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It's the main body of the mushroom, the bits that we recognise as mushrooms are just the sexual organs of the organism that grow outside the tree when it fruits. Very common in fruit trees, which fungi love, but you'll also find it in oak, sycamore ash etc.

I'm very sorry to hear you had a bad experience Scaredy Cat. Our stock system is connected to the front end of the site, so if an item isn't in stock then you shouldn't even be able to add it to your cart. Orders are usually picked within hours, so on the very rare occasions where there is a...

Applying pressure here rather than directly over the bevel will stabilise the ura over the stone, so it is 'self jigging' and creates a continuous planar surface. Pinch the neck with the other hand but avoid touching the handle with your palm. A coarse diamond stone with plenty of soapy water...

As I understand it cryo treatment just extends the initial martensite conversion phase after the quench and (more importantly in the case of O1) encourages the precipitation of ultra fine carbides which benefit edge retention. I believe it is multiple tempering that converts a proportion of the...

I think what Chris is driving at is that T10 optimises slightly harder than O1 (it can be hardened to RC63 without becoming brittle compared with RC61 for O1) which gives some advantage in edge retention with no loss of edge taking ability. Clifton use O1 but then put the irons through a...

+1 for David's DVD's, absolutely oozing accuracy and the means, methods and mindsets to achieve it from start to finish. You may not always want or need to work to such high standards, but if you understand how to, then at least you are making a conscious choice.

If there's a major grain reversal you might try planing the two ends with the grain and then tackling the middle few inches differently - perhaps repeatedly knifing in the sides and trimming out the waste with a narrow chisel. Slower than just ploughing it, but quicker and cheaper than...

Hi Oscar, You could try asking Phil Edwards (a founding member of this fine parish no less). http://www.phillyplanes.co.uk/irons.html

Hi DM, Sorry, we've been temporarily caught out by a combination of voracious demand in the run up to Christmas and the December top up delivery getting caught up in the Christmas customs & excise backlog. Fortunately they have now arrived safely (yesterday) and we have been working to get...

I tend to give mine a swipe with a burnisher in the same spot to create the slight hook. The burnishing also smooths the surface of the metal, so there's limited benefit to honing the single bevel beyond the 'misted' finish stage. Having said that, we went with the original spec of a thin...

Deneb has done a couple of videos on the subject... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tpgnS_zgE6Y https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bHcgZiEOWPU It amounts to just a longer more detailed version of Derek's suggestion above, but if that doesn't get you making shavings then maybe something in the...

Cracking thread and a cracking project, thank you for taking the time to document and share it.

I stand corrected, thank you gentlemen. Still flippin' good stuff.

Autosol isn't abrasive at all - it's a chemical etchant, very good stuff indeed.

I wouldn't feel very confident about using a spade bit to drill a hole that I'm going to spend years looking at. The holdfasts will function in a 20mm hole, but the majority of bench fittings are designed to work with a 19mm hole, so if you ever want to use them for anything else...? If you've...

For Jennings or Irwins you really don't need an auger bit file, nice to have for scotch nose bits I suppose, but they are usually not thin enough to cope with the smallest diameter bits. I've found that a Bahco 100mm warding file is the most useful for the job, with the edge teeth ground off...

Agreed, it is wonderful to see Shane and Jaq achieving such success with their exceptional saws. The existence of this level of hand craftsmanship is something that we can all draw a little pride and encouragement from. Back of the queue please Mr H. :D

The only con I can see is that you would end up with toothed valleys, so when you scrape you will end up with a mixture of smoothed high spots and tooth marks remaining in the hollows - i.e. you'll end up spending longer scraping than you would have without the camber. Then again, if you've...

Maybe we should have a sticky that explains for newcomers to woodworking that there are often many different approaches to reach broadly the same end. Pick a method, stick with it until you can do it, then gradually try others and if you find something better, go with that. Following on from...