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The back of my mortice chisel is not completely flat. Specifically, the corners of the cutting edge are both slightly shallower than the rest of the back face, meaning they aren't honed to form a sharp edge. Here you can see the remnants of permanent marker left after dragging it across a fine...

I have an eclipse-style honing guide which I bought from Amazon for about 10 quid. It's OK but you cannot tighten the jaws too much otherwise the frame bends. It also won't sharpen chisels with flat sides (i.e. mortise chisels). I bought the Veritas MK2 honing guide hoping to solve these...

Probably a silly question but I've got a Record Power AC400 air cleaner which has had intermittent use in my single garage workshop for about a year now. The filter is starting to go a bit beige and I'm considering replacing it. How do you know when is the correct time to change the filter?

I just bought a secondhand Sedgwick 10" planer/thicknesser (it was this one, and I followed advice from this thread and this thread). Everything checked out apart from 2 things. One I hope is easy to fix, and the other I'm hoping doesn't matter 🤞. Firstly, the main cog is rubbing slightly on...