Recent content by PaulO

I was sent details of this auction. Kit up in Yorkshire, some of it looks quite tasty, if perhaps a bit big for my workshop. The mislabelled Myford Super 7 looks to be a steal at the current price, but bidders may just be holding off until Friday https://www.hilditchauctions.co.uk/lot_ ...

Where the paper is clamped it is being forced into a right angle turn, this really concentrates the forces on the paper and weakens it. The rebate for the clamping plate is square sided, try making it a taper/rounded instead. So instead of this |_| go for this \_/ , the smoother the transition...

Just a quick note in case anyone was thinking of going to B&Q for ply. I went in today and they have withdrawn all ply from sale. They told me they had plenty of stock but they weren't allowed to sell it. They weren't sure why, but a quick google found this...

I apply weight through posture, using the legs, not by bending the back. Besides I don't need to put much weight behind my planing. Stock is prepared to near dimensions with machinery, I'm not a scrub plane masochist. Planing for me is to clean up, achieve hollow and refine square, all achieved...

Yes it is correct (the bench height). I am 5'11", I arrived at the height after spending four weeks in David C's workshop. He has seven or eight benches of a similar design in various heights. I tried a few and found that I was most comfortable with a bench around 40", at 37" and lower I found...

Here's the chip breaker from a LN #8, as it came out of the box. Notice how unfinished the contact surface is, further more the contact surface is even missing a chunk. Also notice how blunt the front edge of the chipbreaker is, about 20 thou of the leading edge is perpendicular to the blade...

Not like this: workbench-build-wip-t28134.html Two and a bit years in and I still haven't completely finished it (although it is in use). I do love it though.

The curve in the shelf of the orginal looks to be a curved chamfer rather than a curve in the plan view. Popular in the Barnsley workshop (according to F&C). Draw the same curve on the front and bottom face as a guide then cut the 45 degree chamfer with a spokeshave, with a deeper chamfer in the...

What have the costs been so far? Aside from the human cost of muscular / skeletal damage ;)

Last time I was there he had six. One of them is Aformosia.

I know DavidC has a work bench with an Afromosia top. Very hard, and apparently extremely abrasive, meaning frequent sharpenings of the plane blade. That size beam would make a good size work bench (ripped and joined to provide a 4 inch thick slab). I notice from the eBay listing that he says...

I'm too late, but I'd also like to be in if there is an odd number of participants. :) :)

Back to topic. I believe that all planes require work (maybe my Holtey 982 won't when it arrives), but then I went on DC's course. The last four LNs I bought have definitely not been right out of the box. I can show pictures if you like. On two of them I came close to returning them, but decided...

For cost reasons, or because you think Johnstones is better paint? I have always liked the way F&B paint goes on.

If you get a spare screw and it still doesn't want to go down, a good trick is to use a hack saw to make grooves across the threads in a spare screw. then that screw can be used as a makeshift tap to clear the threads. Works really well to clear gunk from threads and any slight thread damage.