Recent content by fumbles22

Hello, The handle is stuck on this saw: When I remove the screws, the handle remains in place and doesn't budge. How can I get it off? Surely it isn't glued?

Hello, Sorry for the late reply. I was doing some spray painting, OU and shed tidying. I can report that the plane blade is now sharp! I met with DTR, and he cast his expert eye on it. It turned out that there were still machine marks on the back of the blade (tiny ones), and the end I was...

I did turn it over and I rubbed it flat. There was still a burr there after the first 10 strokes so I rubbed it a few more times until I couldn't feel it. The end result still isn't that sharp. I loaded it back into the plane and managed to get a weak shaving when I did it on one of the...

I came on here with a question about the "burr" you're talking about. First, i'll post what i've been doing: I started buying two bottles of Johnsons baby oil, and leaving the stone in it for 5 hours. I also made a 30 degree angle out of a milk bottle: Unfortunately, the sides of the...

It's nice to know what i'm doing wrong. I'm going to try sharpening it again, but this time i'm going to: 1). Flood the stone in baby oil in a tupperware 2). Make a plastic triangle with an angle of 30 degrees out of a milk bottle 3). Grip it firmly with both hands, push down on it 4)...

Well, now I can post links, here's a video of what i'm doing: http://s116.photobucket.com/user/mmmbop ... e.mp4.html I'm having a go at doing it freehand, and trying to do it the Paul Sellers way (ie. lifting the blade as you push it forwards). In the video I pass it over the block 60 times...

My mother put her date of birth in the other way round (6/9 instead of 9/6) because her home country has ties to America. She had to pay £40 to get it changed and, we were told on the phone, that had we attempted to claim the entire thing was null and void!

There's a maize maze. It's worth it for a picture next to the sign.

It might be your antivirus blocking it's connection to the internet. Possibly?

Funny you should post this one! That's the one I saw. Right at the start he says he sharpens them to 30 degrees which is why I set my honing guide to 30 degrees. I did, however, watch another video where someone else says something along the lines of "this blade has been sharpened without a...

Hello (1st post!), I'm completely new to woodworking and i'm trying to learn the basics. I found my Dad's old hand plane in our garage, and i'm trying to get it up and running again. I'd like to know if i'm sharpening the blade for this no 4 plane correctly. I'm trying to use a honing guide...