Recent content by 1Will

Hi johnnyb, Which direction do stretchers, stretch the leg? Are they pushing the leg out in the direction of the sightline? I've seen a few Windsor's for sale on UK websites that don't have stretchers on the legs, are they sacrificing longevity for aesthetics? Do you think it's feasible to...

Sent a couple of messages to a saw mill and forestry commission, I also contacted a Windsor chair maker in east Anglia and he said he made his from dried timber because he struggled to source anything green, so I think that's question answered. There is Thetford forest, but looking at the...

No, unfortunately not,

I've watched 2 videos, Avoid knots, twisted/spiral bark, and cone shaped logs, That's everything I know.

Hiya, I'd like to make some Windsor chairs, Curtis Buchanan style for example, can anyone advise on where I could view / buy a green log, ideally ash or oak? I'm located in East Anglia, Thanks

Could you elaborate a little on the process used for making this, order of operations, what joints and fixing methods you used? very impressive dude, thanks

Thank you, I think you confirmed my gut feeling - that a partial repair is probably not worth the money when compared to a complete repair - I will let me friends know and see how they want to proceed, Thanks for the advice and help, much appreciated. Will

Leaky gutter is the cause, can you elaborate on why you don't consider it easy, anything I should be aware of? Thanks , Will

Hello, someone asked me if I can repair the rot and water damage to the bottom of their conservatory.... I thought id show you my plan and see if anyone could see any oversights or errors and hopefully answer some questions I had... Here are some pictures of the damage. The rot appears to be...

Got some flat shavings, thanks for all the tips, heres what I did to the plane, works pretty well know I think. positioned the frog face to be coplanar with mouth relieved & polished the chip breaker sharpened the blade and polished with autosol on some mdf (not very well) positioned chip...

Can you elaborate on this, on what you mean by the cap being honed at > 50 degrees. Are you referring to angle B in the image below thanks, Will

Thanks, when I was flattening the sole, the iron was seated but wound back out of the way. I've been using the plane for a day or so fairly intensively, it appears to be working well. Any litmus tests you could suggest? Sometimes shavings get humps and valleys in, other times they wind up...

Hi - The highlighted section is recessed / depressed when compared with the rest of the sole. Will continuing to flatten the sole until the highlighted depression is removed make much difference to the performance of the plane or is it diminishing returns from this point? The plane is a no4...