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I would like to know if there is anyone in the UK offering a top-end resharpening service, suitable for bringing something like a LN, Adria, etc back to new or better condition. Adria does not resharpen, even if he is still operating, and shipping a saw to Mike Wenzloff or one of the other US...

This is a proper big lump - left over from a warehouse conversion. I think it is stress graded, softwood, and is rough sawn but a relatively good surface. The dimensions are approximate, I can check them - but what I would like to find out is what it might be worth and to whom. Can any of the...

Yes, it would be the GP4 sheet. It sounds like funny stuff, with a mixture of metal particles and a binder matrix. I suspect it is quite hard, to give good support to the diamond particles, but I have not had time to find out more. Are you interested in getting some to try it - it would help to...

Mike, does your choice of saw plate material make a great difference, do you find, in either the making or the using of the saw? (Assuming it's some reasonably hard material). What do you choose for yours? Was there a wide range to choose from, or not? Does some stuff resist getting bent better...

BB, just a thought when seeing Ian's lovely gauge - would it be even better if a central alignment mark were scribed on the visible surface of the adjustable block, which would be adjacent to the (marked) wood when using the jig - it would be easier to get lined up that way. Of course, this...

Gidon, thanks for stepping up to the plate.... (I can't belive I wrote that before realising what a bad pun it is!) - Alf, are you game too? BB, can we persuade you to chip (in)? I will try to get Kemet to ease up on the minimum order - can't really see why they shouldn't, it's not a...

Alf's source looks very economical, and we should make the link between the type they are supplying and what Kemet say is preferred for lapping. Once we have N plates, then it should be possible to either have them machined and polished (or we polish them against each other in the classic A/B/C...

Gidon, this was the quote I had from Kemet - I think the cast iron plates are circular - probably fine for hand lapping, just have to learn a slightly different stroke - for running a jig on, not so great but of course one can always mount them in a larger area of something to run the roller on...

A good source of info on lapping (for precision machining, and polishing gemstones) is Kemet International http://www.kemet.co.uk/about_kemet.html - there is a specific composite material they make that is supposed to be even better than cast iron, but CI is also on their catalogue. Lots of...

I wasn't going to admit that my query was inspired by the thought that this would be ideal stuff for a workbench top - so Gepetto's reply made me smile :-) There is so much effort involved in making a nice bench that the extra cost/effort of getting some nice wood is a small part of the whole...

In the endless quest for the ideal wood for various things, I have read lots of complimentary comments from US woodworkers on the attributes of Black Locust (Acacia) - hard, strong, stable, resists rot etc. Does anyone know if this wood is available commercially in the UK? Atkins & Cripps...

even if I turn the other cheek ;-) Actually it's looking quite promising - a small slice I sawed from the outside of the log, left to dry unceremoniously in my living room, behaved very well - The sapwood has curled up dramatically, but the heartwood shows almost no distortion :-) So if it is...

Dave, would I be right to think that 'she oak' is the australian name for what we might call Holm Oak (evergreen oak) ? I have some logs of this from a firewood pile, long seasoned, which I would like to convert into something nice... your box is the only example of something made from this...

Just a suggestion but I had good results making quite large doors for my garage (one leaf is 6 feet wide and 7 feet high) with a very simple approach. The door consists of two skins of 15mm plywood screwed and glued to a frame made up of 2*3" pine lumber with simple screwed corner joints, and...

Looks good, especially like the attachment of a streetlamp to provide illumination to the user, and the brick chimney for letting the smoke out when the blade binds. :lol: Seems a reasonable price to me, if it's in good (proven!) working order - there seems to be quite a lot of hassle in...

Following up on the diamond file question, I was filing my grandfather's panel saw last night, prior to handsawing a log in half (!) and wondered to myself why it is that no-one mentions any finer finishing of saw teeth, when all other tools get lavish attention with multiple grit sizes, and...

Alf, why the 'dreaded' re ceramics? I have a 'Fine' spyderco that I have used after a red (25um, medium) DMT for about 3 years, and it's quite possible to watch TV, shave, or spy on the man next door in the mirror finish that it can leave on the flat of a blade. My technique may not get the...

Is there a tradition of 'beautiful supportive partner' gloats? SO tempting to post a gloat pic :-) but that _might_ get me in more trouble than a bootload of new LN planes!

Gary, thanks for the info - it might be worth contacting the people in Stamford, if they can't help then sure to know someone else. I would like a bandsaw anyway - this is the sort of thing that should prompt a decision but.... it's not easy to choose and no machine seems to stand out as...

WW: I would say that predrilling is usually the right thing to do, certainly in hardwood, even more so if using brass screws that can shear off easily if you are having to force them in. Measure the diameter of the screw between the threads, and drill that size or just under. If there is a...