Recent content by Simon Wells

Thank you I shall have look!

Just finishing a 5ft by 5ft shed for the bikes, shiplap cladding and framing in 2 by 3 rough cut, all timber is treated, has the slight green tinge, according to the yard it is all Scottish grown. From working with it it does seem to soak up impressive amounts of water :? I'd like to give the...

Already sold the waterstones :? But thanks for the ideas!

Spent a happy ten minutes in my very cold workshop stropping using some green compound from here: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/130622904636?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649 awesome results back to the mirror finish I had when stropping with t-cut and waterstones. So, no need to...

Wow! :D Thanks for that, I think the open hurdle will be the most interesting for me to build. So no need for reamers and tenons, but do a need a froe 8) Thank you! I am still waiting some books on green wood working to arrive from the library. So should have a better idea soon.

Yes, I like the idea of that, I'll have a look at that. :D

Thank you, I shall look at hurdles. Yes, the more I think, mortice and tenon 'frame' to give it rigidity and strength then tapered shouldered 'inserts'. Shall track down the words or Brian Boggs. Thank you!

wood is about 1.5 to 2 inches in diameter, could get thicker or thinner if needed, will leave bark on for full rustic affect. Sorry left that bit out of the original email!

Dear All, Looking to make a rustic garden gate from some coppiced wood, needs to be dog and toddler proof, wondering what size to ream the mortice and cut the tenons? Wood is about I am thinking about using the Veritas Tapered tenon: http://www.veritastools.com/Products/Page.aspx?p=151 and...

Have brought a load of wet and dry to go on a sainsburys marble trivet that I use for restoring plane soles etc. So shall see what grit works between the Norton Fine oil stone and the strop. Might also use autosol as as strop compound, I suspect T cut is to fine. Thanks for all the pointers

'But I need a 2 and 3/16th auger bit! :roll: Could we get an irony button? It was mean't as a self depreciating comment about the crazed tool lust I sometimes suffer from!

Ah the light has been shone into the darkness of my mind. 8-[ So my Norton 8000 water stone is a lot lot finer than my Fine Norton India, 43 microns for the india v 1.2 for the waterstone :shock: That explains it! So I do need a finer stone, as I am asking my strop to polish out to bigger...

Ah the light has been shone into the darkness of my mind. 8-[ So my Norton 8000 water stone is a lot lot finer than my Fine Norton India, 43 microns for the india v 1.2 for the waterstone :shock: That explains it! So I do need a finer stone, as I am asking my strop to polish out to bigger...

Hi! I am pretty much a newbie myself but i inherited some tools from my family and my wifes side. Kinda a cool sharpening a 135 year old saw that was used by your sons great, great grandad! I found Chris Schwarz the "Anarchists tool chest" and Paul Sellers Blog and books, DVDs etc a good...

Thanks Bugbear for clarifying my ramblings. So what going from a Finer norton oil stone should I: 1) Use a proper stropping compound? Currently using T cut or 2) Use a finer abrasive after the fine oil stone, if so hard arkansas or very fine diamond? I think Jacob would prefer my to use...