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Thank you for your replies , table saw idea scrapped , I am considering either planing by hand or first prepping timber 1.75 ins sq , turning a 1 inch tenon one end , the other a short 7/8 dia tenon , then building a simple slotted platform jig for a router setting one end at the 1.75 end...

Chaps is there a safe way to cut octagonal tapered legs on a table saw? A pic of any jigs would be appreciated, they are for a stool , the fat end will have a round tenon turned on it , Cheers Chris

Are they dangerous? I'm trying to down size my machinery to have same facilities on smaller scale as moving from 300to 100 soft to allow another hobby to grow, Thanks for your reply

A stool, seat from fire wood pile the rest from plum, cherry leg tops finished with a gouge ,

Hello chaps , I am down sizing my workshop from 300 to 100 sqft, my projects are also shrinking , I have sold my 5ft planer and considering a myford 5 inch planer local to me ,it has a thicknesser plate but no spring , can it still safely be used as a thicknesser ? Cheers

It looks like a Steelrack made by Entwistle and Kenyon, I have one , excellent

I was in RN , the nearest to a non stretch rope was Manilla , this was used wherever life was concerned, it was used as life lines on seaboats, it was unique in the fact that it creaked and gave an audible warning when excessively loaded. Man-made fibres such as Nylon and Terylene ropes could...

Hi chaps , a question re collar tie half dovetail joints , are they a halving joint or a bit less in depth, Cheers

Hi I have recently acquired these planes, the top two are not marked on the body, both are dovetailed construction, one has Ward on the iron the other Norris on shank of the iron,,both have matched stamps on wedge and body, other than that is there a way to identify the plane makers, ones...

Anyone know about a vice called THE PERKINS VICE , with what looks like a pushrod quick release ? Cheers

Thank you gor your reply, Well I have never done this before , I was thinking that a vertical blanking above the house wall plate would trim that. Armed with the dimensions and sections I am hoping to make a decent job of it, the 4x4 timber available would have to be glued and screwed to...

Hi Chaps , I am building a porch , dwarf walls with glazing above , it will have a pitch roof with concrete tiles , cut into a facing pitch roof. I will have to form 2 valleys . What size timbers will I need for the trusses , span is 2 metres , the depth about 1.8 m inc front overhang , they...

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Hi here's an Elu accessory kit with optional extra pressure guard, guide, all in good order, boxed, £80, could courier for £10, or collect from PL143LR, Thanks , Chris

Right fellas , sorry to disappoint but the router is collect only,, that way the buyer can see it working and then no issues with payment , also no hassle with postage etc , also gives opportunity for swap with timber, Chris