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I have fitted a Wixey DRO to my PT for thicknessing and no, it isn't super accurate, but it is accurate enoughfor cabinetmaking and makes it much easier to dial inthe thickness I want to within a tenth or two of a mm. Given that I will always clean up with a handplane to remove planer marks, I...

+1 for the SM scalpel. I have had several marking knives including a Blue Spruce, but have founf them all very clumsy compared with a scalpel. Blades are cheap but also simple to sharpen on your sharpening system of choice. Jim

Lovely. I'm guessing the American one with the elaborate script may be earlier and perhaps more desirable to a collector. The other one's handles look dark enough to be ebony although that seems unlikely unless someone has replaced them at some point. Jim

That's the one, thanks. Jim

I think daily use does make a difference. Bi-metal blades are stiffer than ordinary carbon steel and also require higher tension, so long periods at rest in one position will mean the sections around the wheels will be selectively subject to additional stress. I have also heard that machines...

Speak as you find. I have had premature breakage on expensive bi-metal blades with tension left on but lost none since I got the de-tensioning habit, so it has saved me money. My bandsaw is not in daily use which probably makes a difference. Jim

Interesting, and no one has mantioned the carbon cost of all that heat. Also, one owner of a business which had used Accoya quite a bit told me that a couple of his employees had developed nasty reactions to it, so he had stopped using it. I wonder if this risk also applies to other similar...

I seem to remember tat back in the day when you could arrange with (pay, presumably) for Royal Mail to have localised postal franking marks, there was one which read "The home of the Mole Grip". I don't know about them being Petersen knock-offs but there were definitely Mole Grip knock offs, I...

...and blades last onger before they break - especially the bimetal variety. Jim

I agree with HOJ. Oak is very open-grained and, unless it is very sheltered it will be very hard to get anything to stay on it for any length of time. Better to let it go that lovely silvery colour of weaterhered oak. Jim

I have always used Morrell's Finishing Spirit which is alcohol with a little shellac added, I believe. If you have a Moreels near you that might be an easy answer. Jim

I faced this problem a couple of years ago, having realised I had lots of tools I no longer or haven't ever used. I just sorted them out and put them on ebay over a period. Figuring I didn't need and wouldn't miss them I decided to make it a project and sell them in aid of charity - Ovarian...

Nothing wrong with a bit of weight. Give me a heavy plane every time in preference to a light one, weight gives momentum which carries the plane through tougher areas and it's not as if you need to lift the plane off the work between passes; just slide it back. Jim

I have only the small version but have never trusted the fence because of the dubious stability inherent in hand held use that several have referred to, For this reason, I always use it on a flat reference surface with various shims of known thickness under the machine or the workpiece. If I...

Interesting devopments. That's a big drop for a domestic garden. I'm not qualified to comment on Johnny's interesting contribution, but looks very helpful and it certainly shows the value of sharing technical problem on UKW. As for 11mm OSB as a stopgap safety measure, I think it would be...

That certainly is a lovely piece. Beautifully proportioned and nicely detailed. Congratulations. It would be interesting to see how it fares in the long term. I made this firescreen and accompanying stationery box in brown oak and sycamore. After 20 years in a room that gets only a little...

What a beautiful outlook. The paved area looks quite large, have you considered the possibilty that the loss of the decked projection altogether might not be such a huge thing if you could optimise the design and use of the paved area? I guess that's probably too radical. Rather than have a...

I've had decling for at least 20 years - never wanted it but my wife did .... I insisted on hardwood but caved in to treated softwood joists - contractor insisted they would be fine. Thery aren't. Started rotting away after about 10 years. and quite a bit of the decking itself I have had to...

John, The usual arrangemnt for this sort of thing is a box at the back of the machine connected to a powerful extractor which creates a strong rearward air flow past the machine and can be pretty good at capturing dust. Some thing around 300mm square should work but it ishelpful if this can be...

Hi Chris, A window behind the bench is exactly the problem I have too and another reason why I have to shuffle things around. It's also the reason why I have a basic mitre saw rather than the more versatile sliding type and the fancy Bosch £1300 glide arm solution just doesn't pass a...