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Thank you for the replies folks. I’d never thought that the inside corners of the legs might be rounded. I think I’ll go for some regular M&T joinery between the square sections of the legs and frieze.… that should allow me to reduce the square cross-section at the top of each leg, and turn an...

I recently spied a Louis XVI table on a job-site. After ogling it for a while, I decided I’d like to make a replica. So, with the owners permission I took some photos. I’m comfortable with the planted carving, but I can’t work out how the frieze intersects with the legs. For example, the first...

I’ve made 3 acoustic guitars. The first was from old wood I had in the wood shed. It sure looked the part, but that was about it. since then, I’ve made a dreadnought and a parlour guitar, one was surprisingly good. It sounded great, but I cut the fret slots inaccurately and the intonation...

Is the plane being used at the 2:00 mark special to ski making? It has a very strong curve to the base.

Or take the chopper to his x-box games console!

I could give him a go with the rasp, everything else looks too frightening!

Wowsers! Thanks Bod. Sadly, I don’t have any horses to try them out on!

I’ve been clearing out the shed and listing some stuff on ”The worlds most popular internet auction site“ and I found these… what on earth are they for? l can’t sell them until I know what they do! I’m guessing some sort of farriers tool, for the raspy-looking thing in the middle of the...

they’re internal doors, so the glazing is going to be a single pane of toughened glass.

Thanks for all this, I’ll revisit the frame and have a look… and thanks Johnny, I’ll check the machine tools for square. I made the doors a couple of months ago and the twist has been getting worse, which is why I think it’s the material at fault, rather than the joinery. So, is a 50mm meeting...

thanks Robin, could you tell me where you get engineered softwood from? I’m in Wiltshire, SW and don’t think there are any suppliers that are round here… not that I know of, at least, A door catch/lock isn’t a problem, but it’s something I didn’t think about until after I had made the doors so...

…good point! I’ll check. But I can see there‘s a massive twist, in both doors, in opposite directions!

50mm is the thickness of the stiles, JohnnyB. It’s the stiles that have twisted around 45mm over their length, somehow. Is Accoya guaranteed to be stable against twisting and movement etc? As these are internal doors, I didn’t think I’d need something like Accoya. I’m slightly frightened to...

Thanks DJZ, this is something I was thinking about… long after I had put them together, I should have let them sit for a while. I don’t fancy the work of making a 4 ply laminate for these, but I understand what you’re saying.

I’ll offer the pretext that I’m not a professional joiner…. So perhaps you’ll be kind, as you read my tale of incompetence? As part of my home renovation, I recently made some french doors. I wanted large, uninterrupted glazing and narrow meeting stiles, so when the doors were closed the...

That was my thread! Looking for a #8 iron was a lengthy process. In the end I saved a search on eBay and a modern #8 iron popped up. Any #8 spares are rare, could you weld it for the time being and start the, possibly lengthy, process of waiting for one to come up on eBay.

Thanks John, I knew about the Old Tool Store, but hadn’t made the link with Ray Iles. Anyone have a ball-park price, for how much it will cost to regrind a plane base? Making it flat and the sides square enough for shooting? I’ll give them a call on Monday, but I’m too excited to think I might...

Do you have any contact details for Ray Iles? A web search only yields the plane irons he/they make. I’d love to have a few old planes ground flat and square!

If you had anything, Corset, I’m sure we could do a deal! ;)

Thanks so much for all your input folks. Such a helpful group here! I’m still on the hunt, I had no idea it would be such a tricky thing to find. I think this might be a long road, but I’ll update with anything newsworthy!