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Ray Illes at the old tool store- sensible prices to boot- unlike LN

I think you will find that there are two nuts located on the threaded steel rod. They need to be slackened first or you will wring it's neck, so to speak

Where did I mention about wanting to listen to albums before buying? I was just bemoaning the closure of a department. And yes I agree one can listen and buy anything on the web but it is just not the same as making a discovery in a record shop

I trust you are slackening the top nut of two before making your adjustment. I also have a BS350 which does not have any tensioning problems but as RP said most people overtension

Thats fine if you just want to work with mild mannered timber which can seem a little pedestrian. Certainly, high angle frogs can help I have a York pitch LN smoothing plane which often is called into play on wild grain and yes a very sharp iron is essential and there is some validity in back...

Warranty not transferable to a new owner. So anyone buying with not have any warranty which might need to be reflected in the asking price

Warranty is not transferable from original owner to new owner. I know it is possible to transfer warranty on motor cars because the warranty is registered to the car. Not the case with anything else

Has anyone never mentioned to you about not placing bench planes sole down on the bench- but laid on their side to save damage to the iron

I would go with the majority. Although it would be very satisfying to make a bench from hardwood, preferably native hardwood I opted for a softwood version of the one made by Ian Kirby, an Englishman teaching in the USA, as detailed in The Workbench Book written by Scott Landis. Although the top...

Acoustics not Microsoft Accoustics are a very personal thing. I certainly do not rate the RAH acoustics and quite a few loudspeaker manufacturers are in agreement. I must say, however, I have never heard unaccompanied solo voice in the hall

Quite right- but I am waiting for the Conservative to move everybody to the South of England as they suggest abandoning Northern cities. It will be so lovely and quiet up here then

The accoustics in the RAH are rubbish anyway ask any BBC Radio technician. In fact there was very little understanding of accoustics when these Victorian halls where built and it wasn't until the 60's that venues like the South Bank and the Barbican showed the way and the South Bank has been...

No- Pete is quite wrong CD's will not disappear but download will take the majority of the musak business. The discerning buyer will still be able to buy their choice on CD. LP records are in-fact a growth market in the music industry but only accounting for a small percentage in sales as indeed...

It goes without saying that one can dramatically improve the performance of a bench plane by replacing the existing iron with a new modern version of which there are many available and if I may I will share my own findings. On my Stanley 604c Bedrock Plane c1914 I fitted a Holtey iron which...

A sad day. HMV Leeds always had a good specialist room dealing in Jazz, Classical and Folk. It meant one could get away from the rabble and enjoy a bit of piece. They closed it today and moved all the stock into Rock and Pop. Yet another sign of commercial globalisation. I used to shop in Virgin...

I don't think Stanley have produced a good hand plane since the legendary Bedrock Planes at the start of the 20th Century and looking at the pictures on the link that situation has not changed. I wouldn't be without my 604C Bedrock Plane but apart from a very good old Record No7 with a Ray Iles...

I am sure you are aware of John Boddy Timbers Ltd in Boroughbridge. They are located near the A1 but I guess quit a trek form north of the border. Having said that their range of hardwoods is vast and their brochure is real cabinetmakers porn

I support the shoe industry of Northampton because Trickers and Crockett & Jones still make the finest mens shoes in the world bar non. And although their shoes are quite expensive in the outset they last. Some of my shoes are 25 years old but I get them re-built and re-lasted when then wear...

Another West Riding man

I agree- I also live in Leeds and Kenneth Cooke is my real name- what's yours?