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Greetings, oh sage ones. I’ve been interested in making a mitre jack for a while, and while‘surfing’ for information, I have seen several mentions of a plan in ‘the Cornish Workshop’. Unfortunately that site seems to have closed down, and indeed the domain name appears to be up for sale. Can...

Greetings Oh sage ones, I have a Record DMD24A drill press, and the return spring has broken near the centre. I have contacted Record, and they tell me that the part is no longer available. Can anyone suggest an alternative source, please? Many thanks. Austin

Greetings, oh sage ones. I am building a pair of Sam Maloof rocking chairs, and the advice is to use a 24hour epoxy to glue the legs to the rockers. Can anyone recommend a suitable adhesive, please? Many thanks. Austin

Greetings, oh sage ones. I’m building a couple of rocking chairs, and the rockers themselves will be laminated strips. In past times, I always used cascamite, as my old tutor told me that pva could ‘creep’. I have read several comments on this venerable forum, causing me to question continued...

Greetings Oh Sage Ones, I’m hoping that there will be an expert out there who can help me out on this. My saw is a 1959 vintage, and currently has a few shortfalls. The rise and fall lock isn’t working very well. If the locking knob is turned sufficiently hard to ‘nearly’ lock, to release it...

Greetings, Oh Sage Ones, I’m going to have a go at a ‘sculpted’ rocking chair, with help from Charles Brock. He mentions using rasps and riffler files - neither of which are familiar to me. Can anyone recommend, or suggest what I should be looking for, please? Regards Austin

Greetings Oh Sage Ones, I’ve bought a set of plans, book and DVD’s to have a go at making a Sam Maloof type rocking chair. The instructions came from Charles Brock, a professional chair maker. I have a couple of questions, firstly he uses a Festool to grind the shapes onto the components. I...

Greetings Oh Sage Ones, I have an old Elu 1161 planer/thicknesser. Can anyone recommend a source for knives? Both HSS and TCT, please. Thanks, Austin

Greetings, Oh Sage Ones, I’m mentoring for the first time. The chap is designing and building some very nice garden gates. The gates will be made of Larch, and contain panels of planked timber 110mm by 20mm. I have limited experience of outdoor projects. I need advice for him on how far apart...

Greetings, oh sage ones. I use a chisel morticer, amnd have recently cut about 150 1/2 inch mortices in oak. Thechisel now smokes very badly in use, as there is a build-up of resin/dust which is literally boiling and giving off a lot of acrid smoke. What can I do to clean it off? Many thanks, Austin