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    Found Wanted - Carving tools

    Hi, I am looking for a few more carving tools to widen my choices. If anyone has any decent quality tools available, old or new, please send details. regards, Colin
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    HVLP spraying

    Hi, I wondered if anyone has any advice to offer on HVLP spray systems. I have never used one but am thinking about diving in. The main reason is that myself and a couple of friends have been rebuilding and fabric covering a wooden aircraft wing and it’s time to paint it. We will be using...
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    Live edge table legs

    Hi, I have a slab of cedar with a big knot in it that I thought might be best used in a live edge table. I have flattened it, filled and sanded it. It looks ok and am sure that with the right finish it will look the part in my daughter’s cottage. However, I find myself unable to decide on the...
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    Simple side table - lessons learned

    Hi, Having made a taper reamer and a taper tenon cutter as part of my progression to chair making, I made a simple table. It is passable enough, but having formed the holes in the top and trial assembled it I realised the diameter was too much for the leg splay an it was a bit tippy. I reduced...
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    Tapering tool

    Hi, Am not really sure of its proper name, but it’s for tapering the mortises for round tapered tenons. Works fine but I inadvertently ground the blade the wrong way so I have to rotate it anti-clockwise. Next task is a taper rounding plane to match. Colin
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    Simple router lathe for round legs

    As a bit of an experiment, I built a crude router lathe to see if it was practical to make both accurate tapers and long straight section. So far, so good.
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    Bowsaw

    Hi, I have amassed a collection of logs from a variety of sources and realised that I no longer had possession of a bowsaw. I guess I lent it to someone who still has it. So, I ordered a 24” Bahco blade from Axminster and made myself a folding version that can travel with me ready for the next...
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    Rounding planes

    Hi, Has anyone any experience of using rounding planes to make chair parts (not just the joints)? I just started turning some cleaved green ash into cylinders and have proved to myself that I am not a very competent Turner. My ability to keep the diameter consistent is lacking. Also my lathe...
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    Another Tuffsaws satisfied customer...

    I know that it’s been said before but.... Last week I sold my trusty EB BAS316 and took delivery of a new to me Record BS400. It came with a selection of blades and I fitted what seemed the best/sharpest. To say I was disappointed was an understatement. The poor thing struggled to cut anything...
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    Upgraded before I got started....

    Not sure this was a sensible change so soon, but having a week ago I bought a Record CL1 that was advertised locally and started looking for basic tools and accessories. I was then offered a CL4 on a stand which with its variable speed, bigger thread etc., seemed a good bet so I have agreed to...
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    Elektra Beckum BAS316 Bandsaw -now sold

    The machine is in good condition and has suited me very well, but I have just been offered a 2nd hand Record BS400 that I couldn’t pass up so it is up for sale. Not sure what say about it, it is one of the German built ones, has 12” wheels and cuts up to 160mm depth. It comes with a floor...
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    Record CL1 Lathe - now sold

    Hi, I bought this lathe two weeks ago from a local seller who had downsized and had no workshop. I was then offered a CL4 which I have subsequently bought too, so the CL1 is available for sale if anyone is interested. It is in really good condition, has the bowl turning attachment, a tailstock...
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    Turning tool suggestions/recommendations

    Hi, Having bought a basic woodturning lathe, I need to buy some turning tools. I have recently bought a set of Narex Mortice Chisels which seem very good and reasonably priced and wondered if anyone has any experience of their turning tools? They do a five piece set that is about £90 and an...
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    Just bought a Record CL1 but need help with missing part.

    Hi, Yesterday I bought a CL1, Chuck and the bowl attachment via a local advert. It is in very good order but was dismantled as the owner had just moved house, downsized and had nowhere to keep it. Unfortunately having unpacked it I’ve found that he seems to have mislaid a couple of bits. He’s...
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    Penultimate workbench

    Hi, I am calling my current project my penultimate workbench so that I don't agonise over the many choices that need to be made and just get on with it on the basis that my final bench will fix any shortcomings. The basic design is the Benchcrafted Roubo bench but I decided to build it from...
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    First furniture project in years....

    Hi, I have been putting time into other interests over recent years, but with retirement on the horizon I decided that it is time to reboot my interest in proper woodworking. The pictures are of a table I just made for some friends. It is to a design published by Mike Pekovitch in his book...
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    (More) Kity 419 Saw mods

    Hi, a while ago I bought a 2nd hand Kity 419 and it has become a very useful part of my workshop. It is mounted in a wheeled workstation with extra table area to the right and behind and its own sliding table on the left. The biggest problem is the dust extraction so I have pulled it apart to...
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    Workshop Heaven clearance sale

    Hi, I just got an email about a clearance sale that may interest people here as there a number of useful discounted items. https://www.workshopheaven.com/schtickle.html I just ordered a spokeshave, been wanting one but they have been out of stock for a while so an ex-demo one is fine for me...
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    Tool cabinet build - hInge opinions?

    Hi, I am trying to get my workshop tidy and better organised, to which end I have started to build a new tool cabinet. It is similar to this: Pekovitch Tool Cabinet I decided to build the carcase including the door boxes from 18mm birch ply not solid wood as in the original, mainly for reasons...
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    Plane choice?

    Hi, After having spent some time using my homemade Krenov style plane described here: first-shopmade-plane-t115661.html I have discovered (or more accurately rediscovered) the joys of using hand tools and realised how much difference a good blade makes. However, whilst I think that making...
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