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One consideration is weight. I have a couple of long wooden jointers and they are so much lighter than metal-bodied planes of their length and glide around beautifully on long boards when set up right. I have one with an iron that is set up as a scrub plane and another with just a standard...

Thanks, I'll it ordered.

Has anyone got this book? It looks like the baby brother of 'British Saws and Sawmakers from 1660'. Since it's going second-hand on Amazon for £6.99, I'm wondering if it would give me basic info on some of the more common handsaw models of the late 19th and 20th Centuries. I like handsaws but...

Great responses, thanks guys. I'd never thought about the idea of running the bead/flute through and then sticking a piece of wood in and planing flush, as the book suggests! But I'll avoid that since it's a dovetailed carcass and I don't want to run through the dovetails. The cabinet sides...

Hello all, I want to cut a series of stopped flutes into the surface of the side panels (flat) of a cabinet I am making. Having never done this, the methods I am thinking of are: 1. With a mallet and gouge. 2. With a dedicated moulding plane (I haven't seen one second-hand) 3. With a Stanley...

That's an interesting one about the 0 rake. I've just filed a 2 1/4 inch rip at 10 degrees rake, and it's pretty good cutting, but now that you've said that, the next resharpen I'll reduce the rake a bit. I'd tried 4 degrees on a smaller rip saw a while ago and found it a bit tricky to get...

Finally, after time acquiring saws and a summer hardly venturing into the workshop, I'm in a position to report. I've just finished filing and testing a 28" anonymous used rip saw I bought on ebay. I filed the old 3 1/2" tpi teeth right down, and retoothed it at 2 1/4 inch, with 10 degree...

Thanks Andy, I've got my eye on Fleabay as we speak!

I've got a 4 1/2 TPI 26" rip saw but it's slow on resawing lengths of hardwood. I know some people talk about Roubo-style frame saws, but before I go down that road I'd like to continue to experiment with a standard hand saw on wood between 2 and 10" wide. The plan is to buy a cheap but...

Ah, ive just made a dust box that's held by magnets next to the orange metal cutter guard - yeah Ive got that fortunately - rather than made a thin hood that would wedge into the thicknesser guard just in front of the blades. Yeah if you've got a photo Dickm that would be appreciated, cheers

Anyone here got a DW1150? What do you do for connecting it to dust extraction when thicknessing? Or any general tips for machines with no proper dust port? I bought mine used without the manufacturer's dust hood and have had to make my own dodgy cardboard box that, along with a weak shop vac...

Great advice all. Economics won in the end - I've ordered a second-hand copy of 'The Essential Woodworker' for less than a third of the cost of Mr Seller's book.

Anyone read Paul Sellers' newest book? I'm a subscriber to Woodworking Masterclasses and have picked up a lot from his videos, but just wondering whether the book is worth buying (and it's not so cheap)?

I think there are different cultural values at work between the US and UK - in the latter there is more embarrassment about being pushy in the sale, whether upfront or online. Whether this extends to condition of premises I don't know. What I do feel is that in historic working factory premises...

Yes that saw filing is something to behold. Funnily enough I've just popped in to Flinn's on the way back from work to get some saw screws. Great to have a UK and Sheffield company continuing with this fine tradition

Thanks, with that in mind I'll stay clear of them

Anyone tried these holdfasts? I'm thinking of buying a pair on fleabay. They are cheap and even made in Sheffield - for the purposes of reenactment but the website suggests they are faithful copies of historic tools. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/reenactors-be ... 25a4550a58

Anyone tried these holdfasts? I'm thinking of buying a pair on fleabay. They are cheap and even made in Sheffield - for the purposes of reenactment but the website suggests they are faithful copies of historic tools. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/reenactors-be ... 25a4550a58

I've got a Dewalt 1150 Planer Thicknesser that I am slowly managing to improve. The front rubber feed roller is badly degraded so I've got a new one to replace it with - the only problem is that the roller is connected at one end to a black plastic spindle (listed as a separate part in the...

Hi I've seen quite a few of both types coming up second-hand for similar prices. I can see that the DW 1150 is the older machine but that it has an induction motor which should be quieter. I've heard one or two people complain that Dewalt build quality has declined too. Is it worth buying the...