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http://www.leevalley.com/wood/page.aspx?c=2&cat=1,42936,64321&p=64321 I quite like the little shoulder plane, and the introductory price sure looks good.

I've noticed that a lot of buildings here in the UK are block work. Is this a cost cutting measure or am i missing something? The only block work houses or buildings i've seen were either commercial or the doing of some madman in Canada. However they have been using insulated blocks for some...

Building a new door for the workshop and am trying to find some half decent looking hardware... http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=150378338099&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT I quite like this door handle and deadbolt system from the USA. I can't seem to find anything of similar...

I was wondering if any of you have bought this product and where to find it cheaply and consistently. I used to use it in canada for drawers and jigs ect. It had 13 ply's, was very strong and very flat and only came in 5 foot square panels. I want to build a few jigs and want to get some...

I've had to take some time just to relax this weekend and today so i've looked through all the Jigs and Tips threads. I didn't see it as practical to say thanks on every one that i liked as it would of bumped a lot of threads. I do however want to give two special thanks. One to Niki for...

After seeing Tony's modification on the woodrat i wanted to do the same. Axminster doesn't seem to sell the one he had and the only one i've found on the internet seems to be on ebay. http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=360194138985&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT Has anyone seen...

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1220587/Drunk-disorderly-Search-beer-ends-havoc.html Unbelievable he even made it to the store

Fantastic deal on insulation. I happened to win some kingspan insulation on ebay 160 sheets of 35 mm four feet by two feet for £230. They were seconds so i though i might have to throw away half of them but turns out that they are great so thought i'd just recomend them. They are called...

Hello there i'm making a sliding glass door with two glass panels one of which needs to slide open. I've been looking for a half decent deal on the hardware. I need a track on the top with wheels and some form of track on the bottom with wheels. and of course a locking mechanism for the door...

So my shop has this ugly sliding metal door. It is drafty and well just plain ugly. So i'm building a new double door. It is about 85 inches high and the same in width. It will be made from 1 7/8's sapele and each door will weigh about 185 pounds. I've been looking at hinges and needs...

Now that i've recovered from several tool thefts I am looking at some tools that i've always wanted to try out. One of them is the Woodrat also something similar called the router boss. I've watched the online videos and have ordered the manual to have a closer look at what it can be used for...

http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?sessionID=SEI&pf_id=23251&name=dust+collector&user_search=1&sfile=1&jump=44 I have bought the above dust extractor that is supposed to move 3000 meters squared per hour. the silly thing has 4 inch connections on it and when you hook up a four inch...

I hope i can post this here. I am in need of a spindle moulder. The one i have is a T30 and the opening in the table is not big enough for the tooling i need to do on some windows i'm reproducing. Anyone got one they want to sell? thanks

Hello I just picked up a sedwick thicnesser today. However the infeed roller does not grab the wood. Does anyone know how to adjust this? It looks like there are some springs and a nut on the bottom of them and there are some other bolts that look like they adjust something in there but not...

Hello all i was just wondering what peoples thoughts were on the Rojek FSN300F Spindle Moulder. They are on sale at Axminster right now and was wondering if it was good value for the money.

Was just wondering if anyone has bought an after market fence for a table saw. In Canada i had the Uni Fence which i thought was brilliant, wish i would of kept if. I haven't been able to find anything like it here or any other after market fence for that matter. Of maybe they are just called...

My old shop had three phase electricity so all my equipment is three phase. The new shop does not have three phase so i've bought a three phase converter to retro-fit so i can use my equipment. Has anyone done this? If so some pointers would be helpful. The converter needs a 40 amp service...

Very exciting news!!! I just won this on ebay. i can barely contain myself

I was looking at several of the tutorials on boxes and looking for a chuck for my little jubilee lathe... Who would of thought it would be so difficult to find something. The chucks look like they need to be mounted on a plate. Then the plates look like they also need a screw to mount it to...

Hello, new to the forums, i have just bought an old jubilee lathe and need to get 4-Prong Drive Centre and a live tail stock for it. I haven't been able to find much information as to the type i need. Does anyone know what type? It also came with what seems to be a dialed tool rest instead of...