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Whisky.... I see you are using a cyclone on top of a blue drum. I guess that this is one of those watertight drums we see used for rafting? I used exactly the same configuration.... the drum was a quality(?) version. The idea was great... but.... when the vac tube blocked (e.g. sucked on a...

I take courses with DICKtum, and have for years. I know the DICKs quite well, but can't compare them with the other China sourced planes. But I can compare them with the US & CAN equivalents, and the verdict on clear. The DICK competitors are simply better... In just about every way... Except...

I think he is from Tx... or at least that is where he should best be located. He sometimes has interesting stuff.... but his communication skills (moaning?) are a PITA... or as one would say in Irl... a PITH. The 'knifewall' reminds me of the Charlesworth ruler 'trick'. With due respects to...

the tongue is more to the front, Jim #-o

.....using a router plane. Set workpiece up on bench... place board 'stop' across workpiece... and away you go towards one end... bounce off the 'stop'. Use chisel or router plane blade to 'straighten' up end of groove. Turn workpiece around... reallign the router plane fence... place board...

Hi Jimi, Lovely malletts! What a cool find, and a great restoration! I would describe the handle as 'lacewood'. Now, lacewood is one of those blanket names. It covers sycamore, london plane, and others. I have quite a 'stash' of lacewood (dead ringer for your mallett handle) in the form of...

Yep... well said.... thanks. Now on with the banter? My neighbour Charlene bought a dozen of those all blingy aluminium jigs... she uses them in the swinger club she goes to. She says they are machine washable. I wonder if she knows about the LED lights? Hmmm! -g-

... that is some bench. I relived with you the moment when the top took place on the base.... cool. Can wait to see the champs bottle on the bench. Slainte! -gerard-

Richard... missing an e-mail address for you / him... ??? -ger-

Wow Derek.... that sets a standard! Good wood... and good tools... and excellent craftsmanship. -g-... who is thinking about some Auz wood, maturing in Canada for him.... hmmmm.

Good stuff.. and thanks... but somehow I feel that my description is still inadequate... mea culpa. BB & DBH... The filler material serves only for me to be able to get to the outline (section by section) of the uke (and components) as they will sit in the final case. After the outline has be...

Yes Mack... that is an alternative... How hard does that stuff get? Can I cut it safely (bandsaw)? -g-

Ahh BugBear... my description is probably insufficient. Apologies. Somewhat simplified... Place the uke in a bread baking form. Fill the baking form with bread dough (moulding mass), Bake (cure) the lot. Remove the 'loaf' from the baking form. Remove the uke from the (now) top of the...

Greetings Woodworkers. Somewhat off topic... but I need to make a mould for the case of the ukulele that finished recently. Please let me explain... I want to make a case for the uke. The uke should embed snugly into a moulded 'slot' in the case; the case will also contain other components...

Bugbear... that may be true for some today... but it was not the case 40+ years ago when I first saw this 'trick', and knowing the man in question, I suspect he had hogged the brass shim from some 'junk' he had come across. He certainly did not buy it from the metal dealer. I am somewhat...