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Still FOR SALE - now £35 each, or £120 for the set. Prices include postage (typically 2-day delivery). ------ I have decided to sell some of my hand tools. First up is a set of four L-N Bench Chisels with A2 steel blades, in 1/4. 3/8, 1/2, and 3/4 inch sizes. They have been used for light...

I bought this Veritas Beading Tool a while back for use on a project which never materialised. It is boxed and almost unused - it has only made a few test cuts. It is supplied with 6 cutters (a 3/32" radius single-point cutter and five blank cutters). New ones cost about £74. I am selling it...

Still FOR SALE - now £35 each, or £120 for the set. Prices include postage (typically 2-day delivery). ------ I bought some L-N chisels with the long ‘paring’ handles a few years ago, but I have decided to sell them. They have A2 steel blades, and are in intermediate sizes - 3/16, 5/16, 7/16...

Hi All I am having problems with the NVR switch on my bandsaw. It normally takes a couple of seconds for the start button to 'latch' when I press it. Yesterday, having been working OK for a while, it suddenly refused to do so when I restarted it. Now I have to hold the button down for the motor...

Hi All I'm thinking about building a new 800x600 mm router table top from 2 layers of MDF, edged with oak, and clad top and bottom with Formica or other laminate sheeting. Does anyone know where I can buy Formica? I've looked online and the few sites I've visited seem to be trade-only places...

Hi All I've been using my router table to cut rebates and tenons for my current project (yes, I should be doing this by hand but at the moment I have to take care not to strain myself ! ). I could not get consistent depths of cut, and I have found out the reason - my insert plate is sagging...

Hi All i confess to having been lurking here for a few weeks, so I've decided it was time to show my face again, in a manner of speaking. I've been out of things owing to a major illness. I suffered from a cardiac arrest in Ikea in Bristol just after Christmas. By a miracle I was promptly given...

Hi Guys I rarely gloat, but I received a small birthday package from Phil last weekend, and I felt that it was unfair not to share some pictures with you. Here are some photos of my new panel raiser. Phil has made it using a particularly nice piece of rosewood (SWMBO quote: "That's a nice lump...

Hi All I had an accident with my trusty Trend T9 last week. :oops: The aluminium spindle lock cover sheared off when I started the router. The knob and spring attached to the spindle locking pin had fallen off. I realise now that this spring is designed to pull the pin out of the spindle as...

Hi All I have an ancient square mallet which I've been (ab)using on DIY jobs for many years. I'm thinking of buying a Japanese hammer with which to hit my chisels, as recommended by David C in his books and DVDs. Axi and CHT sell them in different weights; they have narrow heads (Hakkaku...

Hi Is anyone planning to visit this year's Yandles show on 9-10 April? Is it worth making the effort? SWMBO and I are thinking of going away in the camper van that weekend, and I suggested that she tries to find a site somewhere in Somerset, near Martock to be precise ..... So far, she's...

Hi all I'm thinking about buying a 4" or 6" adjustable tri-square or possible a 6" combination square, mainly for marking out tenon shoulders, etc, as well as for use as a depth gauge. OK I have proper (engineering) squares for normal use and my Veritas marking gauge can act as a depth gauge...

Took delivery of my new BS350 bandsaw on Friday 13th (!) which was on offer at the recent RS Paskin show (great shop - wish I'd visited them before). I had a couple of problems - missing DVD and a badly dented motor fan cover, which made me reluctant to fire it up. I e-mailed Recordpower over...

Hi All I bought the router plane shown below last week for the old price from those nice people at Tilgear. Also shown is my 3/8 inch Ashley Iles Mk 1 chisel, which has been re-handled with a smaller handle. The original handle was the larger ('chunky') size, but the varnish had crazed and...

Just been on the Axminster website. The Good News: price reductions on Veritas tools. :) The Bad News: prices on Lie Nielsen tools have increased by 10% :( More Bad News: it looks like prices have increased by 10% for some of the Far Eastern woodworking machinery - shame - I was...

Hi All Following on from the F-cramps discussion on this forum, I'm thinking of buying some sash cramps which are also on offer at Rutlands. Does anyone have any experience of them - are they any good? I do have a few sash cramps which I bought form Axminster about three years ago and they're...

Prompted by a couple of SWMBO's recent comments on my woodwroking antics, I thought it might be worth starting a new thread. What unforgettable things does your Other Half say? For starters, here are two of SWMBO's classics: "Oooh, that saw has got half its handle missing!" (comment on...

Hi All I need to buy a 38 mm Forstner bit. I know that there's a big choice out there, but I'll probably end up buying from A*******r. I know that they also sell sawtooth bits, but I have never used one. Do they work the sama as a Forstner bit? Are they any better? Thanks for your help. Les

Dear All A few weeks back I posted a query on the General Woodworking forum because of a concern over my new Norton 3X grinding wheel here. Several of you were kind enough to offer advice, but I didn't get round to thanking you - apologies. Since then, I have managed to sort things out. I...

Dear All My long-awaited 46 grit 25 mm Norton 3X stone arrived yesterday. So I rushed into the garage thinking about all those lovely chisels waiting to be ground ... alas, I ended the day frustrated. The first problem is that it didn't fit. My fault - my ancient grinder only takes 3/4"/20 mm...