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Forgive me if this sounds rediculous but I've always had an issue with maths and numbers and stuff so it's probably a relatively simple problem. I'm using a product that requires a mix ratio of 9:1 by weight. But I've obviously gone wrong somewhere as I've run out of acid catalyst while I still...

Hi all. Quick one. So I'm producing dash panels lately for classic cars and using a santos rosewood veneer which is applied over a 12mm nine ply baltic birch plywood panel. All seems well until some time later, usually during the finishing process, small hairline splits appear in the veneer...

Say hello to LYN, a small maple and walnut table, th name, well thats of my choosing, I'll show you why at a later date, the design, well is not mine, its one of Rod Wales from a book I bought a few years back. Anyway, as per usual I start making this, had the best intention of taking pics, but...

Hi, Ok so I more or less have my Startrite TA275 sorted. Recieved a set of new belts last week to replace the badly worn and misshapen old ones (the belts were the wrong size to start with and the pulleys were badly out of allingment), so, she's singing sweetly and has lost the bad shudders it...

Hi guys, I picked up a pretty decent c.late 70's early 80's Startrite Tilt Arbor 12" table saw, a few years back it was converted to single phase and has a 2.2KW (2HP) Brook Crompton motor fitted. Saw is running fine after having the starter fixed however I'm noticing intermittent vibrations...

Ok, so I reckon I have one of these bad boys coming my way (once I prise open my wallet and hand over some hard earned cash!! :oops: ). Its similar to the one pictured below, has a sliding carriage and all. The motor was replaced a few year back with a single phase motor. Now, what I'm...

....... but boys, I knews nothing, that was until this little beaut arrived in the post this morning. Yes indeed my friends, you seen that magic word, 'Clifton', its a 5 1/2 and my god, it blows my old Records and Stanleys clean out of the water and send them running for the hills, then...

Visited an antique/brick a brack/junk shop today and of course there just had to be a dozen or more planes in various forms on the ground didnt there!!!! Sighhh......had to dig in, came out with a few goodies, I think :P Picked up this foreplane with Marples blade for my new shooting board...

I'm becoming worried and they say there is great comfort in knowing that you are not alone when you sre struck down with an affliction. My problem is that, well...... I cant stop planing!! I plane when I shouldnt be planing, at innapropriate times, in the early hours of the morning, when I...

Picked up a Stanley jointer on Sunday at a market, hadnt been at the particular car boot in a long long time and went specifically with the hop of picking up such a plane, so, all in all not a bad day! :) Anyway, its a Stanley Bailey No7, I'm just trying to date it however, its a little...

I'm gonna make myself a shooting board......seems about time I did so! :oops: Anyway, I have a Record No5 and hopefully soon a No7, neither of these however are particularly comfortable to use on a shooting board (I tried it using a bench hook and my No5). I was contemplating drilling and...

Was just looking through e-bay and seen a couple of (ok I'll say it) attractive looking Stanley planes! It'd seem they have at least considered getting there asses in gear and possibly realised that there planes in recent years are pretty rubbish! Has the resurgence of trendy and contemporary...

The backstory Got the above mentioned block plane off of 'Santa Claus' this Christmas so I figured I'd throw together a review/test of it, might be of some use to people as its hard to find decent reviews for this make, I believe there is one other on the forum somewhere but for some reason I...

Hi, So I picked up a vintage model of the plane pictured below, blade marked for Connecticut USA. Thought it'd be a handy little plane to have! But....I cant figure out how to use the friggin' thing!! I've the blade razor sharp, the sole flattened, the contact surfaces of the blade/plane...

Hi guys! Merry Christmas to one and all, hope y'all had a good one! :) Fine festive weather we HAD here, a sustained period of low temps and broken records (not to mentionen broken water mains and gutters!). However, in the last day or so the temp has shop up by about 10c!! I dont know what...

Time to dive in at the deep end me thinks and have a go at a very detailed carving!! :shock: Been a while since I did a 'proper' old skool carving, in fact just looked it up today and it would appear its been over 6 years since I did the piece below (bloody hell, where did that time go!!!!!)...

Hi guys! Thought this would be of interest here, however, as the title says this is perhaps more of a metalwork project than a woodwork one, but it is however a piece of woodwork machinery, so, make what of it you will 8) Having caught a glimpse of the 'washing machine motor' thread over in...

I'm looking for a few basic (but obviously of some quality) run of the mill planes, have a c.1950's record jack and some cheapo No4 :oops:, but I'd like to replace that and pick up another few. I cant quite afford the Cliftons, Veritas's or Lie-Nielson's, not just yet anyway! :P I know the...

So, Had this lathe the past number of years when I jumped headlong into woodworking (obviously still not knowledgable enough to save my money and buy a decent lathe! :P ). So, I bought this beautiful piece of 'Karlkraft' engineering! The dream of any aspiring woodturning, these things are...

Howdy! Picked up an old handsaw in a car booth yesterday up here in wee 'norn iron' :lol:. The saw was only £3 and is in decent enough condition, an 8tpi skew back cross cut which hasnt seen that much use, is pretty straight and has one one tooth missing, the teeth have been sharpening with...