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Thank you for your replies. Yes, I can do the deed and have done so in the past. However, I prefer to do what I want in my free-time rather than what I have to do. Regards, Peter.

Hello, My wife wants a new kitchen, preferably while she is still alive. Consequently, the idea of me building one is a non-starter. We are considering a B&Q kitchen. My question is, has anyone else in the Devon are had one installed by B&Q? Did the installation go well? Have you any...

I own a De Walt biscuit jointer and am very pleased with it. My only gripe with De Walt is the power cables that tie themselves in knots. Regards, Peter.

Try: link Use Lavazza coffee sold in the black packet. Take a small pan with you to heat the milk. The 3-cup model makes a mug's worth of excellent coffee. Regards, Peter.

My favorite specs so far are very lightweight titanium that do not have hinges . I think the make is Silhouette The trouble is, I had a nap one day on the sofa and put my specs on the coffee table. I vaguely remember hearing a crunching noise and thought nothing of it - we had recently...

Thanks for the feedback. I think I'll get two sets of specs and an Axminster Planer. Regards, Peter.

I am nearly 50, long sighted, and spend about 8 hours a day in front of a PC. By the looks of things, even if my eyes are zapped, I will still need reading glasses for my VDU work. The sums are starting to not add-up. Regards, Peter.

Hello, Both my pairs of glasses are up for replacement so I am considering having my eyes zapped with a laser. Has anyone out there had experience of this procedure good or bad? Regards, Peter.

Thank you for that. I will give it a try. Definitely cheaper than sending 35kg of thicknesser through the post. Regards, Peter.

Hello, I have just tried to undo the six screws on the cutter-head. They are incredibly tight and I cannot undo them. I spoke to Axminster and they admitted they've had a few problems with the screws. The only thing that can be done is to send the unit back to Axminster and have them deal...

Hello, We used to live in Bath and the water there is very hard. We bought a gadget called Scale Watcher. http://www.scalewatcher.co.uk/ A wire comes out of a box, wraps around the incoming water pipe a number of times then goes back into the box. It conditions the water in such a way that...

"Would that have been Roger's by any chance?" Yes, Roger Buse. He closed his shop about 20 years ago and got a job with a mail order business (I think). Regards, Peter.

Hello, I bought a Japanese plane many years ago and found the following book very useful: Japanese Woodworking Tools: Their Tradition, Spirit and Use by Toshio Odate It explains how to tune a Japanese plane. I remember a shop in Hitchin had a rather splendid plane in a cabinet. It had a...

Thanks for the offer of pictures, but there are enough on the web for my purposes. I do not want a heavy-looking frame, however, if I accidentally bump into the table, I want it to feel as immovable as mountain. I would guess the weight of the slates is about 230kgs. You are probably right...

Jeff, Thank you for finding that site. I thought I'd found all the self-build pool table sites, but that's a new one to add to my list. Yes, cutting slots out of a torsion box is not a good idea. Regards, Peter.

"Hmmm, Good luck." Thank you. I understand your mis-givings. Your "Hmmm" is not out of place. :) I will build a 8ft by 4ft torsion box, place it on some low trestles, load it with a great deal of rock, and see what happens. If it bows or breaks, I will beef it up. If all else fails, I will...

Apologies for the confusion. By 10mm, I meant the thickness of the wood used for the internal frame. Anyway, by the looks of things, a box made with 6mm plywood skins and a frame made from 9mm plywood cut in 100mm strips should do the deed. Regards, Peter.

Hello, I am going to make an 8ft American pool table. The slates have arrived and I wish to rest them on a table made from a torsion box so as to keep them flat. The torsion box will be built on the leveled slates that are presently lying on my workshop floor. There are three slates each of...

Hello, Does anyone know of a supplier of quarter-sawn oak in the Devon area? Regards, Peter.

Hello, I have discovered the problem. Thank you all for your advice. The blade was slightly bent. The dowel trick worked - thank you Alf. The plane now sings. Regards, Peter.