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Biscuit Jointer arrived today, extremely well packed so must have taken you a while to pack it. Thank you, it was a pleasure doing business with you.

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Could it be for stripping bark off logs when still green?

Try chalk, it comes in many colours so you can pick a colour to show up on different hardwoods.

Try Axminster - Axminster Trade Conveyor Belt For AT406DS Sander - it's for their equivalent of a 16-32 Jet or Performax sander. I bought one a while back for my Performax sander and it works fine once you get it centred on the feed rollers.

Surely that's an extractor - it sucks in at the front and ejects at the back, needs a pretty strong bin to collect debris though. Alternatively it could be a shredder/chipper type machine to turn offcuts into biomass fuel, but it definitely needs a big workshop to house it.

Have a look at Elu Planer Thicknesser | Spare Parts & Spares | Tools and Parts Direct depending on which model you have they may be able to help. hth skelph

+1 for Lauan (often called Philippine Mahogany). I've used it in the past and it is quite soft and easily shaped but is also easily dented.

You'll find a link to a .pdf copy of the instruction leaflet here (picture on bottom right of screen page) Stanley 50 combination plane hth skelph

Rorschach, try Keyprint Security Ltd they may be able to help you. I used to buy key cutting gear including warding files from them about 30 years ago hth skelph

In my neck of the woods all the old church pews were made of pitch pine which seems to be almost impervious to everything except fire (makes brilliant but expensive kindling!). Many of the really old big houses had pitch pine window lintels on the the inner face of outer walls and these lintels...

Jeremy - have a look at this guy's YouTube videos https://www.youtube.com/c/mtmwood/videos he makes a living from manufacturing endgrain cutting boards - admittedly he uses some machinery costing a lot more than us ordinary mortals can afford - but some of his earlier videos explain how he does...

Have a look at these sunnybob. https://www.abtec4abrasives.com/100mm-x-900mm-aluminium-oxide-sanding-belt-price-per-10-belts-7147-p.asp Don't know if they ship to Cyprus though. hth skelph

powertools, have a look at this site http://www.buildingsuppliesdirect.com/advent-precision-steel-rule-range?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIlK_zgrS-3gIVgud3Ch3hVgwuEAkYASABEgI5-vD_BwE Some time back I bought a set of 2 that they had on special offer. The price was good as was quality. hth skelph

If you don't like the plastic or wooden mitre boxes and don't want to make a bench hook type you can always try one of these - https://www.aliexpress.com/item/32605238858.html A bit pricey but they work for square cuts and 45deg cuts. There's a bigger (and pricier!) version that does...