Recent content by Nikolaj33

Slight bending is ok, but I am a little bit confused with word malleable in the description of these pipes. Does malleable in this case mean you can bend them into shape as you wish, in which case they probably aren't any good for clamping.

Also, in terms of pipes, I found something like this for £6 per meter: https://www.threadedpipeandfittings.co. ... p143851235 Would something like this be appropriate? I am not sure about 'malleable' part. Does it mean they would bend under pressure?

I was wondering if someone has experience with these? I am talking the pipe clamps that sell for around £7.50 on eBay and Amazon. Somewhere they are called KingSaid, mostly with no name. I am aware of possibility to get Bessey for around £15, but if there are people among you who don't have...

No, I mean, the way I was to try to do that was to press hard down close to the tip. Would this not work?

How can I lap last half an inch if not using single point of pressure on the very top?

Here ithe picture of the chisels in question. I also tried to capture where the main problem is, you will see that there is convex banana tuning along the full length of the chisel

Thank you for replies. I haven't yet tried them to be honest. I will maybe try to apply pressure at the tip only and see if I can polish it. I have some experience with other chisels whose backs I couldn't polish due to bellies, which just never seemed sharp enough for sculpting sort of work...

I have got three of my old Marples Bevel Edged chisels with significant bellies, rather a bow on the full length, 1/4", 5/8" and 3/4". It seems quite impossible to flatten these. I have been trying to flatten them with sand paper on glass, but I don't think I made any progress with them after...

Is there any program that is considered as an industry standard? I am considering idea to do seek employment in furniture industry, so I am wondering if there is a program that is widely used. Now that there is time on our hands, which program should I try to learn, Autocad, Scetchup, or...

I can recommend wood database website. It has great articles, plus great searchable database that will help you identify the wood you will have in your hands, with good information of that woods working properties. For example, recently I found some piece of furniture that looked like it could...

I have been thinking about this recently. I was shocked to find out that someone got 50 euros for a whole log of 60/70 year old walnut in my home country. I then browsed on local woodworking forums to check the general price of timber. And sure enough, walnut logs can be had for around 100£. Oak...

I am looking basically for a few 1x8's for some smaller projects. Redwood is definitely something I like. I will check Wickes. Otherwise, I am in Watford. One local timber yard I tried today say they are closed for business, another one is only dealing with existing orders.

Can anyone recommend any good online timber merchants? Could be eBay sellers. I am looking for affordable hardwoods, or slow growth softwoods. Thanks.

It seems that Mary May has a very good course on her website, maybe the best. It has a free section for beginners.