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I make the odd spoon, coffee scoop, whisky noggin and kuksa when I'm bored ! :)

Creusen slow speed grinder, excellent condition, hardly used, 6" wheels 40mm wide, one wheel 100 grit and one 150 grit I believe. Not your cheap diy grinder, high quality, vibration free, quiet running. Ideal for woodturners or home workshop. £175 Collection only from Basingstoke, Hampshire...

Before I bought my Cliftons I had a good few Lie-Nielsens that I was more than happy with. But then I saw and tried a Clifton 5 1/2 at a forum get together and was totally taken with it ! The Lie-Nielsens I respected as the fine tools they were, but I loved the Cliftons, they had character and...

If you're really lucky you might find an anniversary version green one with walnut totes and the hand forged blade :)

Chestnut woodturners buffing system, very little used, forgot I had it ! Comprises three 8" x 1" buffing mops of different grades/stiffness, and a bar of abrasive or wax specific for each mop, together with the mandrel that mounts in your chuck. £60 please, located near Basingstoke, Hampshire...

Lie-Nielsen adjustable mouth block plane, as new condition, with plane sock, possibly with box and leaflet if remember where it is ! £190 plus delivery at cost :) Location Basingstoke, Hampshire, ten minutes from J6 or J7 of M3.

As new condition, boxed with leaflet, £170 plus delivery at cost :) Location Basingstoke, Hampshire, ten minutes from J6 or J7 of M3.

So sorry to hear about your son Phil.

Yep, if you look at other posts from the same source they are invariably much the same, chips on both shoulders, another one on the ignore list ! :)

Not sure if they are heavier, but it was the weight and handling of a Clifton 5 1/2 I tried out that first made an impression on me, and the aesthetics are just lovely ! :)

Treated myself to the No.3, 4 1/2, 5 1/2 and 7 at the time as I had intended to get into box and small cabinet making when time permitted. The 7 would have been overkill for that, maybe only needed the 4 1/2 to be fair but, well, shiny tools and all that ! :) Have since found that I tend to...

Some of the old school Cliftons, from the limited anniversary run of 25 sets with walnut handles :) Must get them out again, it's been a while !

Not sure what you were doing but a 20" chain takes me less than five minutes to sharpen !

Pointless, frustrating and dangerous !

Pictures would help, but if the axe head is slipping down the plastic shaft then it sounds like it may be a tapered shaft with a slight bulge at the head end, in which case knock the head back firmly onto the tapered head end. Similar to mattocks and pick axes with tapered wooden handles...

Pen mandrels often come on a morse taper I think, just take the chuck off and use the mandrel direct in the spindle morse taper, assuming it has one of course but most lathes do :)

For drilling large holes in end grain on the lathe I used to use saw toothed forstner bits, but they are quite slow and tend to overheat quite easily. Now using these type...

I quickly discovered various electric razors weren't for me, poor results and chewed up skin ! Went over to wet shaving with disposable multi blade razors and cans of foam for many years with much better results. Later still I discovered double edge safety razors and proper soaps and creams, a...

It's well worth doing and very satisfying :) Made mine with just a grinding wheel and pro edge, drill and a tap for threading. I made up different shafts for different shaped cutters and scrapers and just swap them over in the hollow handle when needed.

I use 40g ceramic on occasion for serious reshaping, any of the lower grits should work well although the lower the grit you use the more time you'll then spend on the next grits up to refine the grind I guess ?!!