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I first saw a prototype of the Clifton low angle block plane about 10 years ago at a woodworking show at Alexandra Palace. Mike Hudson of Clico, who manufactured Clifton planes at that time, had one which he was showing people to gain their reactions. At the time I was looking for a good...

Went along to the D & M Toolshow today. It was great to see Nick Gibbs of British Woodworking there and back in action. We had a nice chat. Nick's not yet fully recovered from his nasty accident but seems well on the way to a full recovery. Take it easy Nick and don't overdo it. Cheers...

I went to the Yandles woodworking show today. While there I had an interesting chat with Mike Hudson who, as usual, was demonstrating the Clifton range of planes. He told me that Alan Reid, the boss of Clico who were the owners of Clifton, is retiring. There's some re-structuring going on...

If you attended the European Woodworking Show at Cressing Temple at the week-end, you may have met Chris Schwarz. I've heard on good authority that Chris might be coming back to the UK during 2014 to run a "Summer School". No further details at the moment but sounds interesting........ :-k...

Have you been watching the Tour de France? If not, you missed a cracking stage today. Chris Froome won the mountain-top finish and is leading the King of the Mountains, Cadel Evans second and Bradley Wiggins third. Bradley is now leading and wearing the yellow jersey \:D/ Highlights at...

There are five cubs in all. Very cute and great fun to watch Cheers :wink: Paul

In discussions about planes and tearout it is often said that scraper planes do not give as good a finish as you can get from a normal bench plane used with a higher effective pitch. That has not been my experience, so I'm interested as to why some people think that the finish from a scraper...

Went along to the Get Woodworking show at Ally Pally today. I thought it was very good and had built on the improvements of last year. There were some good demonstrations and workshops. I went along to the presentation by David Savage of his forthcoming book, "Furniture with Soul". It was...

While I have been generally very happy with the bench I built about 12 years ago, I've never been entirely satisfied with the vices. They are the Record #52D The dog on the one used as a tail vice is not close enough to the front edge of the bench and the one used on the front does not...

I think Jim was a bit upset with me when I said I couldn't give a list of the tips I picked up from Garrett Hack and John Lloyd at Westonbirt yesterday. Well, in addition to doing a bit of weeding (I hate weeding :evil: ) I've spent some time today in the workshop experimenting with strops...

Just spotted this on Chris Schwarz's blog. What a cracking vice http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/bl ... +Vise.aspx Cheers :wink: Paul

Alex from Classic Hand Tools phoned me last week to say that my Clifton Anniversary plane was in. As Mark Hancock was at CHT giving turning demonstrations and tuition and I recently started turning, I thought I'd drive there, pick up the plane and meet Mark. Here's the plane, a #4...

For those of you fed up already with football, don't forget the Le Mans 24 hour motor race this weekend. Here are a few links http://rlm.0157.org/# http://www.lemans.org/en/ http://www.lemanslive.com/ Cheers :wink: Paul

Can anyone tell me where I can get cladding clips for 19mm T&G cladding? All I can find are clips for thinner stuff. Cheers :wink: Paul

Something I've never been able to fathom is the hollow backs on Japanese chisels. In particular, it seems to me that there's only a few millimetres of metal between the edge of the chisel and where the hollow starts. So what happens when you have honed the chisel several times and you reach...

Thought I'd give the grass its first cut today. Took out the mower and started filling it with fuel but as fast as I put it in, it came gushing out :? Seems that during the harsh winter a hungry animal had decided to have a nibble on the fuel pipe :shock: Cheers :wink: Paul

Happy birthday Alf and Your Lordship. Cheers :wink: Paul (who also becomes eligible for a bus pass today :D )

If you are ever in Dusseldorf and you like old cars, then you must visit this place http://www.meilenwerk.de/ I had to go to a funeral near Dusseldorf at the end of last week and on Saturday my relations took me to Meilenwerk. It's built on the site of an old railway repair yard so it's...

I've been asked to make a temporary cross for a grave. Need to have it done by next wednesday. I'll be making it from oak. I'm not sure how long it will need to last but I was intending not to apply any finish and just let it 'weather' naturally. Would that be best or should I apply some...

:shock: :shock: http://blog.woodworking-magazine.com/bl ... n+651.aspx Cheers :wink: Paul