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As someone at the distinctly amateur end of things: Don't hoard wood for the perfect project, get on and make.

Could I add my name to the list of people who would like a pair of holdfasts should more become available please.

If my competition end table looks that good I'll be delighted! Good work.

Hmmm. They should be just wide enough for a mortise and tenon I think. The table as a whole is going to be small enough that the stresses should be tolerable. Spent a few hours working on the legs today. Ripping the legs: This is an inaccurate process, until I sharpen the Disston saw I've...

mahking51: Cheers for the observations. I'll let you know the answers to all your questions when I get my hands on the box. Am very much looking forward to it. I promise I'll put up photos! Here are a couple of close-up photos of the coach-maker's tool. [/img] And a better photograph of the...

Ah ha, here you go. It links to two other posts as well.

Chris Schwarz had a series of posts on his blog a few months back about what to look for in a second-hand plane. I'll see if I can find a link.

Yup, I've got lots of "I can't believe they're encouraging you like this". :D

I think you're safe, I'm distinctly beginner. Ambition is masquerading for ability here! Cheers for the leg info, as long as the timber is good I'll be brave and slim.

I have a big load of beech. I bought it a while back to make a garden bench in one of Nick Gibb's books. Only when looking at the amount of wood, I'm not so sure. It'd be an enormous bench. The top would be 1525x420x75 mm. That's a chunky bench. It'd be very easy to make, but I'm wondering if I...

pipper. Cheers for that, I'll get onto it.

I gave a couple of oak stools their last coat of BLO (for a while) a week ago and they are still tacky. Am I being impatient or is something wrong? If I did just put too much on what's the solution? Wait or do something? If something, what thing?

bugbear: I noticed that too. It's in very good condition. Lucky that a dealer didn't spot it given the minimal price the whole box went for... *gloat gloat gloat*

It looks like an incredibly large spokeshave with a 1/4'' chisel blade. I have no idea what it would have been used for. I have no idea what I'll use it for. I've just taken a couple of pictures of it (and the lovely old box the first load of tools came it) but I'm having unexpected...

A while back I foolishly promised the following: In my head this means something like: Only with smaller rails on the front as I want the drawer to take up a larger proportion of that space. Thinner legs as well. And a lighter finish, but not too light. The colour of aged cherry maybe. A...

I am deeply jealous of your client. Having a library is one of my goals for life and that looks like a lovely specimen. Need the Georgian mansion first though...

Well largely by accident I've ended up with piles of new old tools. Via the joys of ebay I bought the following for a few pennies as a result of the seller not wanting to post them (for obvious reasons) and no-one else wanting to buy them. The fore plane and brace are nice specimens. More...

Ouch. Just seen this thread and that's some horrible damage. That goodness for modern medical technology...

Are these kind of switches not suited?

After struggling to clamp up the crack in the top of one of my stools last night with offcuts and fox-wedges I reckon a few clamps might be in order... Lurker I live in Birmingham; any such would be gratefully received! :)