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  1. Scouse

    Axminster AW106PT2 Planer Thicknesser

    After 25 years of hand plane stock prep, I appear to have slowed down a bit. I am a bit swamped and needed to find a way of cutting some time out of the process. So, I have just pulled the trigger on one of these With 200 quid off the price and reasonable reviews I couldn't resist. I do feel...
  2. Scouse

    How much?

    The clutch has gone on my 2007 Focus 2.0 tdci. Just had a quote of £1167 to supply and fit. I politely enquired if my hearing was also beginning to fail, at which point I was told it's not just a clutch but a 'dual mass flywheel assembly'... Well why didn't he say that in the first place? Now...
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    Well, I suppose it's sort of an infill...

    Picked this up over the weekend. I'm not usually tempted by wooden planes, but I thought it was unusual enough to warrant a trip home for a closer look. Apparently 'tis a D. Kimberley and Sons coffin smoother. As you may have noticed, it has a bit of a thing, in the style of a big chunk of...
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    Yankee Doodle Dandy

    First of all, if you are after a jaw-dropping rebuild WIP of Wallace proportions, keep right on walking, there’s nothing to see here. If, on the other hand, you enjoy endless detail about the minutiae of a reasonable example of a basic handtool, then put the kettle on; there's not much about...
  5. Scouse

    Record Hand Planes RIP

    I note with much regret that following the death last year of David, it's author, the recordhandplanes.com website appears to have gone offline. A real shame, it was a great resource.
  6. Scouse

    Why do you collect what you collect?

    I was going to raise this in a hand tool WIP thread for which I’m just editing photos down at the moment, but with reference to the ongoing chisel thread here I began thinking more about what makes an individual collect one tool over another? I realise that this is a more philosophical...
  7. Scouse

    De-Greasing a Mechanism, Any Recommendations?

    Say you had a mechanism which basically worked ok, but was a bit sticky and probably full of a hundred years of goo, mostly made of brass with a bit of chrome plate to make it look pretty. For the sake of argument, a ratchet mechanism from a yankee screwdriver. Or a big drill... Obviously I'm...
  8. Scouse

    Some Car Boot Stuff

    Following my thread in April asking if people were still interested in car boot threads, I have failed to post a single one :oops: . I'd love to have a decent excuse but the dog ate my homework. To be honest, a combination of weather and a couple of weekends when I had to work has meant that...
  9. Scouse

    Rule Britannia...

    I have had an eye out for a lathe for a while; to be honest it has been a bit of a lazy search, I don't know the first thing about them so I was just watching the occasional potential victim on ebay which wasn't too far away, wasn't too much money and was old enough to make it interesting, or...
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    Restoration WIPs... Off We Go!

    It's been a good few years since I did a WIP on tool restoration; I remember doing a few planes and this one on a Union pillar drill, but that was four years ago... Lordy! Anyway, as noted previously, last year I didn't bother to put up any car boot finds, but I did find things at car boots and...
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    How Do You Do That Linky Thing

    How do you do that thing within posts where you turn a big long link into a single word?
  12. Scouse

    Musical Interlude

    Cool. http://themindunleashed.org/2014/05/sou ... layer.html
  13. Scouse

    Car Boot Sale Threads

    Is there still an appetite for threads showing the bits and bobs bought in car boot sales? A couple of years ago there were a few threads each week, but last year the popularity of the threads seemed to die off a bit for some reason (surely nothing to do with Jimi's new interest in looking up...
  14. Scouse

    A new bench

    Surely I can't be the first to want one of these? http://www.leevalley.com/US/wood/page.a ... at=1,41637
  15. Scouse

    Axminster Customer Service

    So first of all the disclaimer; I don't work for them. Anyway... I've noticed Axminster taking a bit of a kicking over the past couple of months, so I thought I would share my recent experience dealing with their customer service department. I ordered a Jet JWBS-16Q bandsaw in December, it...
  16. Scouse

    It must be summer...

    Because the car boot sale was on today! Freezing cold, but sunny and slim pickings, but still good news! Just a saw today, 14 inch tenon with Lynx trademark and local interest, I assume from a retailer 'Potts of Liverpool', haven't looked it up yet. A bit of a basket case, it will come up...
  17. Scouse

    That Man Maskery

    So my new bandsaw was delivered last week and, since I've worked exclusively with hand tools for all of my career, it was a bit of a culture shock to find a chunk of iron the size of a fridge in the workshop. I had an idea that the supplied instructions would be inadequate, and although I...
  18. Scouse

    Can anyone explain electricity, watts and such to me?

    I've just ordered my first woodworking machine, a Jet bandsaw from Axminster, but the electric thing is confusing me as follows; It's listed as having a 1.1 KW power rating with a 1.9 KW max. input. The catalogue also recommend a 16 amp supply. My question is this; my mother's Flymo has a 1.8...
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    Bandsaw Blues: What Should I Get?

    So, I need a bandsaw. Not happy about it, but a long standing rotator cuff injury has had me laid up for weeks and finally left me with no alternative than to stop large scale sawing by hand and buy one. Capacity isn't everything, but 25cm up would be good, build quality and longevity is...
  20. Scouse

    Can Anyone Identify This Plant?

    It's just come up this year, wasn't there last. The wife's the gardener, but swears she didn't plant this. It's an odd looking thing, freaks me out to be honest! It's about 5 foot high and each big head is made up of smaller spheres each with lots of what look like small green flowers. The stem...
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