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Hi, I'm in need of a planer thicknesser, and, while I've already bought things from Axminster, I never considered heavy goods (nor power ones for that matters), because I live in France. But that AWEPT106 Planer/Thicknesser (with the added dust extractor !) caught my eyes... Would it be...

Hi Derek, Nice totes ;-) I'm afraid I'm too much a beginner to attempt a new tote on my own right now... This will have to wait for my skills to increase a bit ;-) So I'll have to live with the original tote for a while, I guess ! Thanks for the answers, guys, Regards,

Hi Roger, Thanks for the answer. That's reassuring. I'll keep at it then, and try to change my grip a bit to see how it goes. Regards,

Hi John, Well, you know, what I know about draw-boring is what I read here and there (and in particular from Chris Schwartz)... So I'm not an expert, but I thought the key in the draw-boring technique was the offset between the holes. That offset makes the joint closing tight when the peg is...

Hi all, Thanks for the answers. My english reached its limits here ;-) What's an "airing cupboard" ?

Hi, I've received this beautiful plane from Canada a few days ago, and got a chance this afternoon to use it during a couple of hours. Cuts really nicely, but I noticed quite rapidly a (small) pain in my right hand palm (the one on the back tote), roughly between the thumb and forefinger. I...

Hi, I'm building a small fence (to protect my daughters from falling in the stairs). The frame of the fence is mortise and tenons, that I'd like to drawbore for re-inforcement. The only dowels I have in stock are the kind (precut) for dowel assemblies. They are 8 mm in diameter, but I...

Hi Paul, I think we agree. If I had the cash, I'd already have a planer/thicknesser in my workshop (a small one though because of space) :wink: Meanwhile I just have to learn to do it by hand. Properly. Regards,

Hum, yes, I guess I should play with the amount of camber of that scrub blade... Thanks for the Schwarz's link, I did not know this one (seen his scrub sharpening though, and one by Derek Cohen also). Lots of good material on the net to show how to do it... but I've postponed that so far...

No problem for the hijack ;-) BTW, I do have a scrub, and find it a bit difficult to use on faces of boards (as it's either too agressive and get lots of tearout, even diagonally, at least on fir, or a bit too narrow cutting if the blade is retracted to avoid massive tearout). On edges they...

Hi, Tony : I meant a benchtop power thicknesser. What's yours ? Are you happy with it ? And how do you flatten your boards before thicknessing them ? By hand or with a power jointer ? tnimble : I agree it gives some satisfaction, but it also makes any project a lot longer. And with only little...

Hi, So far, I'm (tryin to, at least) milling my wood all by hand. I'm slowing getting reasonable results, but I already suspect that the thicknessing part will take ages for all but small boards and/or tiny projects. For budget (and space), I'm considering buying a benchtop planer, so I'll be...

Hi, It's been a while I've not posted here (a second baby and lots of work kept me out of my workshop -err, garage, I mean ;-) too often), but I keep on reading the good advices and good "ambiance" here. Some of my earlier posts were about how to saw straight (I have a Dozuki as my only saw)...

Hi, Well, I cannot recommend this product :-( I got Axminster send me a new one (with the vague hope that the first one was simply defectuous), and it was as non-flat as the first one. With Axminster's consent I did not have to send back either one, but they basically collect dust so far. Just...

Hi Mike, That's a deal ! I'll be glad to accept your offer if nobody closest to you -which is, unfortunately for me, highly unprobable ;-) - rises a hand. Thanks a lot, Best regards,

Hi Mike, Thanks for your answer (and for explaining better than I my own needs ;-) ) One question : wouldn't it be ok for me (i.e. cutting both 3" tenons, only once for my workbench, and then using the same saw for smaller work -hopefully many many times) to go for what's called "small tenon...

Hi, Got very few time in the shop tonight... But I must admit that I was not rigourous enough in my tests (where I indeed only played with the blade and the frog, I've set aside the chipbreaker and lever cap right after discovering the problem) yesterday. Seems I focused too much on the frog...

Hi, My deepest apologies for the rare bug ;-) As far as the number of teeth is concerned, well, you know I'm a beginner, so FWIW, I was thinking of something like 12 PPI. Regards,

Hi, Thanks for your answers. Rarebear : well, I did not think 3" deep (through) tenons were considered extremely large. Anyway, this is what I'll need for the base, however they are called ;-) Thanks for the price guess. Would be ok. Alf, thanks for having a look. May I abuse :oops: and ask...

Hi, Thanks for your answers. I actually have 3 old planes : 2 #5 (the old one and a more recent one, but vintage too) and a #4 (around 1902). So I have 3 blades (actually 4 as I've bougth a new LN replacement blade) and 3 chipbreakers to play with. My chipbreakers are around 5" long, and the...