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Hello all, Recently I bought a Meddings M10 high speed bench drill, which I use for drilling very accurately placed holes, of small diameters (0.5-3mm) (I am a musical instrument maker), so it suits me really well. However, as anybody who has seen one of these will know, there are no slots on...

Hello all I currently use a turnip grade file and a 1,000 grit Japanese Waterstone to sharpen my cabinet scrapers. I use the Brian Boggs method for sharpening them (turnip file>1,000 waterstone>burnisher). However, I am getting sick of scrapers digging into my Waterstone, and I have decided to...

Hello all, I was given a 212 Scraping plane from a very kind family member for Christmas. I must be doing something wrong however, as the only shavings I am currently getting are either so rough, they are like a blunt plane iron would give you (complete with dreaded tearout), or just dust, like...

Hi all, I am writing to ask for some advice, from those of you who use toothing irons regularly. I make musical instruments, and find a toothing iron to be an excellent tool to take more stubborn woods down to thickness (usually to around 2mm). I then use a scraper to get rid of the toothing...

Hi all, I have just purchased by first ever Bandsaw, an old Inca Euro 260. It was in good condition, but I am having a few teething problems with setting it up. It would be great if any owners or previous users of this machine could offer some advice. So, I put in a new blade, and cleaned it...

Hi all, I recently bought a great, fully working old Record 52 E Vice. I'm very pleased with it as all is working perfectly. However, it is very greasy and dirty - brown grease on my hands after picking it up! Please could somebody advise which parts of this vice needs oiling/greasing - and...

Hi all, I'm new here, but have been reading this great website and forum for some time. I am a musical instrument maker (Lutes), about to purchase my very first band saw. Due to the size of most pieces I need to cut, it does not need to be the biggest band saw. I was told the old Inca table...