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Sorry it's been so so long since I've last posted! Not sure many of you we remember me, but I used to post on the website regularly and I'm hoping to do so again! :wink: I've had my head down studying, I've finally finished training at BCUC, and am working as a cabinet maker at Williams and...

I am looking for a new lathe to do a mixture of spindle work and face plate stuff - bowls, platters etc. I was all set to buy an Axminster M900, as I’ve heard it is a good beginner/intermediate lathe, until I saw the new FOX F46-719 (http://www.poolewood.co.uk/acatalog/Poo ... _2007.html...

I brought a Record BS350X bandsaw a while back and have only just got a chance to set it up and buy some decent blades (Hamilton edge) for it! I was using it to cut some 20mm oak x-cut & rip with a 6TPI skip tooth blade, and was surprised by the poor finish of the cut surface :cry: I realise...

Funny request I know, but does anyone know where I can buy plastic protective covers for mortise chisels? :? As I know you can buy them at lots of places for bevel edge chisels. Or does anyone have any good ideas for what I can use a protective cover, as the edges are cutting through the...

I have just given some tools from a friend who’s granddad sadly pasted away :( Some old chisels, screwdrivers and a few bits and pieces. But also a fairly new Spear & Jackson dovetail saws. I had a go with the saw but it seems to track in a curve to the left. So I asked my dad to have a...

Just have a few questions for you guys about re-establishing the primary bevel angle once the secondary bevel has got too big? Firstly, how big do you let the secondary bevel get before regrinding the primary bevel, or how many times do can you re-hone the blade before restoring the primary...

I am about to start a HND in Furniture Studies at Uni in September and have just been given my final tool list, but as I have been doing woodwork for about a year now I already have most of the stuff on the list, if not better stuff, thanks to the great advise from this forum. However one think...

I saw this while surfing the net and thought people might be intrested. http://bobhamswwing.com/Articles/econom ... CONOMY.htm I'd love to give this a go, but don't YET own a bandsaw! Has anyone tried anything like this before, how hard would it be to make? The bit that concerns me would be...

I was honing my plane blades for my bevel-up LA jack on the weekend using my Veritas Mk II and waterstones, and did the standard 25° with no problem and was very happy with the final finish! :) But when I came to do the higher angle blades the 38° & 50°, I noticed that the MK II doesn’t have...

Does anyone know of any Jessem suppliers in the UK either on the net or in store? :? I can’t seem to find any, apart from Rutlands, which A – don’t have the elements I want, and B – don’t seem to have a good track record with delivering Jessem stuff at the moment, according to other threads...

Does anyone own a ‘Robert Sorby Deluxe Universal sharpening system’, I was considering getting one for sharpening my turning tools, and just wanted peoples opinions? :? The reason I like the look of this system is because I’ll be able to do my standard grinding and my fingernail profile...

I’m still currently trying to build up my tool kit, I think I’m sorted on the plane front now with a couple of veritas………well for the time being anyway :wink: ! But now I’m looking and buying a couple of handsaws. LN and Adria are a bit out of price range, I’m looking at spending £130 (65...

I notice there is a lot of debate but what brand of handsaw to get, whether its LN, Adria, Lee & Roberts or PAX. But regardless of make, what’s people’s opinion on which length of saw to get in terms of Dovetail & Tenon saws. For dovetail saws – should it be 8 or 10” and should it be X-cut...

Should be a simple question, I hope? I use my honing guide on waterstones, which can get pretty messy so how do I clean it without wrecking it? How did you guys clean your Veritas honing guides, as the instructions say wash under water and then dry, but doesn’t the honing guide have steel...

Could anyone give me any advice on planing a board with gain in various directions. I am trying to plane some ash, which has gain in all sorts of different directions. I’ve tried planing the wood with the plane on the skew, but I’m still getting tear out. I’ve sharpened the blade super sharp...

Has anyone got or heard anything about the ‘Dakota Complete Router Table’ available from Rutlands. As I was thinking of buying some components from rutlands to make my own router table, and then notice that they also sell a complete table and was wondering if it was any good!? :? Cheers Nads

Does anyone know of any good links to Supernova 2 reviews, and does anyone know where I might be able to get a copy of ‘Colin Simpson’ review of the SuperNova 2 chuck in the Woodturning magazine? :? Thanks guys! :)

I’m fairly new to woodturning (I’ve been having lessons for the last 5 months) and have just been given an old Draper WTL 12 :) . It’s a real beginners lathe and I’m looking at upgrading by the end of the year, once I get some cash together :wink: . My question for you guys is - I want to...

I was going to get some glass tomorrow from my local glazier for flattening my waterstones and maybe lapping the back of my plane blades (once I get some lapping grit), how thick should the glass be? and what sort of size should I get? Is the correct name ‘Float’ glass or are there any other...

I noticed that lots of people on the site have old Spear & Jackson saws, which seem to have a relatively good name? I was just wondering if the new S&J saws are any good, or if their standards have slipped? :? They have a so-called ‘professional range’ of saws which includes a Tenon and a...