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Not sure I saw this right, but at the start of, I think every, NYW, when Norm is giving his talk on "Before we start be sure to read, understand and........." he demonstrates the safe use of a router table before extolling the virtues of safety glasses. All good, but have a look at his tool...

This is my latest toy. I have an old Nu-Tool pillar drill, benchtop model, that has a bit too much slop for my liking. I rarely use it, but for those occasions when I do I would rather have something more solid. If antique. So, here it is. A Tauco. Weighs a tonne, even though it is, I think...

I am not sure if these have been covered already, so at the risk of repeating someone else I am going to give a quick appraisal of these bits. I was fortunate enough to be given one of these bits, a Bormax 35mm, which certainly appeared to be far superior to the others I have. These 'others'...

It is my eldest daughters 16th, today. I have made her a humble box for her 'smoking' knick-naks, and wanted to line it with some sticky backed velvet stuff (felt?) I have had lurking about for some time. I have never used it before and was amazed at just how sticky it is. I have used about 5...

I picked up a box of planes the other day; obviously I knew that one of them was worth something (through this forum) but the others I do not know a lot about. In particular the infill. It has a ward iron, but I cannot ID it at all. A 444 DT plane. A 98 side rebate. A 49 T+G plane. The...

I have an Evans automatic RAS gadget. A big saw. It has a very large blade, 5.5kw motor, and can manage over 10inch depth of cut. With a circular blade. It is on a large gantry type set up. I like the saw, in fact whats not to love? Dial in the speed, line up the cut, and press he button. Off...

I hope no-one minds me uploading pix; I have got the knack of uploading photos and am now playing catch up. OK- can anyone help me id this lump of wood. Heavy, quite hard and kinda got a texture to it (I know all wood has a texture but this is difficult to describe; it kinda looks stitched!)...

I have over a hundred assorted old chisels, all good steel, and a fair few more modern ones that are 'users'. This is not a gloat as we all know you can get these for 10 a penny from any boot fair, although some of them are quite 'special' anyway. There are pigstickers, dovetail, paring...

A warning. Budget insurance. Last night I had my car seized by the police and impounded. I was adamant I was insured however Budget told the police I was not as the payment had failed to clear da da dah. (and so on). I insisted it had, as there had been two payments made at the same time early...

A short warning, although I am sure most here are far more safety conscious than I. Yesterday evening I was planing a bevel on some bamboo flooring in order to use them as thresholds. I needed a shallow bevel and the fence only went to 45' so I set the guard across the blade and was using a...

Hi Woodrat, routerlathe, DT jigs x2, and other stuff for £400. In Yorkshire, how i wish it were closer!! SEARCH FOR 'JOLOT Trend/elu/dewalt' Sorry its late, was deliberating. http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/280825521599? ... 1423.l2649 HTH someone Neil Hope someone gets it, as I said if I was...

Folks, my brothers Mrs has left him after 20 years, and has taken off with all the monies and assets. He put the house he bought to rent out for a steady income, for them both, in her name, for tax reasons, and also dealt with other assets in a similar fashion. She has left with everything. He...

I keep a set of Ryobi tools, which I use on the run of the mill jobs where the hilti/festool/etc stuff is not really necessary. Point being that if it got pinched I would not be too gutted. Recently I thought about selling the lot (circ saw/jigsaw/planer/drill/vac/angle drill/sander/impact...

Hi Folks I have committed myself to fixing about a hundred chairs, in a restaurant, that are all developing the same problem. The mortice and tenon joints are becoming loose and are allowing movement in the chair, for instance when people lean back etc..... I need an economical way to remedy...

HI folks. Have changed the message to let you know that WICKES have just changed their paint supplier and are letting some of the old stock go for peanuts. Hypothetically speaking, maybe my local store sold LOADS at next to nothing. Am I allowed to say that? Not a lot they can do to me really...

Hi all I have been very busy looking after my father, who has been diagosed with MND, but have found the time to re-fit his bathroom. I used a beech block worksurface, and finished it with Danish Oil. Have I made an elementary mistake here? I thought this stuff was perfect for the job in hand...

I had a result today at the auction, I managed to get a Trend Stair Jig, and a Trend M & T jig, all for 12 quid. :lol: :lol: :lol: However it appears that the mortice and tenon jig is missing one of the f-clamps and I am not quite certain that the angle thingy is working perfectly. I...

I'm not sure I have put this in the right section, so apologies if I am wrong, but..... I have a load of doors to knock up, and need to make myself a jig to cut the rail and stile parts. I have the router bits (blue tornado?? Are they OK?) and obviously a table, but in the past I have had...

Mornin' I have got two Festool TS55's and only one pair of hands. So I am going to let one go. It is in the systainer with all the gubbins APART from the guide rail, which I only have one of. In good condition, all working fine. I think I also have a spare blade for it, along with...

I think thats what it is called. It's a gadget that takes two blades that sit at the front of the tool, running in opposite directions (one goes up, one goes down). I remember the ad proudly stating that it would cut tree roots out (not that I will be using one for that) amongst all other sorts...