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A lot of furniture restorers use coloured wax to fill in blemishes and cracks.The idea is to finish the piece and them use a wax crayon ( for want of a better word ) either rubbed in or melted in using a soldering iron to drip wax into the blemish ,the colour of the wax needs to be a good match...

Go Fishing :lol:

Mike I would be tempted to take measurements all over the shop,particularly over the top of dust producing machines,remember the faster the smoke the more air velocity,so you don't have to work out the calcs. I forgot to mention why the dark and torch ,it is to see the smoke better.If you can...

This is the method we used to use in the mines to measure airflow if we didn't have an anemometer with us. We measured the cross sectional area of the tunnel or (the width and height of your workshop). This gave us a figure in square metres m2.We then set up a measured length say 1 metre along...

This is one that I'm sure Philly and Alf have.In my opinion it is one of the best resources for collectors and restorers of old planes and other tools. The only down side is the fact that it is published in the States ,but if you want to know how to fettle planes and sharpen blades and...

I've got the Rexon and I am quite pleased with it,don't know about the perform but axminster stuff is usually up to the job. Cheers John

I checked out the Aldi calipers and bought some.I have a set of digital mitutoyo and obviously did a comparison and guess what? I got the same read outs when measuring bolts ,plate steel, holes etc. Now I have the Aldi ones in the workshop and the Mitutoyo ones in the house because I don,t want...

David and Scrit, unfortunately the old tool shop in Highfield Road Doncaster closed recently after over 20 years in business,a real shame as I used to make a pilgrimage there every Saturday for about 5 years. They had some great stuff in and it was the ideal place for a collector.They are still...

Preston went bust in the 1930,s and they aren't making any more of them .I usually reach for one(sorry! collector on the loose) of mine first when I need to shave spokes ,nice to look at and nice to use.The Stanley 53 is also a nice piece of kit ( don't ask I will only fib ). However I really...

I agree with my colleagues , Peter is a top guy.( Bang go the cheap deals as everyone rushes to check him out ) everything I have bought off him has been top quality.

They used to build ships out of oak (european oak)and then try to blast holes in them with cannon balls so I guess a conservatory might just fit the bill, beware of sap wood though like my colleague states it rots and is prone to woodworm attack.

I'll give you a quid for it. :wink:

Axminster ,top firm ,lovely people,but then I have never had a dud order from them ,same as everybody else though spend over £50 to save a fivers postage and I'm from Yorkshire !!! :lol:

Jeez if you drive through my village your well lost , its half a mile down the road from Brigadoon!

Gareth, Laburnum is good for turning ,I made a lovely little bowl out of it when I first started , I think you might as well post in the woodturning section,light the blue touch paper and stand well back. :lol:

Welcome Bob,like my colleagues say get yourself oop north next time you come over.It's so much nicer. Anyway the south is full of ,well,southerners. :lol:

Now,that is something I do like,great job Philly!

The diamond shaped ones are parting tools I think. Sort the spokeshaves out the wood ones are beauties.

Not so much long as steep!

I still have to use stains if I am restoring furniture, dark was the fashion for hundreds of years so dark is what I do. I have tried to apply a scientific approach but I honestly believe good staining is a dark art,I am not prepared to sell my soul to the devil to perfect the art of turning...