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I no longer spray any panels so my pair of spraying racks aren’t necessary any more. Bought them a couple of years ago from Morrells, they come with the painted metal bars but I also bought the plastic bar protectors as an extra. Very strong and sturdy box section construction The arms are...

As part of my workshop tidy up I’ve also decided to sell this Sumaco bandsaw. It’s a well used machine but with a good blade cuts most things without trouble. Comes on a stand but can easily be taken off. Will include a few blades to get you going, blades are 96” long IIRC The Machine is in...

I’ve decided to sell my Multico freestanding morticer. I’ve owned the machine for over 10 years now and it has been faultless, giving me consistently square and true mortices. I’ve been using it less and less lately and the space could be better used so here we are. It’s a well used machine...

Morning all, Ive decided its time to upgrade my bench, being in the trade time has always been of most importance so a door blank fixed to some modified dexion racking has done me Ok. I now would like a bench with some proper work holding provisions. After some quick googling I've come across a...

Morning all, Been asked by a friend of mine to try and sort out a house name sign. The approx sizes are 30"x12" with 4 words to be machined into it. I can supply the timber, which will be Oak but I need someone who will be able to do the machining. I'm in Bedfordshire but willing to travel...

Evening all, I've got quite a big order for sash windows at the moment, and with this is a large number of horns. Usually I've roughed out on the bandsaw and used sandpaper to finish but this time I want to try using a rasp to both speed up the process, and get them more consistent. I've read a...

Afternoon everyone, I'm just trying my hand at using shellac, and have hit a few issues. I have bought some dewaxed blonde flakes, crushed them up and added clear meths to it. I have stirred it every 4 hours or so, then left it last night. When I came back to it this morning some of the flakes...

Hi all. Im just planning a kitchen for a customer in Sketchup. They want an oak shaker style door. But, I cant find oak in the colours chart? Am I missing something?? CHeers, Matt

Hi all, I have been gathering information lately about crosscutting sleds. One thing I have noticed with each one is that there is 2 mitre slots on all of the saws they are designed to be used with. The saw im looking to make one for only has one slot, does this effect the sled in anyway at all...

Hi all, After viewing the video's on saw sharpening from a recent thread, I have been spurred on to try my hand at saw sharpening. I found some plans online, and modified them slightly to make it a bit more substantial. Below is a few pics that I thought you might like to see. It's made from...

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Hi all, after reading the american woodworker's article on dovetailing, I thought I would try out their method for lapped dovetails. instead of using a marking guide, a few simple jigs are used instead. The first jig is a piece of the drawer side pinned to a backing board. The second jig as a...

Hi all, after viewing the recent threads on various mitre gauges, the standard size bar seems to be 3/4" by 3/8" howevere on the saw i am looking to buy one for the slot is only 3/4" by 1/4" its an old sedgwick saw, I will post a pic up later tonight when im home from work. I just wondered if...

Hi all, At the moment im building up a set of top notch tools, but im a little undecided as to whether to go for new or old. i recently bought a stanley 18 block plane, and its fantastic. it has a feel to it a new tool will never have until it is many years old itsself but a few new tools i...

Hi all, Recently i have been using an old norton oil stone for my sharpening, and i can get a much better edge using this opposed to diamond stones, i have been looking for some but havent come up with much any ideas where i could get some? I'm looking for coarse, fine and extra fine stones...

Hi all, Those of you that have seen the news this morning will have heard about the fire at the buncefield oil depot at 6am this morning. the depot is only about 3 miles away from myself, and i took some photos of the sky at the moment with the clouds of smoke, thought it might be of interest to...

Hi all, below are a few pics of the latest pieces of work i have completed. The walnut unit is for a client, and the beech unit for myself. both are constructed with mortice and tennon joints with veneered mdf panels and doors. the tops are veneered mdf with a 20mm lipping added to the front and...

Hi all, just a quick questions about chisels, the marples chiselsi currently use are useless, to the extent where the edge has gone dull within a few light hits with the hammer, im pretty sure it isnt my sharpening technique, as a couple of old chisels i have, their edges seem to keep going and...

Hi all, On a kitchen i jus fitted, the customer asked for blum kitchen accessories, some pate holders, dividers and a cuttlery tray, after installing them and the customer giving the ok with the, they then decided that they were too expensive for their budget, unfortuneately the packaging had...

hi all, just about to fit a duel fuel rad for a customer, just wodnering what spec cable i need to supply power to the thing? cheers all