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Dear all, Long shot time.... I have just been gifted an AEG HTH75 electric planer. It's a fairly old hand held thing, which has two blades. The blades are held in holders, in a rotating drum as you'd expect, but one of the blade holders is currently detached, and I really can't see what...

My wife is finally getting around to starting a business. She qualified as a dog trainer a few years ago, and for various reasons did noting with it, until this year. Anyway - long story short - now is the time for her to pick it up. She has completed MORE training, and created a really good...

I have a Tormek 2000. Right or wrong - it's what I have. I bought it second hand a couple of years ago, for what I now realise was a bargain. The honing wheel however doesn't have any leather on it - nor does it look as if it ever did. It's just hard rubber/plastic. Does anyone know please if...

Had an interesting experience last evening. I was chopping some battens on my mitre saw, and cussing as they didn't appear to be accurate to 90deg. I've never had much luck setting this one up - it's a cheap as chips 'Performance Power' thing IIRC - double bevel, double everything, powerful...

I have a Tormek 2000 that needs a replacement honing wheel. I can buy the leather wheel, but I know that Tormek now sell a composite wheel. Has anyone used a composite one, and are they better or just 'different' to leather? Thanks.

I quite like the idea of adding an adapter to my Katsu router so I can use it with my saw rails to make lovely straight router lines. I know I could make one with some bits of wood and MDF, and perhaps I should, but this one is on the auction site, and appears to do the job...

I've just been interrupted on Youtube by an ad for Ted McGrath's thousands of woodworking plans, and instructions on how to use them, which apparently are the best thing since sliced bread. It/They're american, so will no doubt be using american timbers and tools (Dado stacks etc), but it got me...

My lovely wife wants to replace the doors in our home with Ledge (And brace?) doors, with suffolk latches to make the place feel more like the cottage it is, instead of the cheap four panel 'things' we have currently. She would like an 'aged' look to them, so I'm not thinking of pristine planed...

I am restaining a friend's external oak windows. They are a few years overdue, and several of the external sills have rot in them. When I say 'sill', they are sill shaped, but are actually a bit like a glazing bar, sat over the bottom frame, and under the vertical glazing bars. I have made new...

I have been asked to decorate a friends hardwood exterior windows. They are currently coated in Sadolin, but are showing their age. They're simple design, no ornate twiddly bits....There are a couple of cills and glazing bars to replace, so I get to practice my woodwork as well, whch is a bonus...

My front door ws replaced two years ago with a fairly expensive (IMHO) accoya door. It has vertical slats in the bottom half, which have plainly been held in with pins. I say obviously not because I can see the pins, but I can clearly see rust marks bleeding through the paint where pins would...

My bandsaw was cutting beautifully - straight, good cut, then I hit the nail (hammer) . INSTANTLY it has begun to drift badly. The blade still seems quite sharp (it's a 4TPI ), so I suspect the 'set' has been upset. Is there any way to rescue the blade, or if not, what do you do with second...

I've recently taken the plunge into planes, and purchased two old Stanleys - a 4 1/2 from this forum, and a 5 1/2 from that well know auction site. The 4 1/2 is every bit as nice as I hoped it would be - and after a light sharpen has allowed me to experiment, practice and produce lovely...

I'm installing a pair of electric gate rams, but I have the silliest of problems. I need to drill 6 holes of 12mm through a 200mm gate post for the supporting brackets. But I need to do it accurately. Normally, if I need a hole drilling at perfect 90 degrees to the face, I'd use my drill press...

I should like to make a shepherd's crook type stick (Cleek?) I have now acquired the skills to straighten a stick, and prepare it, with a dowel type protrusion ready to attach the head :D But the head is making me wonder - it will be cut from a block of wood, with a corresponding dowel socket...

Hello all, I have just acquired a Tyme 17-37. I picked it up yeterday, and I have never done any turning before, so hope to have a go next weekend, after it's reassembled. It came with a set each of Marples and Fern turning chisels. I presume the Marples would be better - but only because I've...

Dear knowledgeable forumers I have been looking for a bandsaw for a little while, just to try one, and see if I would really get the use out of it. (I admit to having in the past bought some tools and only used them a handful of times) I'm on a limited budget for this first foray, and...

Hi all, I'm definitely new at all this, so please don''t be TOO harsh :? Can one of you knowledgeable chaps/chapesses please advise how I should protect the twin sliding bars on my sliding mitre saw? I used it quite happily, then left it unused in my garage for a couple of months - hey presto...

Hi all, I've resisted posting this until now, as there seems to be a 'Which starter saw should I get' thread every couple of weeks. The general consensus appears to be 'Save some more and get a decent saw' So, my question is, would an old Kity (618 advertised locally) be as good as a 'newer'...