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My old lathe is about an inch below my elbow - the new one is two or three inches above. I suppose I got used to the height of the old one but I do not spend hours standing there -...

Now I know it depend how tall one is but in relation to your body how high should the centres of a lathe be? I only ask this because up until now I have been using Record lathe sitting on a bench....

Hi Jim,

Fancy bumping into you here :D Yes I managed it in the end thanks to some help from you and a few others in cyber-space...

Attempt number 10 (I think) Once I got this far I was OK...

Hi Guys, It has been a while since I was last here and then I was a 'square' woodworker. Although I have used a lathe for a while a lathe it has only been to make round things to go on square...

OK, I have just been watching a free DVD that came with a magazine. In it the guy was cutting using a SCMS. I always pull out, drop down and push cut.

This guy was pull cutting through the...

Fear not, there is a MkII version of the jig. The new version is adjustable to fit any router. It was invented in Japan and marketed in the US. The US distributor decided to give it up as it was not...

I'm amazed that you guys don't know this product. I thought you would all say you have one in the shop. This is where it came from:

www.alisam.com

Ralph;)

Hi all, haven't been here for a bit but I thought you might be able to help me with any experience you might have had with one of these:

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/60866/Alesam.JPG
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Thanks Guys,

I can feel myself sliding down the slope to a workshop full of shavings! I have some other blanks I have saved over the past few months I might try a small bowl next, I'll let you...

Hi Folks,

I seem to have done more lurking than posting lately, so I thought I would show you my first attempt at turning for more than 35 years, since school.

A couple of weeks ago I managed...

http://img.villagephotos.com/p/2002-10/60866/PA210005.JPG

Ralph :D

I have actually done this for a friend. They moved into a new house that had a range and needed to fit a stand alone. The worktop was plastic laminate, post formed edge. We couldn't remove the top as...

Hi Folks,

Here in the UK, among other things, I write a small half page filler in New Woodworking magazine about unusual tools. The next one I thought I would do is on toothing planes. This one I...

I plan to make it servicable...

...its a Bathroom cabint, A mini linen press is a nice discription :)

That top was made from part of the roof of a job we were on a couple of years back.
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No It's not a test. It was given to me by a friend who did not know anything about it other than it was his farther's...

...And here is a wooden thing :mad:
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Well I know it's a scraper plane but that's all. It is cast body with slim wooden top and the blade holder is brass, I think.

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All better now - Sorry!

Ralph

Now look here David, If you keep tellin' them all my secrets...

Welcome to London and today it has stopped raining for long enough to try out the new digicam.

Now, I don't want anyone to say that space is a problem, take a look at this.

This is my home...

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Wanna see some pictures?

Ralph

Todd, I’m no expert on wax but we use affair bit of it. When I say we, I mean Sue. The point you make about using wax on old boards is fine on end grain, it tends to soak it up and get closer to the...

Yep Todd, I agree with you. There is something about doing it by hand that is why I am a woodworker. That settle was made as a project article for the UK Router magazine a year or so ago, hence the...

Bob,
The half-lap bead boards make a change from 'V' T&G and give it an older feel. Lots of work but worth it I think.

Ralph

Michael,
I think it took 3 or 4 days with all the glue ups. The Plano glue press helps.

Dan,
The shape of sides were drawn onto a piece of ½ inch plywood using a large pair of plastic compasses...

SPACE! Talking from this side of the pond. Space is a big issue here, most UK woodworkers seem to work out of sheds and garages. The bandsaw takes up far less room.

Me, I love my shed workshop....