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I`ve been mulling over a long time whether to get a whetstone grinder or stay with a dry grind system to regrind my plane irons and chisels. I`ve read all the reviews in the mags and on here and decided to stay with dry grinding. I would have to find space in the workshop for a Tormek or clone...

Watch a master woodturner in action and learn. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GuZDaF48oD0

Thought I`d show off my new baby. Aint he sweet ? lovely bushy tail, easy to look after, nibbles on wood. Seriously though, I had to do a little fettling with this one. The blade bed was`nt machined parallel with the sole. The blade was ground perfectly square, but when mounted in the plane...

Hello all My new Record 350-X bandsaw arrived yesterday afternoon and I spent several hours assembling it. I must say I`m impressed with the build quality. I paid £498 inc VAT and £19.95 carriage. I have`nt got it setup yet, I`ll spend some time later this morning to read the manual and get it...

I`m selling my Elu 3401 bandsaw because I`m upgrading to a Record 350-X. If anyone is interested I`ll let it go for £160. It comes with metel leg stand made into a storage cabinet, 3 new unused 5/8"x3tpi blades, 1 parcially used 1/2"x7tpi, 1 unused 3/8"x5tpi and 1 unused 3/16" fine scroll blade...

Here are photos of my finished clock. The clock was finished with Colron Antique Oil. I am very impressed with this finishing product, it allowed me to achieve a very professional result. I added Colron Medium Oak spirit stain to the oil finish itself. It enabled me to get a nice even stain to...

Just finished making a barley twist replacement chair stretcher for Dom Vilente, thought I`d document the process for the benefit of the members. He sent me some white oak for the job as the rest of the chair is made in oak. Right, to start with here`s a photo of the tools I used for the job...

Well I received three of the Ryobi power tools I selected from thier catalogue for my winning entry in the Woodworker mag Woodworker Of The Year 2005 competition. I have a forth tool to follow later which is a workshop vacuum extractor. Here`s a reminder photo of the item that won me the...

I`ve started work on a long case clock I`ve been meaning to build for about ten years now. The case is to replace a clock I made some twenty five years ago when I was just starting out in this woodworking hobby of ours. Although I made a fairly good job of making the clock, I made a lot of no...

Well I`ve received my Lee Nielson scraper plane to add to my other recently aquired LN smoother. Another fine tool as well. Aparently this tool works very well with no burr on the cutter. I was very surprised about this when I read the instructions, but it does work. I had to play about with the...

Just recieved a letter Thursday morning informing me that I`m a winner in the Woodworker Of the Year 2005 contest in the Autumn Special edition (2005) of Practical Woodworking. My entry was the photos below, an F5 style mandolin. I won the small work catagory of the competition. My prize is £500...

I recently upgraded my ( crappy ) Nutool 12 speed bench mounted drill press for a Delta 17-900 floor standing drillpress. I used a mortice attachment on the old press with a reducing collar to fit the 55mm collar. Without the reducer it would fit a 65mm collar. The collar on my new drill press...

Just received my first new Lie Nielsen number 4 bronze smoothing plane from Axminster Power Tools. This is the first time I`ve held a L N and I`m not sorry I lashed out the asking price for it. This tool is absolutely fantastic and worth every penny. Ready to use straight out of the box, but I...