Recent content by colinc

Not been here for a while and hadn’t realised my old post had been added to. Am glad to see that it has been helpful. Mine is still serving me well. regards, Colin

This would be of interest to aircraft home builders and restorers if it is actually aircraft grade. They will snap it up. I have messaged you. Colin.

I have a small Mafell track saw and a small Kity 419 table saw. I find they are both indispensable but for different jobs. The track saw is great dealing with sheet goods, but the table saw with various jigs does a lot of joinery work the track saw cannot. You won’t regret adding a track saw...

Hi, I think you are heading in the right direction in talking to the authorities, they are very likely to help you come up with a scheme that suits everyone.

Hi, I faced similar issues a few years ago, I have a couple of thoughts to offer. Building within permitted development rules seems to force a compromise in the design and usefulness. The process of getting planning permission for the building is not onerous, nor is it expensive. I would...

NMA Agencies were the importer of those NMA Tools – Powertools for Carpentry, Woodworking, Farm & Garden I have the HMS260 it’s a great machine. if it’s a drive belt you need there are other sources. regards, Colin

David, the postman just dropped them off. I now have an excuse to go to the workshop for a bit of honing and to build a rack for them! thank you, Colin

I built mine with a split top and find it really helpful as I can put clamps in the split. I used the plans from here: https://www.fine-tools.com/pdf/roubo-hobelbank-bauplan-en.pdf I used decent quality pine 4x2s for the whole thing. It can be disassembled if I ever need to move house. It would...

they would be ideal, have messaged you. regards, colin

Hand carving, gouges really. I have found a few on EBay that were worth buying but still looking.

Sorry about the delay in replying. I am looking for gouges for heavier work. Those look really nice for fine work but not suitable for me. Thanks, Colin

In case anyone is thinking of going the Roubo route there are plans here that I followed to build my bench which are very good and free. regards, Colin https://www.fine-tools.com/pdf/roubo-hobelbank-bauplan-en.pdf

Hi, I am looking for a few more carving tools to widen my choices. If anyone has any decent quality tools available, old or new, please send details. regards, Colin

Hi, I made one but I don’t see why it couldn’t be adapted to straight tenons. Instead of a taper all the way through, the hole could be straight apart from a lead-in and the blade shaped accordingly. It took a little bit of adjustment to get the cut right, but I am very pleased with mine.

I have the same model, have used larger Kity and Axminster P/Ts and mine is much better. The rubber feed rolls are good and don’t mark the wood. Mine works fine on a 13A socket in my workshop which is 50m from the consumer unit. Have used in several locations and never needed a 16A connection...