Recent content by sqwheezle

Everyone To see how holdfasts, the deadman and crochet are used you could start by going here http://www.popularwoodworking.com/video ... bench_tour then looking up Chris Schwarz and his book. Fascinating and beautiful stuff.

I'm trying to use hand tools as much as possible. Can anyone tell me what advantage a powered mitre saw has over muscle driven one? Speed is obvious but after that... I'd appreciate some advice on which manual saw to buy.

Been playing with my holdfasts for a couple of days now and things of beauty and a joy to behold they are too. Many, many thanks to Richard and evryone who made this possible.

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I'm happy to accept the opinion of a couple of members. My bench top is 4 inches thick but the counterbore idea should work fine.

Well done that man! I think the price is excellent. Paypal is very easy to do and I've used Parcel2go and was impressed with them. I'd be up for two pairs.

Thanks, Squib. I'm very inspired. I'll let you know how I get on.

Lovely bench, Squib. What wood did you use?

Hi Anything happening out there or is there a problem with this forum?

I would definitely be interested in a pair of these. Planning a Scwarz/Roubo bench in the near future. Now, do you think your blacksmith might make drawbore pins that aren't a stupid price? Cheers