Thanks chaps, yeah it is Oak - It just seemed to light!
Hi Robin, that could work I pass through E.Grinstead sometimes on the way to Sheffield Park. I will send you a PM.
Hello All,
I am halfway through a restoration / upcycle project of a corner desk that I salvaged. The desk was originally varnished with a leather top, then (I imagine some time later) painted with white gloss:
*Pic1*
I have stripped the majority of the paint and repaired a few broken bits...
Yes Jon, that's the one, thanks.
I'm in no hurry to do this. I just thought that I could make good use if some tools I have acquired as I am unlikely to use them in a plane and as for chess pieces, your right, individuality is nice. My first project with them would have been to make a Guiro...
Well blimey! I do believe this to be a near full set of Stanley 55 cutters and after doing a bit of googling it would be silly to use these as I have suggested and perhaps better to flog them off, being the consensus.
If you look up "chessmen turning" on the youtube, you will see what kind of...
Hello,
My first post to this forum so please be kind. I have a Jet JWL1220 lathe and I have really enjoyed being able to make the odd this and that. I recently came to aquire a selection of what I think are cutting tools for a rebate plane (attached) when a friend's granpa passed away. My...