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I've had a very pleasurable morning sawing. I'm making a shelf unit for my granddaughter and have an off-cut of oak that I thought would be nice for end boards. First job was to cut it to size. My main ripping panel saw has been a Spear and Jackson Skew Back 7tpi saw. This has been a great...

I was looking for a copy of Fine woodworking on proven shop tips, when I can across a copy in the Internet Archive. I was chuffed to bits as hard copies were all quite expensive. Even with a donation accessing the book was significantly cheaper. And then I started searching and found there are...

I have a small collection of inshaves/scorps built up over the last few months. The first one was a cheap Chinese tool bought from ebay, that I haven't had any success with. It just doesn't cut very well. It's the middle inshave in the picture above. IMO even as cheap as it was, it was a waste...

I've just received an email stating the Quercus' 21st issue will be the last. That's such a shame. I've only recently (last few months) subscribed, and I've found each issue fascinating and read them cover to cover.

Christopher Schwarz seem to have released a lot of Lost Art Press videos onto YouTube a few days ago. Some of the content appears to have been originally released as DVDs. Worth a look in my opinion. https://www.youtube.com/@lostartpress/videos

I had a chance yesterday to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum. I only had a little over an hour before the museum closed, but I really enjoyed the chance to look round. I started in the 1600-1815 Gallery in the basement. There was some lovely furniture there. I particularly liked a dressing...

I've been looking to get a small carving axe for a while. So when I saw an article in the Grauniad about a Ukrainian tool maker who was continuing to work in spite of the war, I thought I could support him and get myself the axe I'd wanted. So I went onto the website and ordered a Small-sized...

Perhaps a little unusual, but I thought I'd post my thoughts on a purchase I made a couple of months ago. Namely a 500ML Wax Warmer Heater Melting Machine Single Pot. It cost me £21.74 on ebay. I can't find the exact model but there are plenty of similar Wax heaters and I'm sure they all behave...

What thread does a Stanley Cap Iron Screw have? I wonder about getting a couple made up. I tried buying a couple of new one (Clifton and Quangsheng), but the screws are wider (larger dia) than the older Stanley ones.

I had a nice little project to do over the weekend. To build a Moxon vice from a kit that I'd had for a little while. The kit was bought from WDS Components - Moxon vice hardware kit with ball handles (WDS 3600). They also do a more expensive kit with wheels. The kit comprise: 2 x M20 Cast...

I've been looking at the fine-tools.com web site for a while; particularly at some tools that don't seem to be available from UK sellers. I'd been put off buying from the site as I wasn't sure how the import would work out since we left the EU. Well a couple of weeks ago I thought sod it and put...

I've just tried to access the yandles website (Welcome to Yandle & Sons Ltd) and I'm hitting a placeholder site. Is the Yandles business OK? This is what I'm seeing:

I am in the process of making my first workbench. I've started doing woodwork as a hobby (rather than just doing bits of DIY) in the last year or so. I have found that not having a solid platform to work on is limiting. So I decided to get myself a workbench. After some research I decided that I...

Hi. I'm Rob. I did woodwork at school but wasn't very good at it, and ended up doing a lot more metal work. I've done mainly DIY type things over the years. Over lockdown I returned to a boyhood hobby of model making - mainly tanks. That was fine, but I got a little tired of making models of...