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FirstHand Gloves4U Vinyl, tough. No powder and available on Amazon. around £8,00 for 200 HTH John (hammer)

Really!!! As simple as that? Well uncle that try I'll be a monkey's! Thanks Prof. I will try that!, as thinking about it you could be right! Gaffa Tape here I come. Thanks again John (hammer)

First off I can't touch-type, and at this stage in life I don't think I could start to learn. I have noticed that as I type, as I am looking at the keys, my cursor jumps all over the place, and I end up over-typing in a different part of the document, completely unaware that this has happened...

Tom. I once had four Paramo cramp heads and tails that were specifically designed to be used with Imperial 2" x 1" timber. They were not rubbish exactly, and I used them a lot, but they were never particularly good. the timber 'bars' distorted very easily under pressure and they didn't do a...

That I could Phil! Thanks. John (hammer)

I used to think discomknockerated (Spell check doesn't know it!) was one of Doddy's inventions, but apparently it is a genuine word; Doddy first used it in the 1950s it seems. https://www.tapatalk.com/groups/whirlig ... t3916.html John (hammer)

I am still stuck in the rehab centre here in Wednesbury. So actual woodwork is OOTQ for a while. However I have been thinking a lot and I remember I needed some shorter 'sash' cramps. One set I have are five feet long, flat bar cramps, of original Record make. I got them in the 70s. They served...

An electric hand plane makes short work of cross-grain roughing of rough sawn lumber. That's what I use mine for. John (hammer)

Rafe; Do you mean cut a rebate of such a size to leave you with a 3mm square piece of waste? If so yes a good idea Son! I would cut with the board on edge first. Cheers John (hammer)

This is the guy who corsets himself in Samurai leather 'armour' to work in his shop. :lol: I don't know what he thinks he is, but he uses mostly Japanese tools I believe. No problem with that but he just makes me wonder what he's all about! Takes all sorts is all I'll give him. John (hammer)

Put the hopper on the back then Doug! :D John (hammer)

Me too. It stays with me. Handy for all kinds of hole cutting; particularly keyholes!! John (hammer)

If I needed a cupboard like that, I think I could see how from those pics. Nice project, and you got what you wanted! Win-win! Cheers John (hammer)

Damunk I have owned a home since the nineteen-sixties'. I have indulged in DIY, but only when I could manage what I bit off. When I didn't know how to go on, I employed someone who did. (Such as for electrical work.) If it meant waiting a bit; I convinced the Missus to wait too. I cultivated...

I empathise with your problem HomeJay. I suppose we all have that at sometime. However it sometimes means we have to bite the bullet and either budget for petrol, or delivery charges. To fill most of my needs i have a ten minute drive; but when I need special material I go to ...

My Elu Biscuit jointer needs a sharpen. It started to kick back the last time I used it. It doesn't operate the same way as modern jointers. The plunge is achieved by rocking the tool-body rather than plunging away from yourself. It can give you a bit of a start when kickback happens. Most...

I have enough chisels; 90% of mine are 1940s and earlier Marples. I am happy with them for their edge taking and edge keeping properties. Oh the joy of smooth, even paring in hard or soft wood! :D I have bought some Japanese chisels (Just a four-set) but as that was just before I went into...

Homejay; To buy some Western Red Cedar for a garden bench project is not going to work out much more expensive in the long run. The bench will outlast your good self probably, it will look good and you can either let it weather to a lovely silvery-grey or you can treat it to some linseed oil...

No Memzey. I never heard it that I recall... John