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I've never tried a Clifton, but having tried Veritas and Lie Nielsen I found the LN ran circles around the Veritas (obviously this is personal preference). I can't imagine the Cliftons being horrible to use, the only reason I went American was that I read somewhere (don't know how true this is)...

To be honest the narex chisels have never appealed to me too much, although their 1 thou hollow back does interest me as something to try out

Andy, there are some real beautiful tools on that site, though I can imagine them being rather expensive and more for their antique appeal than useability (though I have noticed even some of the most "unuseable" antique tools can produce fantastically good work). Isn't it strange though how you...

All very interesting finds, Andy's first picture is exactly what I had in mind, although I didn't think the side curved plane would be entirely necessary. Still, if that used to be commonplace it must've been needed. Duncan, what's strange is I haven't seen that episode, and I absolutely love...

Good point, I suppose like you say if you have a smaller radius, then if you put a depth stop and a fence... I can feel a new project coming on! Thankyou Anthony

Hi there, As far as a plane for door or window rebates goes, I'd personally go for a block rebate plane, reasons being that they're wider than most shoulder planes so they're easier to use on larger rebates, also they tend to be more comfortable, especially when used one handed. I would get a...

Blimey, it's been a long time since I've posted on here! As everyone does (I think?) I've been thinking about the old times before routers and electricity powered spindle moulders. The reason I've been thinking about this isn't because I have some disturbing past-life nostalgia, it's because I...

Let's just all be thankful, at least it hasn't spread to Sheffield yet, we can't risk the Clifton factory being burned down! Anthony

Happily reading the post until the concrete floor bit, I think a tear just rolled down my cheek. I remember the Hairspray thing actually, I seem to remember they did a Quick Tip video on Youtube not so long ago. Anthony

Now there's some nice stuff! I tried my hand at hollow form turning after I made myself a Swan Neck tool, all I can say is you must be seriously skilled because all my attempts flew off and nearly killed me and they were all in semi-green Pear

That's gorgeous, well done! I love the little flicked out rim :)

That's exactly what I thought the process would be like, but considering they're so expensive and only turned from (what I can see) glued together chunks of Walnut, Cherry and Padauk I thought there must be something extra there. I guess I'm just expecting something harder than it most probably...

The other day I was resawing some 3" reclaimed white softwood with a pretty much brand new 3/4" 3tpi blade (only been used to cut pen blanks from green English Cherry) and the saw was struggling with even the tiniest bit of pressure and every so often stalling in the cut. My college tutor said...

Hey, I haven't been on here for quite a while, I've been busy with various projects and trying my hardest to make a bit of money out of them. In my search for woodworking fortune, my brother sent me a link to a website selling 'pirolettes', these are the side-on profile of your face turned into...

dung Just checking it works, I've been intrigued since I joined but never thought about trying lol

That bird's getting too close to needing a fishing licence, plus it's closed season at the minute :P Anthony

Wow that's a nice box! It always amazes me that such a simple mitred box can look so beautiful. I went to Corfu recently and I swear there's Olive wood EVERYWHERE! There are shops which only sell items made from Olive, and even a couple with the workshop on show (I spent a lot of time in...

I thought my rubbish modern Record was brilliant until I got my Quangsheng, that absolutely blew me away! So I can't even begin to imagine how good a Clifton performs. You'll have to post more when you've really got your hands into it Anthony

Haha! Yea, I didn't know that lol, my brother taught me that one though. He also taught me the fifth one on that video (the one about the nuns in a bath) and it took me about 3 weeks of Google searches to get it lol. I've got plenty more terrible jokes: An Englishman, Irishman and an American...

Two nuns are driving through Transylvania when all of a sudden a vampire jumps onto the car bonnet. One of the nuns turns to the other and says "Quick Sister, show him your cross!" To which the other nun rolls down the window and shouts "Get off the bloody car!" Hope it made you laugh as much...