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FEATURES
4 Pine Utility Cabinet
The answer to ugly pipes or gas meters Or adapt it and make a normal cabinet
20 Restoration
How to deal with projects that go a bit pear-shaped
30 Sketchbook
Mirror, mirror on the wall, how do I make a replica? George Buchanan investigates
48 Shaker step stool
A stylish solution for those hard to reach places
54 Hub jig
David Bryant reinvents the wheel. OK then, a jig.
Tools on Test 36
58 Egg timer
Turn this pretty kitchen accessory
62 Tool Sharpening NEW!
Jeff Loader begins this series with planes, irons and chisels
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Shaker step stool 48
36 TW TOOLS
News, reviews and wide-ranging test reports
36   The WoodRat
After recently trying out the little rat, Jeff Loader takes a trip to
the WoodRat HQ and tries out the larger rodent
38    Makita Jigsaw
Can Makita live up to their good reputation with this little saw?
40   Erbauer 72" Router
This economical tool is put through its paces
42   Veritas Sharpening System
To accompany the first of our tool sharpening series, Jeff
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43    Veritas Small Blade Holder and competition
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28 Students'Gallery
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Pine Cabinet
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ie reason for this commission was just a little bit of a surprise to say the least — to cover up a gas meter in full view in the lounge of a small attractive thatched village cottage.
Three drawers and doors were agreed,     'have to
say that I shouldn't have been
too surprised as I regularly deal with old cottages and come across some really weird and wonderful situations. I find that this type of experience adds greatly to the interest element of the work.
The design was discussed at length with the young couple
plus shelving, to surround the meter
who owned the cottage and from this emerged most of the design requirements.
Firstly it is a small cottage in dire need of storage space. Secondly there is a restricted area surrounding the meter as it was sited at the foot of an open tread type barn staircase. Of course there was also the desire for the new cabinet to blend in with the cottage's style and existing furniture.
So it was to be a rustic pine piece similar to some existing cabinets. I have to say that it is not my favourite choice of timber but nevertheless quite fitting for the purpose and setting.
Drawing
The first step was of course the necessary routine of doing a scale drawing supported with a little isometric detail to aid the clients'understanding of what I was proposing.
Three drawers and doors were agreed plus shelving to surround the offending meter to maximise its storage capacity.
I decided the construction would all be from pine board panels (these comprised of strips of pine glued to form panels) which come in a variety of sizes. I chose two thicknesses of 18mm and 28mm which can be readily obtained
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from most large DIY outlets.
This type of boarding has less tendency to cup and is therefore more stable than traditionally joined boards.
In an ideal situation the cabinet would be from 300mm wide panels but the agreed clients'requirements meant that I would have to add a further strip to obtain the door widths preferred.
I ploughed through the dimensions until I sorted out the panel sizes I would need for the project.
Readers may well prefer to go the more traditional route and join pine boards with cleats or biscuits.
The first step was to cut the cabinet end panels to length and then mark the routing rebates to take the floor, two shelves and the drawer frame chassis but not forgetting a back edge rebate to take a backing panel. I was to do this at a later date owing to an uneven cottage wall.
A rebate was also routed to accept the front kick strip.
I would supply an infill panel to fill the floor that had been cut out and the back panel at a later date should the clients decide to move house and take the cabinet with them.
The shelf routing completed, the shelves themselves
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could be cut to length including the previously mentioned meter hole.
The hole was cut out via two corner holes and the ever handy jigsaw.
I then built the drawer frame chassis.This frame is simply cut butt face jointing with the aid of the biscuit jointer.
Ensure that the cross bear-
ers will afford an adequate ledge for the drawers to slide on.
I followed this by cutting the two top holding rails that were dovetailed into the top edge of the end panels.
This acts as a good tie for the top edges of the end panels whilst affording an ideal fixing to secure the top at eight
screw points (four front and four back).
Top
It was the turn of the top which was cut to length and the front edge and ends were routed with a round over or bull nose cutter profile.
The upstand was cut, rounded at each end and glued and screwed to the back edge allowing for a front overhang.
A point to bear in mind is that you should rout the end grain of the top first to avoid breakout damage on the corners.
Dry run
The time then arrived to do a dry assembly of the cabinet carcase ensuring a good fit of the three shelves, drawer frame chassis and the two top rails.
It does of course allow you to correct any faults early on as well as allow proper assembly planning so that the necessary clamps and cramps are to hand.
As a precaution only I decided to screw a light batten to bridge the meter gap.
