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Hi Rick, As your from Sheffield have you tried Timber Specialists on Herries Road, they seem to have kiln dried oak listed on their website. http://sheffield.timberspecialists.com/ Mark

Hi Toby, the dimensions of the body are 8 3/8" x 3" x 1 5/8". I have found some sort of marking on the blade after a gentle scrub with a brass brush, but the marking seems to be mostly corroded away (see pic). Carl, thanks for the tip.

Thanks very much guys, this is just the type of info I was looking for. So regarding the restoration, I will clean up the irons as mentioned, and for the plane bodies a wipe down with boiled linseed oil. I would imagine some of them are that dry that they may need a more than one application...

My father in law who is a retired pattern maker has kindly given me his collection of wooden planes. Unfortunately since he retired over 20 years ago his tools have sadly been neglected, he had stored these planes in his green house. I intend to try and restore these back to working condition...

Very nice dw, I'm sure the recipient will treasure it. Thanks for taking the time to post your WIPs, I've enjoyed following them.

you could try here... http://www.gandmtools.co.uk/cat_branch.php?sub=70

Hi Will I've thought about buying the same book recently. You can get it directly from David Finck's website, with postage it comes in at just under £27. http://www.davidfinck.com/book.htm Cheers Mark

Louise, if you are unable to add a pin to your router table, an alternative method would be to clamp a triangular piece of wood to your table top and use the point of the triangle to guide your workpiece into the cutter. Just as you would with a fulcrum pin.

Hi pip, The thread is 1" 10tpi. Cheers Mark

Mine's done Blister :D

Nice one Blister :D I had this sent to me yesterday... this years must have xmas present...

This is my entry for July, I started with a piece of ash approx 10" dia and 1.5" thick. Mounted it on a screw chuck and turned the bottom to shape, creating a recess for the chuck jaw. After reversing and flattening the face, I made an indexing wheel so that I could lock off the piece to...

Mines ready.

I've recently been watching a couple of Mick Hanbury's dvd's and he uses 'Leak Fix' filler because it dries black. I think this maybe what Kym is referring to as it is in yellow packaging and available from Halfords...

I much prefer... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejSqz9UMp2U :mrgreen: :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I made this box from a piece of yew which I've had for a few years. Both the top and bottom parts of the box have been reversed and had the bottoms finished as can be seen in the photo's. I'm really pleased with the fit of the lid as the grain can be matched up perfectly and can hardly notice...

Mine is done.

The stand looks great, I love the oriental features you've given it. Is it just for display purposes, or do you beat the drum whilst it's mounted on the stand?

Hi Jorgoz, that looks great, I've been interested in making a drum for sometime, I'd love to try and make some bongo drums :) How does it sound? Is that 550 that you are using to lash it? Thanks for sharing Cheers Mark

It was off-air when I looked, if you scroll to the bottom of the page there are some recordings. I've been watching the eaglet hatching, it's pretty amazing. Thanks for sharing Dave :)