peter-harrison

I use reverse (why do we call it that? It's just spinning the other way) about 1/4 of the time. One situation you didn't mention is when...

I have a Richard Raffan bowl. I don't know what it's finished with but whatever it is is quite durable. I was taught to polish turnings...

I got some from eBay which were a lot cheaper. Sadly, they were a little bit too wide and so on the narrow setting, they would often...

I used to make cabinets for Boothroyd Stewart-Meridian. They were made from birch ply with aluminium cores and were VERY technical! It...

Or use a joggle stick. There was athread about them a couple of years ago. I'd never heard of them before but they do work well. shows...

They were gang nailed trusses. The man who built the workshop got them cheap as they had been made the wrong size- He designed the...

The previous posters are making me a bit nervous as I did this to my workshop! The distance between the bottoms of the rafters and the...

https://www.flipstop.com/ I've had these for 30 years and they're still as good as the first day.

I agree with Yojevol- I've done loads like that and never had one fail. PLEASE don't screw some plates on it! The leg broke the first...

I have bought them from http://www.glasgowsteelnail.com/ and can recommend them.

https://www.hafele.co.uk/en/product/hard-wax-sticks-repair-kit-haefele/P-00878970/ If you can afford it, this is a great set. I got one...

Blum or Grass. I am not so keen on Accuride as they aren't as smooth and are much less tolerant of slight inaccuracies in fitting.

My theory is that they are just normal firmer chisels. They were made deep because if they were thin they would be bendy under normal usage.