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Personally I like a couple of Firmer chisels aswell as bevel edge in the tool roll.All are second hand.My most used chisels are the 3/4 and 1/2 Firmer. Mine are old and belonged to an old carpenter before me.Keep an edge much longer than anything else I've owned and prefer them for general...

I've got a charnwood DC50 (white and blue) and find it spot on to be honest.Mines connected to an Elektra Bekum planer thicknesser. It should work fine with your thicknesser.

When using linings for jobs I make my own.Finished at 27mm. I also fix it permanently then plasterboard goes up neat to the lining then skimmed. Door is fitted after the plaster is dry and not before, hence fixed permanently.Fit the lining level, plumb and in wind and the door will go straight...

Cordless for me.Just so handy.Had the DeWalt for 5 years for work.Great tool and it gets a fair bit of use. Can't fault it at all.I use it with whatever battery is handy either 5ah or 2ah. Personally all I use with it are cheap 32mm blades.Cant see the point in dear blades as they just get...

Personally I would empty the garage and make a job of it.Prime the floor with SBR then a decent self levelling compound. When I did my garage floor I lifted everything into the garden and covered it up well while I did it. An alternative, which I did in the past during a commercial workshop...

Interesting Phil.Thanks.The ones we had at work were brown with eyelets and Hessian rather than canvas.

Never heard them called frails Phil.

Bill, A bass is a Hessian toolbag lol! You can actually still buy them Bill, Not sure about the American version but what we had here were soft Hessian which laid flat when you put it on the floor.Easy to get at the few tools you put in it.When the job was done just pick it up with the handles...

Bill, A bass is a Hessian toolbag! You can still buy them.

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This post brought back memories of being an apprentice in the early nineties.All the joiners I worked with at the company were aged between 40 - 60 at the time and almost everyone used a toolbox they had made bar a couple who used green canvas bags with a plywood box they made from 1/4 ply that...

Hello everyone, Thank you for being approved to join. I am a Carpenter & joiner and have enjoyed reading the forum for the past month or so and took the plunge and signed up. Look forward to reading (and hopefully contributing) when I can. THanks again, Rewby