Owing to the already mentioned uneven wall I did not fit the back edge shelf support rails but would advise readers to do so.
It would well supported if a
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back panel was fitted.
I partially supported the 300mm deep middle shelf by fixing two mirror plates to the back edge and then I screw plugged it into the wall.
/ used the router cutting method for the biscuits as it gives a narrower width of cut
This gives a secure site fixing, bearing in mind that the cabinet is only 300mm deep.
Biscuits
The carcase duly clamped and cramped together I carried out the detail measuring and cutting of the facing frame components, again based on butt jointing with the use of glued biscuits again.
Here I used the router cut-
ting method for the biscuits as it gives a narrower width of cut that doesn't show the cut slots on the 38mm wide framing (I used a narrower but fatter biscuit thanks to my helpful friend). I opted to assemble and glue the facing frame into the glued cabinet carcase making it simpler to undertake.
A small feature detail that I had allowed for was the fact that the board panels have a small bevel edge at manufacturing stage. Consequently, I set the facing frame and shelves back by this amount to add a bit more detail.
The three doors were a straightforward affair as the 300mm boarding panels were
ideal. Except in my case I had to extend the width by adding a strip to attain the required width.
The design called for the appearance of tongue and groove boarding.
This was attained by routing with the appropriate V groove router cutter.
I also usedT hinges which have the effect of stiffening the doors but readers can fit cross braces if they feel it is necessary.
The cabinet carcase completed it was time to hang the hinges of the three doors plus the magnetic catches and handles.
Drawers
The drawer stage had now arrived and my choice of construction method was a simple finger jointed box method.
This was readily dealt with by a borrowed Triton kit (it's great to have long suffering and generous friends to hand) this gives a choice of 'A or '/•> fingers.
I appreciate some readers may prefer dovetails or some a simpie corner rebate — the choice is yours.
As I had decided to use the same 18mm material for the drawers I opted for the Vi fingers.
The drawer boxes were to be fitted with facing boards and edged with cock beading.
Base
The next step was to rout the groove for the 6mm plywood drawer base (I had an abundance of offcuts).
When all the fingers were cut the three drawer boxes were glued up. Note that the fingers
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protrude slightly by 0.5mm and are sanded flush which gives a clean finish.
The completed drawers were then positioned in the drawer frame within the cabinet carcase and the side guide runners were fitted as well as the back stop bars.
It is easier to fix your handles onto the drawer facing boards first then position them to each drawer with four screws fixed from inside.
If your handles are like the ones I fitted you should drill a countersink on the drawer front to take the domed screw head.
All this should of course be done prior to fitting the optional backing panel and top.
The top is fitted via four screws in each of the two top fixing rails which I should point out are set about a millimetre below the top edge of the end panels thus giving a slight pull down on the top.
Finishing
The remaining job was the finishing which begins with several grades of power sanding and is completed with a fine hand sanding.
To prepare for the staining all surfaces were wiped as clean as possible and followed by denibbing.
I use a mixture of white spirit and linseed oil which is wiped over the cabinet with any excess wiped clean.
Next, brush on and gently wipe down with your choice
of rustic pine effect stain.
I should mention to those that may not know that you should make sure during assembly that no glue marks are left untreated as this will leave white spots or contamination marks (I chose a Georgian oak propriety oil stain).
When dry, six coats of finish-
ing oil should be brushed on and gently wiped down. At the application of the fifth coat I used wet and dry paper to do a gentle wet rub which gives a flattening effect to the surface.
After the sixth coat was applied I waited a few days to give the final treatment of beeswax polish applied with 00 grade steel wool and bur-
nished with a lint free cloth supported with a liberal amount of elbow grease. A point I should make in the interests of safety is that as I was enclosing a gas meter I chose to leave a gap at the opening edge of the doors to avoid any gas build up in the event of a leak.
This cabinet can be readily adapted to cover up ugly plumbing or electrical units.
The commission was as stated designed to do two things: cover up an ugly gas meter and add some much needed storage. I trust it has been successful.
