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I've rashly promised my cousin that I'd make her a mandolin. I'm following the book by John Troughton and I'm busy at the moment making jigs & clamps etc, however I can see the light at the end of the tunnel for that somewhat tedious task and I want to be ready for when I'm actually making it. I...

If anyone has a bit of spare time on their hands, just wondered if you could add to the little I know about this plane. It's a 3/4" sidebead I bought a little while ago with a load of other bits and bobs that I've only just got round to looking at. I've looked online and all I could find was 'W...

I picked this saw up as part of a job lot, as you can see, it looks good from the front... Not so good from the rear, almost emasculated you might say. Anyway, just wondered if there is any way of restoring it to its former glory while still using the remains of its tackle, as it were. Thanks...

Hi all, Just wondered if anyone has any words of wisdom as to the best way of chopping up an old hardpoint saw plate, for scrapers, but I may want some 10-20mm wide strips, Thanks, Cheerio, Carl

I've got a couple of old braces where the handle has either rusted to the metal or shrank solidly onto it, anyone managed to free these up before? They're not particularly old or rare, in fact I'll only be selling them on fleabay, but it'd be nice if they were working - any advice gratefully...

I bought this for 50p the other day - the rust is only surface so should clean easily and the plate is really straight with no dents, however the handle is loose. Before I do anything I might regret, does anyone know if the handle is held by rivets, in which case do I hammer them tighter? Or are...

Now I'm not trying to stir a hornets nest, but I'm curious about the advantages/disadvantages in use. As far as sharpness goes I'm assuming both to be equally sharp. I'm trying to get my hand sharpening up to scratch (sorry, not a good choice of words there!), so I'm somewhat rounded at the...

Hi Everyone, Unusually, thanks to good luck with carboot/ebay, I am in the rather odd position of not only having a chisel that's the right width, but also the possibility of being either bevel edged or straight sided. So the question is, straight or bevel edged for firmers - what are the...

My better half has got into tiling and fancies having a go at a small table which I have offered to make for her - I'm going to use plywood for the top but does anyone know if it needs preparing in any way before the tiles are glued on? Thanks, Carl

Just thought I'd share this carboot 'gem', cost me one pound, I bought it because I thought it an ideal candidate for trying out derusting with a battery charger, all I need now is a charger - doh! Miraculously all screws were free, so I'm hoping it will come up well, any restoration tips you...

Recently did well on fleabay, amongst the assorted tools was this badger plane. Now what passes for my workshop is somewhat spatially challenged (has a 4 foot workbench that I have difficulty accessing the ends), this badger plane takes up a lot of room, while I'd like to keep it, it needs to...

This jack belonged to my grandfather who passed away many years ago - the plane itself has no particular merit and my grandfather had no particular interest in woodworking, however I'd like to make it useable for my own sentimental reasons. The problem is with the many deep cracks, it was in...

Just wondered if anyone can help, I've been asked to make a pole lathe by a friend of mine, I know nothing about them, before I start to read up about them, could anyone recommend any books, websites etc? Thanks, Cheerio, Carl

I've just got lucky with some plane buying which means I have an excess of wooden bench planes. Maybe now is the time to make one into a dedicated scrub, I've looked into it and there seem to be two favoured sizes, roughly a No. 4 or a No.5, with an iron between 1 and 1 1/2" wide. Just wondered...

Recently had a Madox dado plane - I could only find references to these on the net with this name, my understanding is that dado is an American term, is dado another of those words that has become obsolete here but still used in America, or is the plane an American invention? Sensible, logical...

I bought this Marples holdfast on fleabay recently, the only slightly unusual thing about it is that there are no ridges on the main shaft. Does this mean that it is designed to be used without a collar? I also have a Woden holdfast with collar that it fits in perfectly. There are no markings on...

While I'm not exactly new to woodworking, it is only recently I've been trying to 'do it properly' as it were. I've just been reading "The Seven Essentials of Woodworking" by Anthony Guidice, in it he recommends bowsaws over almost all other saws, and maintains there is no need for crosscut...

I bought a load of old wooden, mostly moulding planes recently, and in amongst them were a couple of nickerless rebates (very difficult not to add a bit of 'Carry On' humour here!). I don't particularly want to spend more money on them but have some old moulding plane irons - can these be...