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Dear All, as some of you may recall from another thread, I need to repair the broken rosewood tote of an old plane. Here's the problem: once the tote is glued, and any gaps are filled, the hard filler (epoxy) may need to be stained, dyed or painted to make the repair blend in. Should the...

Dear All, I'd welcome some advice on sharpening. My question is about honing a dull blade, and is doubtless evidence of dreadful ignorance :oops: . Say you have a chisel/iron with three bevels: 23deg., 25 & 30. When the tertiary bevel is just dulled (not nicked or otherwise damaged), can that...

Dear all, I've just bought an old (Type 11: 1910-1918) Stanley no.5; this one, in fact: http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll? ... RK:MEWA:IT (sorry, don't know how to do that clever, one-word-link thing) I'm not too worried about most of the restoration, because I brought my grandfather's...

Dear All, can anyone tell me how Jackson & Day, Collins Complete Woodworker's Manual, http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 96-6905428, differs from Jackson, Day et al., Complete Manual of Woodworking, http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASI ... 96-6905428 ? Thanks. JS

Dear all, I have a birthday coming up, and have been pestered about what I'd like. Oh, the hell of it. Anyway, given a spot of illness, I've not done any w/working for months. Thus, thought I, why not ask for tools, which might encourage me to venture once again into the garage? I think that...

Dear All, I've taken the bold step of moving from Scary Sharp to Jap waterstones, and have encountered a problem (apart from the infuriating need to keep flattening the damned things), and would be grateful if the Orientally skilled among you could help. When lapping the back of a chisel, a la...

Dear All, at the risk of producing groans of "not another one", I'd appreciate your views on the above. Notably, I've been thinking that the LN L/A Rebate Block (507) would be a sensible choice given is versatility (a Jack Block? :wink:), and have just seen that Alf would seem to agree ('total...

Chaps, apologies for my third post today. Anyway, having just sent for David Charlesworth's first book, and Garrett Hack's The Handplane Book :D , I'm now after a book on hand tools. Hack's other book looks great, but seems a little short on practical tips. I like the look of Choosing and...

Dear All, now that a saw doctor may have been unmasked, buying a resharpenable saw seems more sensible. Of course, Adria or LN dovetail and tenon saws would be wonderful, but are beyond my sick-leave means. As such, I'm on the look-out for old saws, but, in the mean time, I ought to buy...

Dear All, having called Axminster Technical as a wild stab in the dark, and asked if they knew of a saw doctor, the chap on the end of the blower suggested DAVENPORT SAWS. (yours truly dug up the following details on the Information SuperHighway: Oxford Rd Pen Mill Trading Estate Yeovil...

Dear All, I have to make a garden/front gate for a relative, and naturally thought that iroko would be the way to go, given its strength and durability. However, the gate has to be painted :evil:, so I am concerned that iroko's natural oils (have I got that right? Never usesd it before) might...

Dear All, having waxed some tool handles (with the Sheraton turps-Linseed-wax mix), I've decided that they'd be better if varnshed. However, short of buying some Liberon Wax Remover (such a large tin would be over-kill for a couple of handles), I don't know how to remove the wax polish. Any...

Ladies and Gentlemen, having lurked in the ether for some weeks, I thought it was about time to register, and to come out of the closet and admit my addiction to old hand tools. I began to dabble with woodwork recently, as a way to distract myself from extended sick leave from my...