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I found some abandoned wood the other day. I went back the day after (after heavy rain) and there was a very strong fruity smell, perhaps plum and/or apricot. Does anyone have an idea what wood it is?

Hello, I've made a small workbench and next is tool storage. I do wood work in our dining room so it would be nice if it looks more furniture then tool storage as it will be big (work bench is 1400mm long) and very visible. I don't know much about furniture design but here is a first try. It is...

I'm slowly building a set of hand tools for woodworking and I've started to look for braces. There is a lot of information here about ratchet braces and less about the non ratchet versions. As they are much simpler I imagine the choice would be which one has the better chuck? I'm a metric...

Hello, I thought I finally found a nice old good quality Record 52 1/2 vice here in France so I bought it yesterday. Looking closer I start to wonder how good it really is, by that I mean is the quality close to the old ones that seems to last forever. Are there Record vices made in England by...

Hello, The general recommendations often are "go for a second hand Record vice". I live in France and the second hand market for Record type 52 1/2 hardly exist here. Most sellers in UK will not ship, postage is very expensive and/or I find it difficult to judge how used the vice is. With...

Hello, I try to advance from fictive online woodworking to real woodworking at home work. Been reading different forums for years and recently bought a few planes to start. I would like standard thickness irons, quality equal or better then the 1930-1950 original Record irons that came with...