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I reckon this as well. A plethora of tools and equipment aren't needed at all. Going back 100 years or so, and they made amazing pieces with very basic tools.

I actually went and looked. Google's AI view says "Here are the minimum and maximum shank diameters for coach bolts of different diameters: M7: 6.42–7 mm M8: 7.42–8 mm M10: 9.42–10 mm M12: 11.30–12 mm " So I reckon that a tenth is too close unless you can machine them all to size.

It doesn't really matter about scale for the sketch. It's clear enough from the "back of a cigarette packet" sketch with dimensions IMO. I just don't know if ply is going to give the sort of size tolerances that you obviously need. Coach bolts are hardly machine bolts, and I wonder if the actual...

You say that it's a "personal project". Do the parts have to be removable, or can it be made a good fit in wood, by the time honoured method of making it just a tad tight, and then using a little persuasion to fit things together? Makes sure there is not play. But as bourbon said, wood, even...

Not impossible by any means, but a bit tricky with those 0.1 mm tolerances IMO. Does it need to be that tight? For the square hole I would make a simple template to cut it out with the router, and then square the corners by hand. It's need to be a good template, probably plastic or alloy though...

Ouch! I was lucky, rode for years but never had one that bad.

British bike? The lights on my old bikes were like glow worms. I'm convinced that the LED lights I have for my bicycle give a better light! The Japanese bikes weren't much better going back either.

That works for me. I'm extremely dubious about any claim that reducing the light reaching your eyes by wearing "driving glasses" can make for "better" visibility. They can make it seem better, but whether that's of any benefit or not seems to be a moot point.

Amazon have got at least one https://www.amazon.co.uk/HpLive-Screwdriver-Holder%EF%BC%8CVanadium-Steel%EF%BC%8CSilver-Color%EF%BC%8CPack/dp/B0CFLM2G43 The set of Oria brand bits they do also has an adapter in it.

It really depends on whether you just want something functional, or want to make something that's both useful and that looks good. Hand tools I tend to go for the "looks nice" jigs and fixtures for machines, not so much. If it does the job, that's great.

I designed and made wooden furniture for 20 years or so. I don't have a cranked chisel. Thought about it, but it was always an "I could use a cranked chisel for this" moment, and never really mattered that much as I always got round it.

Too good to be true, and it's got that sort of scam sound to it. Why is "My son works at DeWalt" relevant?

I was about to put the same sort of thing. take the handle off, heat the steel, and bend to the required shape. Cooling off naturally in the air won't anneal it. I "made" some bevel chisels for cleaning out half blind dovetails and so on. I bought a couple of old firmer chisels that had little...

https://www.hse.gov.uk/pubns/wis16.pdf Basically you don't want the fence extending beyond the gullet of the leading teeth at table level. If there's not a way of setting it, use a false fence. If not it'll bind, and possibly kick back on natural timber. The H & S advice is worth reading and...

And yes, I was hoping to just buy it in at the right size, but I need to pull the knife apart first, and being as I'm using it as my pocket knife at the moment, I wanted to pull it apart when I was ready to do the job. I've never used that company, but they do seem to have plenty of sizes and...

This is where I've been looking http://www.metalsmith.co.uk/metals-materials.htm They have larger tube, but not in the sizes you want by the look of it. Might be worth an ask?

No real experience of machining the stuff, but I know that nickel work hardens like crazy. We has some tube that turned out to be nickel that we were trying to drill when we were lads. It's going to depends very much on the particular alloy that it is I'd have thought. I've been looking at NS...

If there are images, and any suspicion at all, it's worth doing a reverse image search with Google. Surprising what that pulls up as being "my image of" This goes for trading adverts or just avatar images.

I don't do much woodwork these days. I've become allergic to wood dust, particularly hardwood. Probably become sensitised. So I came to my "rough" smoother to trim up some ends of some decent softwood I was using yesterday. Looked at the blade for the first time in ages, it was all OK been...

Depends on how "sharp a tool" they are I suppose?