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or should I say Irwin. Is it me or the amber handled chisels these days as bad as there cheaper range. I had an apprentice come to me prior to his skills test to sharpen his chisels on my tormek. And after looking at the edge of the steel, it looks awfully weak. They truely look like they are...

Anyone know where I can get any. I had a contractor come to the workshop today looking for a piece to be machined into a threshold strip as the have just laid a floor. Im based in east coast of scotland where there ain't much a selection of good timber sources. I need 2 lengths of 6" x 1.1/2" @...

Does anyone know of a manufacturer that does dovetail jigs down to 9mm I also need it to unrestricted about the width

I don't know if this is of any intrest to anyone, If anyone does get it, what do you think to it, http://www.nelton.co.uk/default.asp this is another one. You can read on the net previous issues. http://www.furnitureproduction.net/

Who produced or produces the best Chamfer plane. I love getting my LN103 out to de arris my timber, just ran up 200m of skirting and the same again on architraves from beech, but couldn't resist de-arrising it by hand, rather than putting them through the spindle moulder again. [/img]

After trying to find a magazine that is more suited to my line of work I have come up with nothing. I am a joiner that manufatures joinery products, ie your doors, your stairs, etc etc basically anything from wood. I personally feel that the current mags out there revolve around the DIYer /...

Does any of you out there take on apprentices but not through CITB, oh and your north of the border in Scotland.

What magazines are out there with regards to working with wood. Theres no point in me asking which is best as it will all depend on the individual. Its a few years now since I read or saw one.

This is my youngest daughters 1st lap joint. I made one along side her, so the only help she had was watching me do mine. she even planed the edges with a small block plane. She is classed with learning difficulties. She is ten with an academic age of 6 or 7 I was well impressed. the next day I...

Does anyone know of anywhere that sells this brand of drill bits. I bought a few from Axminster but they have stopped selling them. They are the best bits I have used, bought the clico equivelant but they ain't as good I think. I did a contract for over 600 doorsets and I used these bits to...

I have the urge to teach, I love when the kids come down to the workshop and we go through some joints and that. But due to the lack of written qualifications I couldn't even teach college students, far less go to Uni do a degree and then have to teach other stuff apart from woodwork. So is...

Who uses it. I am fortunate to have a woods that mill, Larch, Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech, Birch and Sycamore. When a client comes to have something made I try to go the home grown route if I can. Wether it be a larch fence or an oak stair.