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Good evening all, Packing to leave for warmer shores and came across these three woodworking books dating back to 1948, first printed in 1942. set of three of "The New Carpenter and Joiner" by R.V. Boughton. Near Mint Condition, Pictures below Title page: Covers, (just the three green books)...

Woden, try these guy's Bee-Fast Fasteners Ltd Unit 3 / Cressex Business Complex Lancaster Road High Wycombe Buckinghamshire HP12 3PY Telephone: 01494 451227 Fax: 01494 436270 They have great service and are extremely helpfull. Jock

Les, I have a 6" benchtop grinder with a few norton grindstones. (Cheap Wolfcraft wet/dry) I built an MDF housing around the grinder and on top of this I mounted a tormek toolrest and use the tomek jig for sharpening. Works a treat, you have to be careful with alignment and make sure...

Rob, If you are interested i have one for sale, I have the manuals and will send you PM with my e-mail address, mail me and I will send you the PDF. Regards Jock

In the last issue of GW, they had an add for a led style rechargable light, looked very good from the ad. Jock

dave, They are the kids old rubber interlocking floor tiles, saves the feet from the cold but brighten things up a bit. You are welcome to them when I leave. regards jock

Mike, The easiest way I found was to modify all the outlets to a single standard 4" fitting, but have recently seen Axminster sell an adaptor that goes from 4" to 2". I believe they do other size adaptors as well. Jock

My 2p worth, How about two circular wooden discs with a guide peg in the middle going through the top disc. Similar to the CD stacks you can buy. Can be turned or made free hand. You can stack a few CD's or just a single one. Regards Jock

Hi there all, Hope its OK to post this in the general section. Mods please move it if it is not. Looks like warmer climates are calling so I am selling some of my machines (the rest to follow in the next few months). The first is my DW110 radial arm saw (similar to the DW 1250 and DW720). Its...

You could try to use a 9mm ply and glue 25mm strips down each end to thicken the ends then drill the pocket holes through the 18mm thick ends. I have done this with 5mm ply and glued a 25mm strip of 18mm ply to each end, then pocket holed all sides and glued and screwed together. Built the...

Mike, I enclosed the base of my machine (after removing the four feet) with a rolling plywood base. Then sealed the gaps between the cabinet and the table. I then used the existing dust port on the machine to connect to the dust extractor. Inside the machine I split the extractor pipe into...

Yep, the same as most. Removed the cross and everything was great. Attached the chip collector to a version of the dust bucket. lost a bit of volume so decided to modify the impellors of the machine by adding curved wings. This should not be attempted without due care. each wing blade was cut...

WiZeR I used the bulk standard appliance rollers (About £13 ) attached to a 25mm thick plywood base attached to my SIP 10" table saw. As I took the standard feet off the saw cabinet i had a height reduction of 50MM. The plywood and rollers are about 60mm in height. They slide easily even over a...

here's the photo, its a beast, record no. 25. Also may have a record no3, which may need a home in a month or two. Regards Jock

chunkolini, I have an old vice at home, very big, approximate dimensions H 35cm x L 45cm x W 25 cm, weight about 20kg, don't know what make but really solid. Jaw opening around 15-20 cm if i remember correctly If you are interested Ill get a picture and some details tonight so you can see it...

folowing my previous reply this is the type of press I use, ebay link Jock

2P worth, what about an old trouser press, I use one, granted the thickness is problamatic, but it folds up and stores neatly flat on the wall. Jock

Isaac Lord do a trend version with a square drive, pricey but does the job. Paid around 6.25 for 500 a few months ago. Jock

How about making a shooting board, plenty of posts around about them. Jock

just my 2p worth, but all these gadgets work to some degree, you just have to experiment with the one you have (or get) until you find its quirks. I have a draper version and a Black and decker version, both were under a tenner and after trying for a while (Quite a while) I can now get fairly...