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She's a work of art mate,heaps of clamping options there. I would also recommend the holdfasts as an extra clamping option with all those holes. Just have to drill through where the cross members...

Sad news indeed I have all his books and turn to them for inspiration,they are now more precious to me.
He will be remembered and discovered be woodworkers for years to come.

Picking up a couple of sheets of ply next week and will see what happens when I start setting out.
I like shallow draws also,and thinking of using tallowwood runners so I can push or pull the draw...

Thanks Scally I'm enjoying working with the extra bench space I have now .

Still looking at options for under bench storage with a ply insert cabinet divided in two;three draws down the right hand...

Great job Scally, solid and flat and looks good.

Getting the screws square to the face and parallel took up a bit of time. I found after drilling with the drill press through both pieces I still had to shim the screw nuts to get the vice running...

Looking good Scally what size is your front jaw ; are you going to put the taper on the inside of the front jaw?
I tapered mine according to the instructions and now finding some timber slips under...

Hi Scally just installed a twin screw vise,but mine is on the front and happy with it so far. I used the full chain which gave me about 430mm centres on the screws,with 100mm in from the end to the...

Thanks Jill the number 7 is too long to fit in the draw with the others so it lives on the bench till I finish my under bench storage.Normally parked on a piece of carpet offcut that wasn't very...

Nice work,beautiful finish.

Thanks Billy I'm really pleased with the look of the Southern Mahogany after a good soaking of boiled linseed oil and turps. I do use a thin piece of ply when chiseling and drilling but not too...

Pipe clamps are possibly the best low budget alternative for clamping up a heavy top. The clamps can be picked up for about $18 to suite 3/4 gal waterpipe. the pipe needs to be threaded at one end...

Stick with the boards you have and make it 700wide,you'll find that a good size to work on. Sounds like you have a thicknesser available so glue up 5 or 6 at a time till you have 3 planks that will...

Not much left over when the poles are changed mostly firewood.You have to be in the right place at the right time to pick up good arms then rip around the bolt holes to get some useable lengths....

Not too much as long I took care to clamp cauls at each end and in the middle when glueing the sabs together. The top was thicknessed to 75mm before glueing three lots of five then redone down to...

Hi SilentC I work in the power industry been building lines for 25 years and Tallowwood used to be the standard for crossarms and often outlast the poles. It is suposed to be hard to glue because of...

Hi spoon,the base frame is 75x75mm with wedged through mortice and tennon joints with stopped mortice and tennons into a 90x75 base plate. The rails are about 120x30 .
It's just what I ended up with...

This was the bit I spent a lot of hours on and suprised myself with the results. Only my second attempt at half blind dovetails.
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Thanks for the comments lads I know what they mean when they talk about Bench Fever,had it for about six weeks straight till I got this baby finished.
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A couple of shot of the glue up I...

Still scratching my head over where to put it.

My version of many hours of research on the type of bench to suite me.

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Laminated top in Southern Mahogany 72mm thick 780 wide by 2 metres long stands 910mm high.
Decided on the Veritas...

If you have not flattened the bed of the plane and looking at the pic you have your sharpening organized I would give the bed of the plane a rub on a sheet of 120 nofill paper on glass.
Wood bodied...

I have a 6inch carba tec model hooked to a 2hp dusty,works fine.
A jointer is only as good as the blades in it,keep them sharp and have a spare set is my best advise.

You should be able to reproduce that cutting edge with a 4inch angle grinder but make sure you use the grinding blade!!
Reminds me of the blades in the first jointer I brought,I found myself...

Have you flattened the bed of the plane lately?
Set the blade in the plane so it doesn't cut and give it a rub on a sheet of 120 on your glass. You may find the bed is not flat,this will cause...

After much research stumbled on this great design on Fine Woodworking site .

The Versatile Router Table designed by Kevin Mclaughlin is capable of conventional,overhead and horizontal routing...

You can leave the dust shroud on Pete,the collet will raise through if the router switch is in the off position.

Try Repco or similar types of stores. Not found in your general hardware stores around here.
There is different grade ,heavy duty,general purpose in spray can or pump pack. Use it on the sole of my...

Found lanolin spray to be the best protection. The others are just glorified diesel.

Had the same experience myself . Very helpful when I bought my bandsaw good advise and great help for a beginner in bandsaws.
Will be buying my replacement blades from these guys.

I have a small collection and still give them a run now and then,but mostly they are to pick up run your hand over and give a little sharpen if it takes your fancy.
The adze is still around in...

Used adapter sockets PVC to E/W to join my flex.

I used Feastwatson Woodshield on cedar weatherboards around my sunroom windows recently. They soaked up about four coats and look great.
The old boards they replaced had been there twenty years and...

INOX is the ducks guts for cast table tops and exposed metal around the shed.

There are several grades of lanolin sprays and the general purpose would be good enough for metal hand tools and the...

They say look at your mothers brothers if you want to know how the hair line is going to look.

Good place to stock up and see the quality stuff that only available in cataloges when you live in the sticks.

Just purchased my first bandsaw after much research and reading through this forum.
Settled with Jet 18" and very happy with quality and set up.
Had great service from Major Woodworking at...

Got about 9 in the draw and the one that seems to come out most is the number 6 lately.
big lump of a thing but serious worker.

Just cut up a large branch from an english oak and sealed it with a can of spray adhesive for want of something better. Time will tell.

Had some Elm sawn and stacked about 4 years ago.
Made a couple of pieces out of it recently and very happy with the results. It finishes bueatifully but doesn't take stains well,not that you would...