Recent content by Niles Crane

I've done four pieces of Ash: two are 2"x8"x6', two are 2"x8"x7', they were originally two planks of 2x10x very long. Pretty much did the same as Derek. Used a number 3 with a rounded blade as a scrub plane, a number five then a number 6 (because I don't have a 7). Actually did a lot of the...

An end grain board I bought :oops: last year specified mineral oil to be applied in much the same way as linseed oil would be.

No problem at all. A quick google suggests that the collett looks very similar to one for a Black and Decker. http://www.powertoolvault.co.uk/epages/es114390.sf/en_GB/?ObjectPath=/Shops/es114390_shop/Products/568539-00 Good luck with your search :wink:

I found a replacement/ spare collet in a local hardware store. It was in a bag of odds and ends they had in the back so I've no idea of the brand, but it was one of the generic low end ones. If it will help I'll see if I can take some photographs of the one in mine. It will be tomorrow at the...

Hi Jason, Think you have hit the nail on the head. I've just roughed out a diagram on a postit and you're calculation of 15mm of cutter shank or more is certainly ball park, if not bang on. Explains the vibration perfectly. Thanks again to all. I feel suitably reassured about my router...

Paul, you're a gentleman and a scholar. Your help is much appreciated. Not sure why that particular bit caused enough vibration to release the lock, but it's reassuring not to hear a chorus of 'send it back'. Next time I'm using a bearing guided bit I'll follow your suggestions. I think I...

Hi Paul, Many thanks for the reply, and for taking the time to post a picture. I may be wrong, but won't the nut on the bottom stop me plunging too deep but won't stop the plunge mechanism on the router releasing while executing a cut? I found an image that's very similar to what I was...

Thanks Bob, The router is only five months old though, and has only been used about three times or four times. I was wondering if maybe I had the speed to low, or the bit was junk. Didn't think taking a five mill strip off a piece of ply would even cause vibrations let alone enough to shake...

Morning all, Wondering if anyone can shed some light on a problem I had yesterday evening with this router. I was using a template cutting bit (straight edge, 1/4" shank) on two pieces of 20mm ply that had been glued together. The top layer had already been prepared and the lower had been...

Apologies for resurrecting an old post. As I posted recently to the thread on aftermarket blades, and mentioned that I had put a D2 blade into an Anant, I thought it might be worth while attaching some photos of shavings to where I listed the work that had been done on the plane. That and I...

Hi Jason, At some point in time I plan on using it. When I got the Anant my idea was that if I couldn't get anywhere with it I'd make an infill out of it (à la style of D. Cohen). That didn't happen, but another reason for not using it was the D2 blade I bought to go with it has the slot for...

Fabulous page here http://www.xmission.com/~jry/ on building some infill planes in the Tools Section. The guy built an adjuster for one of them and has downloadable cad drawings for the planes as well. Bought an adjuster from Ray Iles with the intention of going down the road/ slope, but never...

I'm sure I'm taking this the wrong way, but I lived in Manchester during the 'Irish troubles' and didn't bother to hide my accent. Maybe it's exactly your point, but not everyone with an Irish accent is involved with that kind of thing, nor tarnished with the same brush. It's a small group of...

I should probably have mentioned that I don't have full ownership of the #6 otherwise I'd get the blade as it's only a tiny adjustment that's required. I'd probably go O1 as well if I was buying again. I like the D2, but it doesn't seem as easy to get an edge as other blades. When it's sharp...

I've a D2 blade from Ray Isles I bought for an Anant. The mouth on that is a little larger than it should be so it fits very well. I was thinking of getting a D2 for a Stanley No. 6 I have, but offering up the one from the Anant it will not fit without opening the mouth slightly. The D2 blade...