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I have just put up a wanted notice for a lathe...in the wanted section. If anyone can help I would be very grateful. Thanks to you all.

I am about to make up some external beads for double glazing before I strip out the existing redwood ones....about 18 years old. They are in a very exposed position and would like to renew them in wood more durable than r/w. Any suggestions please on current suitable bead wood? I can run them...

I was sent this link of kids in a landfill result. Thought it was worth mulling over. http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=UJrSUHK9Luw

I am ruined by this forum. I have just bought a 4 ½ Stanley plane I don’t need at a sale for £5. A bit grotty but on closer inspection I suspect it may be a 16 made in the USA in 1933 - 1941. It has Bailey at the front made in USA behind the frog a Rosewood front knob. The handle is much...

I am hoping someone can give me some help. I want to make small boxes for the tooth fairy or something similar for my new granddaughters as keep sakes. One is in America and I want to use old apple wood from the family garden to make it worth keeping in the future......a link to the old home...

Does anyone have any expereince of colouring Cataloy, Brummer, or such like to give a bright colour? I am going to rout writing on a board and fill the letters with a red or blue or yellow stopper. I wondered if anyone had done this using artists acrylic paint or similar which being water...

I would like some advice please on the sense of stripping down and restoring a plane given to me nearly 30 years ago. I know there are many experienced renovators here and I don’t want to throw it away as it is a nice object in its own right. I thought I would drill out the rivets (about 5)...

Can anyone put me in the right direction for metal? It is for the inside of door knobs I am making up so it is wood related. The modern knob spindles are 8mm square so a 9mmx 9mm internal square tube would probably be a good fit. It will probably have to be a 1/2 tube less wall thickness...

I bought a few clock movements at the Scottish Show in October, possibly from Mean Time Design. That may be the name they registered their stall under but not necessarily selling under. As I couldn’t find out about them, Google threw up a reference to this site, but the link doesn’t seem to be...

Having read a number of heplful queries and answers over the past few weeks I wonder if anyone can help me. I purchased a Parkinson vice years ago which worked well in the junk shop without any load on it. When I got it home and tried it under load of course it jumped as a result of a broken...