Recent content by LittleOaks

at the risk of really confusing things, backlash on threaded drives (eg adjsutment) is well known in engineering and as with micrometers, you wind back then forward to the settings to eliminate backlash on each measure, this does impact on all settings on the saw as vibration will ease the...

thanks to all involved some great and clear advice. I am nervy about trying the jig with scews as i have done this before and broken an expensive blade due to rotation on the log as it traverses, the turning force of the downward blade is quite strong and did take some holding on a 5 inch log...

thanks for info so far the trunk is an old apple tree that is about 150 years old when felled twelve month ago and has been stored in the garden for a year. very heavy and hopefully good grain, bandsaw is axminster with 400 depth cut and 2hp motor but stability of wood during cut is more my...

:?: Ihave looked but cannot see any thread so does anyone know how best to take a 350mm diameter tree trunk around 1200mm long and split this into usable slices for making decorative boxes? I have a band saw big enough but I am worried about holding the round log and jamming or snapping the...

thanks to all for your help and advice I really appreciate the time and interest that has been given, it is really nice to know that there are people out there who are willing to help a novice learn. long may the culture live on !

curious looking at the forums as a newbie to hand tools , how to determine what second hand / inherited plane is classified as? i see numbers such as 5 or 4 and Half floated around but what is the logic, is there any global rule for reference number or useage? i have been lucky to have...

thanks for the second link. I will need to watch a coupl eof times i think, first though fettle the planes . I have been given chance to sharpen the blades on a Tormeg whetstone and jig so I hope I do not need the plasters they provide free with the stones !

thanks you so much for the video link, it was very informative and I now need to revisit my clean ups and do more! could still do with finding out about setting the plane though if any more suggestions? great there is so much advice available !

I am a new member but I have always used power tools as DIY and learned on the job. It would be good to use some old hand planes that I have inherited, they are really sharp but I have no real idea of how to use them properly or set them up properly. Any pointers would be appreciated