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Creffields in Reading.

It is indeed very quiet. I'm really pleased with mine. The engineer from Axminster told me that he suspects they have changed the springs in the manufacturing process but haven't allowed for that in setting the spring tension nuts. If it's slapping the wood down then I'm almost certain the...

That didn't help me unfortunately. What happens when you feed a piece of wood in to the thicknesser? Does it kick the back up and then slap it down? Mine did that before adjusting the roller pressure. Now it just goes in very smoothly. I can't see any harm in taking a bit of tension off the...

The short answer is that I don't know for certain because Axminster sent an engineer out and he adjusted it. Unfortunately I didn't see what he did because I wanted to stay out of his way (covid). The adjustment is the 4 nuts which are in rectangular "windows" in the thicknesser part of the...

Sherbet lemons/strawberries (although after eating a few all you could taste was blood as they lacerated the inside of your mouth) Pear drops Strawberry bon bons Tom Thumb drops (they always seemed to end up stuck together in one large mass together with the paper bag) Aniseed twists But my...

Helicoil should do the trick. They're typically stronger than the original thread. I've had to use a few when I've had a few mishaps tinkering with cars... (Oh, and welcome)

I did that so many times when I was making corner braces for a fruit cage I built in the garden. Madness...

Good job.

Yes. I actually bought a digital read out when I ordered it, but the p/t came with one anyway so I returned the other. You could always check with Axminster when ordering,

I'm happy with mine. The only issue I had was that the roller pressure was too high which caused a jam and also a bit of snipe. Axminster sent someone out and sorted it out for me. The engineer suspects they changed the springs they were using but didn't adjust the pressure to compensate...

We always cut the mould off cheese and carry on. Nothing wrong with that. The smoking one is interesting. I started work in 1998 (not really that long ago) and there was a box on the form to say whether you willing to share an office with a smoker. A friend said “no” but still got put in an...

I like mine. This is the thread mentioned above: link I don't find the fence stays all that square, but it's easy to check and adjust each time. As you'll see from the thread, I had some issues with snipe which have now been sorted by reducing the tension on the rollers. Axminster were very...

I've had my p/t for a while now and thought I would share a few more thoughts on it. Overall it has been great, but I did have an issue a few weeks ago which I thought might be worth sharing in case anyone has a similar problem. The issue was a piece of wood jamming when thicknessing it. I...

I’ve got a Stanley equivalent. I’ve had it for years. Bought it before I knew anything. Recently it actually came in handy when I needed to take a few shavings of a rough painted door which was sticking. It did it’s job and then went back on top of the tool cupboard.

I agree with this. No matter how flat the plane is, it’s certainly possible to plane an edge concave. Custard’s thread is excellent.

Thanks for posting this.

I was also given a Japanese dovetail was for my birthday. I was also sceptical but I've been cutting some dovetails with it over the weekend and it works really well. It cuts faster and finer than my Veritas dovetail saw (which I do like). The only thing I need to get used to is that the...

As long as she doesn't enquire about my knowledge in these matters, that sounds fine! There are others on here whose opinion would carry a lot more weight!

It will be much easier to make the mortise with the right size chisel. You might get away with a 4mm mortise and tenon but if your boards are 18mm I think 6mm is going to be better.

Yes, that sounds right to me.