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I find this subject of distressing furniture to make it look old very interesting .People seem to think that all antque furniture is exspensive whereas you can buy a antique dining table and chairs for half the price of a comparatable new one.So what is the point of making a brand new table and...

I have a couple of paring chisels which I hollowed ground several years ago,they need a secondary angle honed on them ,but you natually get one when you hone the hollow on a stone by laying the hollow on the stone . I believe this is the way to get a chisel as sharp as possible.I would not...

I agree with Paul Chapman,wrong tool for the job, a better quality jigsaw with quality blades would cut better .But at the end of the day a jigsaw blade can and will deviate of a straight line even with a straight edge. If you are doing short runs a handsaw would do the job

You say you have no pratice runs,this is one of the reasons why scribing is the wat to go. From a carpenters veiw for a room to be skirted out ,the wall opposite the entrance to the roomshould be done first then skirtings should be scribed to this. On straight runs sribed skirting can be cut...

Again I apoligise about writing about this on someone elses post but ,yes I do until the finishing stage that is when I apply sanding sealer etc ,to any projectfrom then on Iwould use a brasives ,oh and wood turningwhich I have done very little of :) . Maybe I was lucky that I had a chargehand...

I hope you don't mind me posting my thoughts about using abrasive paper on hardwood ,Iwas taught as a apprentice that the two do not go to gether and I still believe this because at the end of the day all that is created is a scratched surface . I would use a jackplane, finish with a smoothing...

Thankyou for the welcome Colin C, as you can see I have been registered on the forum for a while . :) I find I tend to get more info of the forum than I can contribute :oops:

I think that a good straight edge and square is the most important tool for this job and a plane no smaller than a smoothing plane.I never been a great lover of abrasive paper on hardwood ,a bit old fashioned maybe :)

Not much point in buying it really, unless you had the top to go with it,you could be waiting a month a a day to sauce one.It wiil probaully end up collecting dust in your garage for the next twenty years