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    New Green Woodworking club in Essex

    Hi all, I hope this is okay to post. We have a very new green woodworking club starting to form in Essex. We have secured an area in Upminster where we can hold our meets which is fantastic news. I recently got bitten buy the green woodwork bug and was disappointed in the lack of clubs or...
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    Help with an old combination machine

    I was given a couple of old machines at work today by a customer, and one of them is a combination machine (Is that what you call them?) It has a small planer and Saw. I’m trying to find as much info out about it as I can, and google hasn’t helped much so far. It has Duet and Made in England...
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    Hegner Multicut 1 PRICE REDUCED

    Having a bit of a clear out and have decided to sell my Hegner. It’s sat gathering dust for the best part of a year and as space is a premium I have decided to let it go. The bellows perished when I first got it and was using a little aquarium pump which I found better if I’m honest...
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    Picador 10” disc sander SOLD SUBJECT TO COLLECTION

    10” Picador dis sander for sale. Also includes 4 new 250grit self adhesive discs. Could do with a little spruce up but works perfectly. My small shed and dust extraction can’t really cope with it. Pick up from Benfleet Essex £45
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    Average wooden window frames

    I have an endless supply of stripped out window/doors frames if I wanted it and was hoping someone might know what wood was used for them. I’d say 95% of the frames that come into work have a reddish colour to the wood, and one of the fitters said they was mostly made from some kind of mahogany...
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    Today’s bootsale

    Finally managed to go to a bootsale for the first time this year and chanced upon this little Preston Bullnose plane for the pricey sum of £2 :D It’s quite rusty and has a tiny chip on the mouth but I’m really happy with it. I’m not sure if I’ll ever use it mind you. But I will enjoy...
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    Hearing Aids

    I recently found out that I have permeant hearing loss in both ears and have had to purchase hearing aids. Came as a bit of a shock as I'm 34 and thought my hearing was fine (I argued everyone mumbled or spoke too softly) Its now been 3 weeks and I still feel the things in my ears. I was told...
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    Cigar Box Guitar

    Finally finished my first Cigar Box Guitar recently and I’m really pleased with how it’s came out. I used reclaimed wood from a window frame for the neck, the fretboard is an unknown wood that I found at work and an old box that used to hold machine tooling for the body. Fretting the neck was a...
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    Franken’saw

    Spent the afternoon making a user out of a couple of well gone saws. Nothing special but it cuts nice and true. I had a brass backed tenon saw without a handle and a steel backed dovetail saw with a nice handle. Both was un-named. I’m not sure if there is any difference between steel and brass...
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    What do you put on your strop?

    I’m currently reading Ernest Joyce’s Technique of Furniture Making and he recommends using oil sprinkled with fine carborundum powder. I can remember reading on this forum that Autosol was good to use to charge the leather. Curious to read what you gus use
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    New Hegner User

    Hi all I have been on the look out for a cheap scroll saw to have a try for quite a while now and this one popped up on a local Facebook group. The guy wanted £100 for it and it also included quite a number of blades. I'm guessing its an older model going by the blower hose, but it works a...
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    Styles of box lids

    Sorry for these dumb questions but if I dont ask I'll never know, but what are the styles edgesese lids called? Its the edges that I like, and would like to try out. For the simple chamfered edge would you use a smoothing plane or block plane? And would you do the endgrain edges first to...
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    What are your favourite books on the bookshelf

    I do love to have a good book to read and since becoming interested in woodwork I have started a small library of reference books. I find I enjoy and get more from the older books than i do from the hundreds of available modern books which apart from the cover look and read the same as each...
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    Dovetail Questions

    Hi guys I've got a couple of questions about dovetails. 1. Do you have the tails on the face side of a box or the pins? Is there a traditional way or is it the makers choice? 2. Holding the chisel when you are chopping and paring out the waste. I seem to hold the chisel with my index finger...
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    Today's bootsale

    Had a nice walk around the very big bootsale this morning and brought some bits im happy with. I picked up 2 #6 Stanley planes. One of which is ready to use and the other needs a complete sort out. Also got a record marples #4 and a record marples block plane. A Stanley #5 1\2 and a Stanley...
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    removing a back bevel

    I picked up some nice footprint chisles from the bootsale this morning, not too bad condition, in need of a bit of a clean but there's one hell of a back bevel on all three. It looks as if the previous owner started grinding a new primary bevel on the backs. How would you go about getting...
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    What are these? Lathe tools?

    Hi all I was given a big box of tools today and there are some bits in there that I haven't a clue what they are for. There are some turning chisels and a few router cutter sets, but also these Many thanks in advance
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    Knob for a Stanley 110

    Hi there I am trying to source a knob for a Stanley 110 block plane. I have searched and searched the net for a replacement but for the life of me, can not find one. Apart from the USA. I was kind of hoping that maybe someone with a lathe might be able to turn me one? I'm sorry but I know...
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    R.Groves & Sons Tenon Saw WIP FINISHED

    Hi all Yesterday I purchased this saw from the local car boot for the pricey sum of a whole pound! I liked the look and feel of it and have read about this maker on here a few times, so decided I will try and clean it up and make it a user. It was in quite a state but there was no pitting on...
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    Car Boot Booty

    Hi all Had quite a good morning at the local bootsale and thought I would show what I got A Record #5 A Record #080 Cabinet Scraper Eclipse 77 saw set A small Zip Block plane A couple of Braces And a nice marples mortice gauge still with its box Also a R Groves & Sons Tenon saw in need of a...
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