Recent content by Czar

Some 10 years too late, any further thoughts on the Stanley No 444 dovetail plane, I ask as I've just purchased a pristine complete wooden boxed example.

It's been a while, for those following my journey, the first batch of truly dreadful timber was replaced, with excellent carpentry grade timber, however, by the time the replacement timber arrived, it was too late in the season weather wise, so the project stopped. Sadly on November 11th 2015...

Be aware when purchasing treated timber, it may seem treated externally, however when you cut it, not all treated timber is what it may seem, here are images of my C24 class 4 ground contact treated timber, which should have been good for 15 years!! This is 6" x 2" C24 graded timber, treated...

Once again thank you for you're advice, very much appreciated, would you by any chance be able to find the YouTube link you mention ? Given the location of the base in my garden, I now can't dig in pipe work to drain off the 1/2" standing water which only collects whilst it rains very heavy...

Thank you so much for you're reply, my dogs Hydrotherapy pool is very similar to a hot tub, it has everything without the moulded seating arrangement, with the addition of 5 two stage swim jets, the pool base footprint is 3m x 2.4m although I have trawled the Internet, sadly there isn't any...

Hello, I am a complete novice to the world of woodworking, wood specie, soft & hard woods, their structural grades and intended construction use for the specie chosen for a particular construction role. The reason I am writing this, is to share and hopefully offer awareness from my somewhat...

As per title, I am considering purchasing a Felder CF 741 S professional combination woodworking machine, as opposed to the stand alone separate machines, space is not an issue, having had a lengthy meeting this morning with the Felder area representative, given that I am not a joiner/carpenter...

Hello, Firstly I must confess, I currently do not own any power woodworking tools some of my friends think I'm way behind the times, bit of a dinosaur when it comes to woodworking, I'm neither a joner, carpenter or indeed work in any of the construction trades, I am a Motorsport Engineer...