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Hello, I have a few old hollow and rounds I'm restoring and there are some cracks in the steel maybe 15mm from the cutting edge. I want to grind past the cracks and reshape the cutting edge. How far down does the laminated tool steel go on these irons ? Does it cover the entire rectangular...

Hello, I’ve recently invested in a few old pigsticker mortice chisels. The blades are all trapezoidal in profile - wider at the back of the blade than at the front. Am I right in thinking this is the correct form for these? However, the largest of them – 15.5mm at the cutting edge, the one...

Hello, I've only got round to putting an ECE 350mm Try Square which I bought 8 months ago into proper service and now realise it is out of square approx 0.5mm across it's length. They're listed as being accurate to +- 0.1 mm over the length of the blade. Should I try and return it, if...

Hello, Is Mirka Abranet suitable for sanding between coats of varnish? And separately, when Bob Flexner and others talk about brushing several coats of shellac and sanding them back instead of filling with pumice, is the sanding dust worked into the pores somehow afterwards with the tampon and...

Hello, I’m looking to rewire a couple of old table lamps and a floor lamp. All brass / metal. The floor and newer table lamp have brass bayonet lamp holders with what I think is an earth terminal on the outside and two terminals inside. Am I correct in thinking that the earth goes into...

Hello, I’ve bought an 8” record RSBG8 grinder, but have now found that a 6” would suits my needs better by providing a slightly deeper hollow grind on chisels / plane blades, meaning less returns to the grinder. I understand I can put 6” wheels on this grinder (but it will invalidate...

Hello, Can anyone recommend any good dedicated antiques forums? A quick internet search has thrown up very little. Thanks

Hello, I bought this grinder: Support for RSBG8 8" Bench Grinder with 40 mm White Stone new, about a year ago and am just setting it up. The tool rests seem very sloppy, and only clicks into preset angles, so I want to get another one (or two). Primarily for chisels, plane blades and gouges...

Hello, I ordered my first pieces of dimensioned timber from 2 timber suppliers. (I've only ever bought rough / PAO from builders providers & rough from timber suppliers before) Anyway, what was supposed to be 18mm thick is 17.6mm in one instance (walnut) and in others what should be 20mm is...

Hello, I’m on the brink of buying my first bench grinder and wondered if you could help me with the following questions: • Besides lessening the chance of overheating, are there any other advantages to slow speed grinders? • Are the any tasks that standard / high speed grinders can do, that...

Hello, I'm interested in trying to reproduce some picture frame moulding which incorporates a wide (2.5 - 3 inches / 60-80mm) shallow to middling sweep convex curve. I'm awaiting the arrival of the largest hollow plane #18, which I believe, produces a 1.5 inch wide convex curve but this is...

Hello, I've just bought a Record 044 Plane and cannot source any blades for it beyond the 8 or so straight cutters that it came with. I'd like to get a reeding blade and was wondering whether I could modify the Veritas Combination Plane reeding blade (4 reed 1/8") - cutting some slots in it...

Hello, Can anyone advise me as to the options (other than welding) to securely re-attach these feet, which I think are brass, to this copper planter? I do have a MAPP blow torch and a soldering iron, if either are any use. Any advice appreciated, Thanks

Hello, I know that often times pitting on old gouges can simply be ignored (once the edge is OK) or remedied with an inside bevel which brings the cutting edge below the pitting. But is there any way to remove the pitting completely, and bring the inside sweep of a gouge back to fresh steel...

Hello, I have just completed making a Torsion Box Drawing Board - very close to the FWW plans for same. (had considered melamine but coudn't source the right sort) It is faced with birch ply and has beech edging. While a may purchase a vinyl drawing surface at some point for now I was wondering...

Hello, I need to make a large drafting board 49’’ x 36’' (c.1250mm x 900mm) which I need to remain stable and flat. I'm considering using 18mm melamine faced chipboard (particle board) which I will edge with beech. Is this stuff stable ? Will it move or warp ? Thanks, Paul

Hello, I’ve bought my first new high quality plane - a #4 1/2 form Lie-Nielsen. The Bronze Cap-Iron is somewhat tarnished - if that’s the correct term. See pics below. Is this normal? The rest of the plane looks fine and I’m dying to try it out but as it was so expensive I thought I’d...

Hello, I recently purchased a Hammer N4400 and had been working with a 6mm blade, which, as per manual instructions I had tracked in the centre of both wheels. I bought a 12mm 3/4 vary tooth premium blade from Tuff Saws and again followed the N4400 manual: As it’s over 10mm the tips of the...

Hello, All design I have done up to this point has been sketched in a notebook however I want to lay out accurate full-size plans for a chair which can be transferred to and MDF template. Can anyone recommend a good clear guide for accurate draughting of this kind? Thanks

Hello, Couple of problems with two online power tool purchases and hoping to get some feedback: 1.Bosch AL1860CV + 1600A002U5x2 Charger 2-18v-5Ah CoolPack Batteries One of the batteries charge level indicator did not light at all when pressed (even though manual says they should) I thought...