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Bought to refurb but never got round to it and just wasted . All there , just needs tlc £10 collected , £15 posted or collection from south Somerset near yeovil . cheers Sam

I would rather sell both together if possible , these are both original Record planes , 5 and 5 1/2 . The 5 1/2 is in very good condition all around and was like new when I bought it , the 5 is in very good condition , apart from then handles could do with refinishing . collection preferred...

Having a sort out and this is surplus now , all complete except the plastic knob for the top , it was fitted to a 6”Multico planer that I no longer have . I removed it , cleaned it up for re painting and never got back to it , it has a slight light rust on it as I stripped it an never coated it...

Here is a "little" job I have just completed , took me the best part of a week . The main trusses are made from semi air dried oak and the main columns are from green as green could be . The reason for the semi dried was to reduce the shrinkage in elements that wont be affected by the weather ...

I am set up quiet happily with my extraction and utilise a bag extractor on my spindle moulder and thicknesser , and a couple of can type extractors on my table saw and router table . I alway wear a mask as a belt and braces apporoach . Overall I get minimum dust escape , or so I thought ...

Evening all , long story short I was given an extractor / hoover and worked out the brushes were shot , so replaced them and in the process I managed to break what appeared to be a graphite rectangular ring that had two wires wrapped around one of the sides . It was the two wires running from...

Evening all , I have a couple of questions for the wise and hoped you may be able to help . 1 ) I have to make some laminated curved sections , similar to the radius of a railway carriage roof . It will be made up of 4 to 5 sections and I am looking for a glue preferably PVA of some nature...

Evening all , I am in the Middle of building my workshop / bomb shelter ! I am using Douglas Fir for the cladding , lovely 26mm boards and I have planed them all up , which may sound a bit drastic but that is the finish I wanted . Anyway , my point is it planes up beutifully , I acknowlegde it...

Evening all , I am just in the design process of my new workshop ( with her blessin ) and I am normally good at finding solutions to problems and never one to give in easily . But , I plan on having two doors each 900 wide but want to set them 40mm ish from the front of the building , I am...

Good Evening all , I have been away from the site for a while due to work commitments so hope all is ok . Anyway ,I have recently been able to lay my hands on about 15 tons of willow , not the cricket bat straight variety but the bog standard run of the mill . It varies in diameter up to a...

HI all Just finished the hardest job ever , not because of the material , not because of the design , but what is is ....A week ago my father inlaw passed away unexpectantly . He was only 63 and fine . I was asked to make him a cremation box and I was only to happy too as I had made him...

Evening good folk , having read so much about it I am confuzzled !! The extractor / donar unit is 1HP but has an air flow rate of 800 Cubic Meters per hours .it is a very large beast of a motor and has 5" inlet and outlet and going by the spec from Axminster it seems a good powerful unit ...

Evening all , I am currently making a few pieces and need some help from someone with a lathe to produce a few items from 30 / 32mm stainless stock . The easiest way to describe would be a half sphere with a parallel tail , similar to a mushroom . At first i need 5 but may...

Good evening all , I am searching for an article that I once read , it would be with in the last 5 years . It is about taking two lengths of stock ie 50mm square and joining them end on end with two dovetails . then planing the square section at a 45 degree angle on all corners until the square...

Evening all I am currently renovating an old chest / cabinet and it has 3 small locks on it , 2 for drawers and one for the doors , it relies on the lock on the door working to hold it shut as has no other means to secure itself I have a little problem as it's slide has worn so...

Evening all , sorry if this is the wrong place but .......... I am working in London for a period and will be looking for 2 people for one days work on the 22nd November . It will be pouring a concrete slab . All I am looking for is one semi skilled/labourer and a skilled hand . The work is in...

Evening all :D On sunday I visited our local "tac a brack" carboot sale which was 99% cant be bothered to take to the dump stuff .......but I managed to buy a cracking Stanley No 4 ..it is a reasonably old ish one and cuts like a dream .The sole is nice and flat and the blade...

Hi all wise and wonderful I have mostly been a spectator here and not contributed anything of any value , My name is Sam and am from south Somerset , home of the nastiest cider and arrogant pub owners !! I have been a chippy and builder ( term used loosely )...