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Has anyone got any suggestions for what to make with these recently pruned bits of our quince tree?

I bought this chap the other day: Apart from the fact that I've long wanted to own one of these 'Transitionals', I thought that a wooden body would sit well in a long shooting board that I plan to make. Of course, sight unseen is always a bit of a risk and in this case the body is not...

In a recent issue of British Woodworking (Dec/Jan) there was a piece about someone finding a second-hand York Tipper. This prompted me to order one from York in Czechoslovakia via Axminster. They regularly order York vices and so I avoided what would have been silly carriage charges. Here are...

Help! In trying to rout a smooth arch in 35mm thick beech I had a little snatch (no damage done) and now I've lost my bottle. I'm using a top bearing cutter running against a 12mm mdf template which is screwed to the top of the beech. The beech has been jigsawed so that it is about 3mm bigger...

I am in the process off cleaning up an old jardiniere (see 'New Old Kid On The Block' in the General Woodworking forum). It is mahogany and the top looks like this now that the paint is removed: There are areas where the mahogany is soft and indented: Is there a recommended way of dealing...

Hello everyone. I hope to become a regular here if time permits. I am a semi-retired builder and site carpenter. Hopefully, I should now be able to improve my bench carpentry skills - hence my presence here. My first project is going to be a sliding partition of four Shoji screens in Bolivian...