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Apologies for the tardy response, Nic. Computer woes......... Yep, I've still got this lot. You're in Brighton, though, and I'm on the Essex Suffolk border. Drop me a PM.

I have a mortice attachment for a pillar drill, complete with a 12.8mm (!) mortice chisel. There is also a little engineers vice, which are indispensible on pillar drills when drilling steel. £30 the lot

No, it was wholly inaccurate. "I doubt it" was in response to a question of liability for previous alterations, and, as I explained, was completely wrong. A BCO is interested in the Building Regulations, and would have no working knowledge of Listed Buildings whatever.........other than that...

I don't post here any more, but I can't let this pass without comment. Jacob, you are completely wrong. And what on earth do you think a BCO has to do with Listed Buildings? Anyone purchasing a Listed Building is potentially liable for any changes made illegally to that property since it was...

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Another inheritance from my father in law. This is an absolute beast of a vice. I would estimate it to be approaching 50kg in weight. It was originally blue, but has been over-painted in silver. The face of the jaws are all-but immaculate, and everything works well. It is in good order, and...

North Essex, near Halstead.

Try as I might I can't justify having 2 floor standing pillar drills. I inherited this Fobco on the death of my father in law recently. I have given it a superficial clean, and checked that everything works, which it does. It runs beautifully smoothly and quietly, with no play in the quill which...

It's under our names, Matty! :) The Essex/ Suffolk borderlands are a long way from Dorset.

It's about 48kg. Not the easiest thing to weigh.

I'll weigh it when I get out to the workshop in an hour or two.

I have had this saw 25 or 30 years, and it has had less and less use as I moved over to a mainly-hand-tools way of working. Time for it to go. Mechanically sound, with everything present and in good working order, but the plastic cover over the arm is a bit tatty. Most of that (particularly the...

I tried really hard to complete these two pieces of furniture and post about it this weekend before the powers-that-be could carry out their threat to ban me. You'll have to read to the end to see whether I made it or not. We left it last weekend with me just starting the bookshelves for the...

Sorry Phil, but I'm going to let you down, I'm afraid. All will become clear in the next few days.

Hewett's is a superb book, but from memory it only covers the period up to about 1700, and much of it on framing techniques.

Put a new blade on your bandsaw, adjust it properly, and use that....planing a clean face after each cut.

NM

If you do buy a new piece, you'll certainly be sighting it carefully before making your choice!

You've two choices with the twisted board, I reckon. One is to replace it altogether, and the second is to make it the hind-most board, and plane it down. I'd almost certainly do the latter. Don't try and fight twist, because twist always wins. You'll find your board will introduce a twist to...