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Colin if you are suggesting that you would lend me the planes I need you are indeed a generous man. I could not possibly accept an offer like that, you are generous above and beyond the call of duty sir. Alf, if i can get these planes for £16 each I'm a happy man. I think that these tools are...

"do you expect trained joiners to work for £50/day" Scrit, I reckon a trained joiner could have done it in about one day. If you were talking about £400, or there abouts, I wouldn't find that unreasonable, but then we'd be talking about paying a "trained joiner" £250 a day, not £50, and that...

Alf, you are a genius!

I'm not a woodworker, but there are so many rubbish workmen and rip-off merchants around you'd be crazy not do do some of your basic carpentry at least. For example, I was quoted around £1000 to install a deck in my garden. I built it myself for £150 in under two days. Where does the other £850...

Jason, thanks for the link. These cutters look exactly right for the job, but I can't afford a sindle moulder at the moment and I doubt that I will find moulding planes any time soon (although I'll keep my eye out). From the very interesting input I've had here I reckon the circular tub is a...

LOL! It does look a bit like Hannibal Lecter's stock pot, but it is very therapeutic. Thanks for the welcome guys? I just going to google "spindle maker" because I've never heard of them. Are there any inexpensive versions? It might be cheaper to buy one and go back to my scaffold board model. I...

I don't want to get into the realms of expensive hardwoods, so I might just use ordinary pine boards. The inside wont get wet because it will have a heavy duty vinyl liner. I will treat the exterior with preservative and deck oil/varnish. The croze doesnt have to be a precision joint because...

Some sound advice here guys. What I think I'll do is to ask my local timber merchant if they can supply me with kiln dried pine boards machined to my requirements and a five foot disc of ply. The tub will be straight sided with no taper towards the bottom so it would just be a question of...

Guys, sorry for my multiple postings. I forgot to ask what a "spindle moulder" is?

Jacob, thanks for your input. I'm not confident that my creation would be waterproof, so I intend to buy a made to measure vinyl hot tub liner. These liner are designed to cure leakage problems in old wooden hot tubs. The prototype I was mucking about with was an oblong scaffold board box...

Steve, thanks for the welcome. I've seen some tubs that are assembled with the "ball and socket" method I've described. This is only viable with tubs that do not taper and have a consistent circumference from top to bottom (fine by me), other tubs taper in at the bottom and seem to be made by...

On holiday in Sweden I saw traditional wooden hot tubs heated by submersible wood fired stoves. These tubs are available in the UK but cost around £2000. The problem with diy construction is that it requires precise cooperage skills to ensure watertightness. I've experimented with scaffolding...