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Hi all, please excuse a silly question. I own a cheap Anant n04 plane, (I'm not mean or trying to be clever making a silk purse out of a sow's ear - just dirt poor!). I lapped the bejaysus out of the sole and have a scary sharp blade so it works fine but I have semi-permanent grazes and...

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Just before I saw your post I bought a coupla LG2 Cobalt & TiN jobber bits from Axminster on their recommendation to see what they're like. I previously bought some Fisch brad points from them for woood and boy are they good. Nice thing about the LG2 (apart from price) is they sell em...

Yes. I had my woodworkers (or wooden?) head on. I'm used to drillling small pilots for brad point bits. I rarely do any metalwork. That's why I've made such a meal of such a simple task. (hammer)

I actually started on a 2mm, then 4,5,6,8,10 at 500rpm. Looks Like I was going too timidly. I'm not really happy to do it in one go, my drill bits are sharp but they're cheapos, may not be quite straight (must check them all). Happy to try it in two shots tho. Thanks

I didn't want to flat file the second face and mar the finish, not that it matters really. Just being anal :roll: I can countersink no problem :mrgreen:

Great idea, which I shall use. I must check my table first like I should have done in the first place. My table's rubbish tbh I made it in haste out of some laminated pine offcuts some time ago and planed it flat and coplanar but it may well have cupped a bit during winter in my cold damp garage...

Yes I did this but I think my table was slightly off. Stupid me for not not checking before I started. Note to self before next batch!

I can go through both sides at the same time but my drill bits aren't very good, that's why I was asking about stepped drill bits. I worry that doing a 10mm hole in one go with an HSS will come out ragged or not really round?

I think I was being picky and didn't want the breakout on the outside of the second face and my drills aren't very clean cutting, new but cheap s@@t from Screwfix. I guess I could countersink to tidy up if I have to.

I was in the same boat as you 18 months ago. If I had my time again I'd start with spending good money on good laying out equipment. You're absolutely lost without it. Start with a half decent combi square/protractor. The RDG Tools one looks a good bet. A good quality 3" engineering square is...

Hello all, I'm trying to make up some homemade 1 metre clamps using cast iron clamp heads I got from Rutlands with box aluminium for the struts. The clamps will take 25mm width so I'm planning on using 50mm x 25mm box aluminium. I've already trial built 2 prototypes using 16 gauge 40mm by 20mm...