Recent content by Markwfish

Yes i have; 2" x 4" has gone up in price 50% over the last year. Comparatively tho, maple, black walnut to name but two are far cheaper!

I bedded some marble pieces in an oak table once, cut them in nice & tight, they had sharp square edges unlike those with a round edge. Used a clear construction adhesive like EB25 or sticks like s..t. Didnt have gaps to worry about, the polyurethane finish filled what gaps there were.

Canada?!! Envious, the land of nice wood, plentiful & not extorsionately priced! Nice work, good luck with your move.

Beautifull! Love to see them with the handles on👍

Love it! Got 2 of those, similar, one from Anchorage & one ftom Capetown, beautiful, good work.

Too easily by the sounds of it!😊😂

Out of interest, are the tangs forge welded to the chisel blade? Of the same material just normalised or are the tangs a different material? I think they look great!👍😊

They look fantastic! Nice chisels, good work.

Hi john, thanks for your reply. I can see that 'whatever suits' is good enough. But should this chisel have a ferrule at both ends? Should it have a leather shock washer? I'd like to restore it as authentic as possible, which is why i was researching the history. So many variables . . . Handle...

Help with this chisel: i found this I & H Sorby chisel in a skip, looked like a piece of rusty old leaf spring til i cleaned it up a bit. I have read all the links above, & some, relating too Sorby history. In brief, John Sorby & Sons was established in 1797 & their trademark was a hanging...

After making some cutting boards from all my offcuts of hardwood which i posted on here i then decided to make something from all the offcuts from the boards. A few coasters used up all the board ends

Hi dick, the lion one was teardrop shaped but i'm sure i can adapt that to fit, thankyou. How do you want me to cover postage?

Thanks dick, that would be one thing less i need to make👍

Thanks jobnknock, yes i've seen those & i think makita still do one, amazon were selling one but out of stock & considerably more expensive than my £20 garage find!

Thanks ian, you should have seen it before i stripped it!! 1/2" of solidified debris in the bottom, faulty power lead & completely rusty backing on the wetstone. It now runs concentric & the stone won't need much dressing, its not wobbling up & down 5mm!! Nice to give an pld tool a second lease...