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Difficult to use these words in the same sentence...but your precision might be different from mine. remember 3 jaw chucks can be out as much as 0.003 before you even start turning, some even as much as 0.010 If you want precision then really it has to be collet work, you could change the chuck...

Hi Tom, What Jason has said….is spot on…..also plenty myfords around but they are always at a premium and most I’ve come across at the £400 price mark are at the end of their life. For £400 I would look for a machine with gearbox with a bit of tooling…as it is tooling that can run...

ahhh but these things have a habit of creeping up on you...better start now :lol: i can remember when HI (her indoors)was pregnant with the first.....he is now almost finished his apprentiship. time flies I

The Aussie board has some good ones too.....'course you have to stand on your head to see 'em properly.... :lol: ](*,) :lol: :lol: :lol: .......... I

Paul, Apologies for the confusion....these are renders....as are these...i am currently at work and dont come home for a few weeks.....I posted because i got asked for some 14 1/2 piccies and these are all i have here. just been sent a copy of GWW mag via email and they have some nice...

i'm curious to how you know so much about GWW current affairs when you admit to not having read it for 5 months. It may not be Andy you have a gripe with directly...but it still affects him as he is part of a Team. I

It maybe youve moved on as well. now i know why Andy doesnt post anymore... I

i take it with that reply you dont like stainless in a plane......this months GWW has a review of a 98. I havent seen it yet but i beleive Andy was'nt shaving steralised wood with it!!it just looked like it. I

No not one of mine.....I'll leave you as the king of gloaters!! :wink: I have been spending serious mortgage type money recently though... :wink: I blame chris waterhead for all this :lol: very few have seen this 98 I cant wait to see what he has on the drawing board come to life...

Good woodworking.....Neil...Tony...i wrote for them when it was Phil, Pete etc, they had just as many silly editing mistakes if not probably more than they have now. It just seems a bit nitpicking. I still get my copy every month. Things change and move on nothing ever stays static. from a...

Ive had a few pms asking about the 14 1/2 “ version of Karls 98. Yes they do exist…yes they work just like a plane really should. Don’t know the costings as they are prototypes but they feel superb. I

Ultimate tool kit....now theres a question for tool nuts marking device...eg pencil or knife LN saws..all of them Holtey 98 smoother...with a tight mouth Holtey 14 1/2 version 98 ...with a slightly bigger mouth. Holtey 11-S for the knarly stuff...also used as a scraper with the blade reversed...

Oh...some of us do :shock: and yes they work as good as they look. some of us even have more than one :wink: I

yeah...get a leigh or rat :roll: :lol: Kidding aside Chris... what about the veritas wonder dogs and pups and/ or axminsters new hold down clamps similar to the old marples holdfasts depends really if you want to put more holes in your bench. I

Still trying to read it all.....youve been busy.......Deirdrie you know the rules...no pics it didnt happen :lol: Kidding aside it sounds like a great week youve had. I

BB...I had read that post but no that wasnt the reason. I'm trying to help a model engineer scrape some bms with which we are all struggling with....it's basically snowballing and making the job worse. it is a fixed object and wont fit in the mill or surface grinder. I beleive he is going to...

someone else who likes natural wood...scroll right down and look at his windows etc...i think this is why its 80g's a boat this size would normally be cheaper but just look at the work he has done http://narrowboats.apolloduck.co.uk/feature.phtml?id=43743 I

Thanks Ian.....thats not the one i came across before but its another design worth looking at. Philip....Have you ever scraped bright mild steel?? I

Youll love it.....I got the grip body version when they first came out a few years ago and its been a super saw and worked very hard. the blade change system has always worked...i expected this to fail but it never. all in all a brilliant jigsaw. I have found though that festools or lennox...

Barry, thiis might help...copied from google this works for most carbon steels. Aluminum and stainless steels cannot be heat treated with this method. Material required: PPE (personal protection Equipement) Safety glasses, gloves, respirator, apron. 5 gal bucket (2) Enough fireplace ash to...