Cutting list			All dimensions in mm
Component	No.	Measurements	Notes
Top	1	18x300x1152	
Top upstand	1	18x48x1152	
End panels	2	18x300x998	
Kick board	1	18x76x1102	
Bottom shelf	1	18 x 300x1102	
Middle shelf	1	18 x 300x1102	
Small shelf	1	18x150x1102	
Shelf support rails	2	18x38x1102	optional
Drawer base frame	2	18x38x1102	
	4	18x76x206	
Top tie rails	2	18x38x1102	
Front frame			
Stiles	2	18x38x920	
	2	18x38x844	
Cross Rails	2	18x38x1008	
Inter cross rails	3	18x38x 312	
Doors	3	18x310x656	
Drawer fronts	3	18x152x312	
Drawer sides	12	18x152x312	
Drawer stops	3	18x18x312	
Drawer guides	4	18x38x312	
Drawer bases	3	6 x 294 x 203	plywood
T hinges	6	200 long	
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Tool manufacturer Stanley has joined forces with MG Rover to provide independent retailers with a range of incentives for them to order and sell Stanley goods.
Stanley will be taking delivery of two new MG Express vans to promote its latest sales campaign along with hundreds of DVDs, DVD players, games consoles and wide screen TVs.
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mirror. As well as featuring the creation of each piece, Paul will also take time out in each episode to feature a particular tool, material process or technique.
He will also provide viewers with essential information on where to go to buy the necessary items needed, the cost involved and the time needed to create each piece. The series starts on Discovery Home & Leisure at 9pm on Wednesday October 15th.
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The machine has been reduced by £100 to £1899 and offers all the capability of a professional workshop in a compact form. It incorporates a 2hp motor, a swinging arm and a five piece cutterblock set as standard. It also houses a planer/thicknesser, circular saw and spindle moulder.
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The UK's leading woodland conservation charity has successfully maintained its certification for responsible forest management for another five years.
The Forest Stewardship Council (FSC), which has developed standards in 42 countries, has extended the Woodland Trust's status as it conforms to 10 principles drawn up by the FSC including biodiversity, community involvement and how harvesting operations are carried out. The trust, was the first major UK-wide organisation to achieve FSC certification, achieving FSC certification in England and Wales in 1998, adding its Scottish and Northern Ireland estates in 1999.
UKjoinery is world class
North Yorkshire based Lee Fawcett is celebrating after winning the gold medal in joinery at the WorldSkills Competition in Switzerland.
Lee, 22, was chosen to join the UK Skills team earlier this year and fought against competitors from around the world over a four-day period. Lee's winning effort was part of the best ever performing UK Skills team which brought home a total of two gold and two bronze medals.
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Fresh board finishes from Caberdecor
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Jet secures distributing contracts
Woodworking tool specialists Craig Poynton and Nick Brown have teamed up to establish a UK based distributive outlet for a Swiss owned company that manufactures bench mounted and floor standing woodworking machinery.
The tools from Walter Meir Holdings Group (WMH) will be incorporated under the Jet Tools banner.
A number of other high profile brands will be available on an exclusive agency basis.
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To have and to hold
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DW365 1350W 65mm cut saw           139
DW443 150mm Random sander        129
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DW984K2 14.4V 2 batteries                209
DW876 8" cut bandsaw & 5 blades   399
DW738 Bandsaw & 5 blades              229
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DW733S 10x6" Planer thicknesser     649
DW625EK 185UW ROUTER KIT        234
DW621 1100 Watt router                    149
DW615 900 Watt vari speed router      99
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DW708 12" X-Cut Mitre saw & stand  599
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I have just bought the August issue of Traditional Woodworking and as usual I took particular interested in the adverts for power tools (or at least the price of them).
Over time I've read review after review and understand the pros and cons of them all but the biggest con is undoubtedly the price.
Not just with the ones reviewed but nearly all tools on sale here in the UK, both powered and hand, not to mention the accessories.
It usually isn't the fault of the companies who sell them on, but the manufacturing suppliers and the Government for hiking up the prices just because of where we live and because the Government likes to tax everyone and everything into oblivion!
I got wise to the Rip off Britain culture a long time ago and have been buying from overseas ever since.
At this point, most people will probably come up with the same old moan of "yes, but they won't work on our electrical systerrY'and "the cost of getting them here is too much."
I'm out to get the best machines and the best parts at the best price that I can.
I always buy from the US now and I'm incredibly pleased with the deals that I've got.
I've so far only bought Porter Cable power tools which are infinitely superior to anything on our markets. DeWalt has a good reputation here but are put in the shade by PC.
I sourced a step down transformer at RS Components which cost me around £90.
This has two US style plugs running from it so you don't have to buy more than one to competently run a couple of tools at the same time.
You can buy the transformers to handle between 10 and 30 amps so there's more than enough power handling capability.
Incidentally, RS also stock US style plugs should anybody be on the lookout for them.
