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I'm moving soon so I need to move on my larger pieces of machinery as I won't have a large enough workshop to use it. It costs £159 new. (I paid £189) I've used mine very little and is in virtually brand new condition. Its all fully tuned and setup and comes with two blades. I'll be happy to...

What happened to the ez rail/powerbench thread, there was some info on there that I wanted to read - I'm assuming there was a reply to my request to Dino for some info, but I can't seem to find it.

Ok, so i've be extolling the virtues of The Schwarz lately after being thoroughly impressed with his excellent workbench book. I thought I should put some money where my mouth is, and build one of these suckers so I can show all the naysayers (theres only a few) what a great bench this is...

Through one of my contacts at work, I may have found a blacksmith who can make some holdfasts. He works a lot for national heritage and has an old fasion forge setup in a location that was mentioned in the doomsday book - very cool. I'll be passing on the gramecy holdfast when it arrives, and...

As I delve more into galootishness, I'm finding I need a much larger and more suitable workbench - I'm going to be building an 8ft English 'Nicholson' bench from the wonderful Schwarz book. This one is all solid beech - no pansy MDF here. The top has been re-drilled with a new set of bench dog...

As practice for hand-dovetailing, I've devised a little project. I'm making up a spinning box of condiment holders for the dining table. There will be four small maple dovetailed boxes inside one large brazilian mahogany box that will sit on a revolving platform so that everyone at the table...

Just thought I'd share my good bargain hunting experience. I got an excellent condition all iron 1942 egg-beater drill for 0.99p! Oh, and a couple of shiny new AI dovetail chisels - which are fantastic!

I wish to buy one of these for my bench, has anyone got any recommendations? The only one that I come across within the uk is the veritas one - anyone used it?

I've been practising hand dovetailing today, and have noticed that I'm having a spot of bother with the chiselling aspect. I have a set of AI bevel edge chisels, and I can't seem to get neat results using these. I'm working with hard maple, and the paring is quite tricky. The chopping part...

Has anyone got an old No.5 going spare that they want to sell? I'm looking for something to convert into a scrub plane to help with stock removal, I don't mind the condition as long as nothing is broken. I'll be refurbishing the finish and/or the handles, so again condition is not important...

I'm going to be buying some oak for a display cabinet: But I am uncertain of which to go for. I'll be buying PAR boards from SLHardwoods and they do American Red, American White, and Euro - I don't know a great deal about the difference in these other than a few basic facts found on the web...

Ok, I received this today: My first impressions of it aren't great, its rougher than a badgers bottom, and the details are ugly as sin. The japanning is a glupey thick dimpled hammerite finish, and the 'bronze' looks like it was painted on with a blunt stick. However - the sides are...

I have a superior solution to securing projects to the workbench:

Well, after a bit of waiting, my QS No.4 arrived today. My initial impressions is 'wow'. For the money, the really have gone all out on the presentation. The hardwood box is a really nice surprise, and is guarenteed to keep the tool save/rust free for quite some time. It feels solid, and the...

Hi guys, I've been commissioned by my mum to make her an oak cabinet that looks like this: How would you go about the construction? I'm thinking of using oak veneered mdf for the sides and back, and solid oak for the front, doors and top. For construction, I was thinking of M&T's for the...

Mr Schwarz busting a pose :shock: :shock:

After reading Boz' excellent workbench build, I've decided I need to extend mine. When I built it, I only needed something relatively small, but since going back to hand-tools, the limitations are becoming more apparent. So, I want to extend the length of my worktop by at least a foot, and the...

Despite my anti machinery slant, I can't do without a bandsaw, so ive bought one of these baby sized ones. I did a bit of a search on the forum, but didn't come up with much, so I thought I'd ask about just in case anyone has used one and can give me some feedback on how they have got on with...

I've had a massive clear out of the workshop and have loads of items I would like to go in one lot, these are all either duplicates of tools that I have or things that I bought for a specific project that I no longer have need for. There are hand-tools, power-tools, loads of screws and nails...

I've lost my bottle of camellia oil, and was wondering whether there is any adverse effects with using wd40 with the 3m lapping papers for sharpening chisels and blades? I'm paranoid about rust, could using this and then storing the tools expose them to the possibility of rust?