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Hi everyone I have recently acquired Dominion Minor Elliot in pretty good condition, its a lovely little machine. It came with some belts, however I suspect the larger belt which is moved between the over hand planer and table saw is too short. When it is attached to the table saw and the motor...

Hi I have always liked David Baron's small Mk 2 tool chest When a good friend practically gave me some 12'' x 1 ''walnut left over from a large job he had just completed i knew exactly what i wanted to use it for, however one thing and another got in way and once I planed the boards up at...

Just wondering if anyone else has used these work tops, i don't expect much from Howden's so i only use them for jobs where the customer has a restricted budget, in this case a quick tart up of the annex kitchen of a large house before sale, but i was not expecting them to trash about £100 worth...

Hi all I was wondering if Douglas Coates is still making his excellent looking wooden vices, he used to have a website from which you could order from but i cant seem to find it anymore. Edd

Hi all I acquired some I Sorby English mortise chisels with a Mr punch stamp above the name stamp, 1/4'', 3/8'' and 1/2'' all in poor condition, heavily rusted and lacking handles and resolved to try to get them to working condition again. I de-rusted them, made some new handles using ash from...

Hi all I have just picked up a old Stanley No8 C with 2 patent dates 1902 or something (so type 10 ?) and rosewood handles from a song and its a beaut! The sole of the plane is really quite concave and having never flattened the sole on anything larger than a No 5 I was wondering if anyone...

Hi all First post etc so please forgive ignorance if i'm repeating, Quick question, leafing through a mate's pop woodworking mag saw Mr Schwarz doing the Dutch tool chest thing. Thought that looks likes fun and my non site tools are getting bashed about. I had some sawn red wood kicking about...