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Just to add that a couple of used TRB001s have sold on Ebay this weekend for £105 each + £15 P&P which is cheaper still but they are used and obviously you get no warranty.

£185 isn't bad, considering that my local B&Q are selling them @ £250.

Thanks for that Ivan. At a tenner it might be worth a punt.

I don't think so. I have the cheapest "paid for" version and it only allows you to enter length, width and thickness...I can't see how you would get odd shapes in other than to make the smallest rectangle to fit your required shape into, not very satisfactory though.

I have a Trend depth gauge, which is pretty good for setting router bit height and fence position.

A sawboard is the cheapest option, as Alf said. To ensure square panels, the sawboard can be made in a T-square configuration with the cross-bar of the T at right angles to the cut line. I use one all the time for reducing sheet material to managable sized pieces. I also made a cutting rack out...

I built my router table from the plan in "Woodworking with the router" by Hylton & Matlack that looks very like the one ColinC has posted above. You can make the whole thing out of a single 8' x 4' sheet of birch ply. The most expensive part was the laminate for the top at about £35 for a 10' x...

That is a fabulous looking panel for a back. As His Nibs has said, I like the way you have recessed it....how is it held in place?

I just bought a piece of toughened glass too :cry:. I was in my local Makro cash-and-carry the other day and saw these glass table protectors 450x200x12 mm thick and I thought :idea:, that would be ideal as a flat surface for plane fettling etc. Oh well, I guess it will get used on the dining...

Round dogs are easier to retro-fit to an existing bench. If/when I replace my bench I will probably opt for rectangular dogs as hardwood will be kinder to edge tools than metal. I do also have a number or "Workmate" type dogs, which also need a round hole. Incidentally, I found that I needed to...

I think Bugbear has nailed it with the water test...it won't harm either type of stone. What it won't do is tell you what grade the stone is. You will have to determine that by experimentation.

I have a couple of 1000 mm Besseys and I think they are the bee's knees. The only thing stopping me having lots more of them is the price. I find them so easy to use and well engineered. You can also extend the clamping length to almost double if you have a pair of them. Remove one moving jaw...

Hi Paul, I have just done exactly what you describe. I originally wanted to use a Veritas “Wonder Dog” but they don't seem to be available at the moment. So I bought the 150 mm Axminster vice and fitted it to my bench as an end vice. The bench top is made of B&Q 4x2 CLS with a double layer if...

Funnily enough i was watching 'Campervan Crisis' on Discovery Real Time last night, and I thought those guys had problems. :lol:

Hi Underused, nothing much to add except, welcome to the forum.

Car boot sales are often a good source of old planes that can be used as donors. There is also Ebay, I have bought most of my planes there, but you often end up paying more for postage than for the item.

No, the Uni bayonet is much shorter than the PCL and they are not compatible. Best thing is to choose which one you want to use and stick with it for all your air tools. A swivelling bayonet fitting is also very useful on a nailer or spray gun as it can make access to your workpiece easier.

My compressor came with a female Uni QR fitting which screws into a female 1/4" BSP thread, possibly because it was bundled with a small kit of air tools that all had Uni fittings. If yours has a just the female threaded outlet then you could probably just screw your air line directly into that...

Roger, The part you show is the quick release female PCL connector. However, check the fittings on your compresor. It may be set up with Uni connectors which are shorter than PCL. Most of the cheaper compressors and air tools I've seen have Uni fittings.

Philly, thanks for the master class on shoulder plane making...inspiring. I'd love to have a go at something like that one day but at £50/m for the brass, it won't be any time soon. I'love to see some more details if the blade making process too, what steel? hardening/tempering? etc.