it up for just a very fine...

meant to add in my last post, Scrit mentions uniterupted mention of encoder/stepper feedback...this is generally known as a closed loop system and home builds generally dont offer such....this guy here offers a supposedly closed loop board that allows a closed loop system for cnc but depending...

Barry, Wot Scrit said....rigidity is required in abundance.....i built the mill rather than a router because of this.....I have since got rid of my mill and bought a bridgeport interact with heidenhain controller. Its a sore point at present because everything is now costing real money...

Barry, Kong sold his machine not long after posting here....he went on to build a mill. heres some links http://www.cnczone.com/index.php?referrerid=150 youll get great advice on the above forum http://www.geckodrive.com/ you’ll need some sort of drives for your motors...geckos are...

Denis, Not sure how they did it in the past....they were very inventive way back then so i assume they had some kind of mechanical machinery to aid them. Blades....i only use Holtey blades...i now surface grind off his logo though...his blades are fantastic. you can use hock...or Ray...

Denis, I havent done a no 7 or an overstuffed plane as yet so shaping the front bun i cant comment...David Charlesworth has done one. I would overhead router it in a vice with some excess wood around it to protect from breakout. When doing buns etc always start at the endgrain and...

GWW is owned by future and has seen a lot of changes in its structuring recently. Although i havent written much for a while i have kept in touch with the staff and have been aware of their concerns for the mags future as well as their own. I understand that this is possibly Nicks last issue...

Denis, Off hand i cant remember what a no 7 looks like but i think it might be overstuffed. ie wood sits over the sides. If this is the case its best to cut the final size + 2mm then before you pein the shell...position it then scribe where you need to remove the waste. If you have...

Mike…..I go taught this years ago and it stuck with me…think of it when driving a car. IC…..as a 15-16 year old when you are in your parents car and you see them driving you think that looks easy…I can drive….until they try it. CC….they take some lessons and they can then drive….but they have...

I had router fever bad....i at one point over 30 but i'm down to a modest 22 now :oops: handy the fact you dont need to change cuters I

some planemakers use the 3 point contact....because of this. getting the blade clamped securely and evenly across the width of the bed/frog is very very difficult (azimouth) the tripod method makes it that little bit more positive, but more relevant on infills or fixed frog planes with...