So far, I have bought a PC router with a 3.25 hp motor for $339, a superb random orbit sander for $49, an excellent router table for $149 and I'm on the lookout for more. I have endless Freud router bits and sets that have been a steal, especially when compared to prices over here.
I've also bought a superb device for the router table called a Router Raizer from the
Router Technologies Company, this was $89. On these machines I have spent $626 or £406, transformer £90, postage has cost a further $ 110 or £71.43 — total £568. As a comparison, the best prices I can find from people here are: DeWalt router £349, DeWalt sander £139.99 and DeWalt router table £299, no price for an alternative Router Raizer but a conservative estimate would be £80, total £868.
A saving of £300 on these items alone. With the router bits included, that's another saving of £160 plus. Even with import duties (which are very rarely added) you are still saving bundles whilst getting better tools.
All of the tools work as designed with absolutely no power drop off or any problems.
The companies that I've dealt with have extended return of goods periods which make it better for overseas customers and offer a full refund of postage if not 100 per cent satisfied.
I ordered my router table on the 21 st and it arrived via Fedex on the 23rd. The one thing that I've found priceless from them is this — customer service! Something which over here seems like a dying animal.
Those people know what they are talking about, are extremely helpful and very polite.
If any of my fellow readers and woodworkers are interested, the Woodcraft company of Parkersburg, WV can supply your needs.The number is 001 800 225 1153 or go to www.woodcraft.com for more details.
Come on, stop this rip off culture, buy overseas, save money, get better tools, better results and a whole lot more satisfaction! Martin Jackson Lincoln
Thanks Martin,you've certainly raised a few points that power tool firms and people in higher places should think about!
Router Raizers, however, are available in the UK through Wood Workers Workshop at £69.95. Call 0800 9700 140 for your nearest stockist.
Why so much fuss over crown guards? If you know what you are doing it's OK, isn't it? As an apprentice I was taught to be cautious.
Check where your fingers are before you turn on the machine, then you will know where they are afterwards.
I have a 2000w router that can spin a panel raising cutter at 60,000 rpm.
I also have five circular saws. Four of them have big blades and motors ranging from 800W to 1500W.
I treat them all with the greatest of respect, but then it wasn't one of them that bit me.
The other saw is a DW984. A battery powered trim saw with a five inch blade.
Just a toy really!
The builders were coming the next day so I had to cut some sticks to help them do theirjob.
I was tired and in a hurry, so I didn't bother to get out the Workmate. I rested the wood against the window sill. Quick and easy.Then it slipped.
I spent the rest of the after-
noon in casualty. I was lucky I had missed the bone but cut a nerve.
The end of my finger is now permanently numb.The builders came and went.They did a perfect job without my help.
Thanks to my stupid contempt, I now have a permanent reminder to be more careful, even with the little tools.
Gordon Watt Swindon
Ouch! - Ed
16 Traditional Woodworking OCTOBER 2003
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Want to make your voice heard? Write to us at Traditional Woodworking - every month, the writer of our Star Letter will receive a Freud Diablo 77 Biscuit Jointing Kit and 100 biscuits (worth nearly £34 in total) for his or her efforts, courtesy of Screwfix Direct.
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I have read and heard about Disston saws but have always wondered why they are so prized among the woodworking community
I have recently acquired a 14" brass backed tenon saw and a 26" skew back hand saw by this maker. Can somebody please tell me what is so special about them?
May I say while writing how much I enjoy your magazine. Peter Franklin Woking, Surrey
Well according to the Disstonian
TurboGold screws Screwfix Direct is believed to be the UK's leading online and mail order supplier of tools, screws, fixings and accessories. Featuring thousands of products the Screwfix Direct catalogue offers high quality, low cost products for next day delivery within the UK.
Prices are inclusive of VAT and all products are supplied complete with a 30-day money back guarantee. All orders over £45 are delivered free. Larger items such as wood lathes, sliding bench table saws and dust extractors can also be found in the Big Stuff catalogue with 7,14 or 21 day delivery (depending on the product.)
Each item in the catalogue can be ordered 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. Orders can be placed online via www.screwfix.com or by freephone on 0500 414141 between 7am and 10pm from Monday to Friday, and 8am to 8pm on Saturday and Sunday, or by fax. Saturday deliveries can, for a small additional charge, be made on orders placed before 6pm on Friday.
Institute the steel in Disston saws was harder than the competition without beincfbrittle, making for a thinner, ligh ter steel plate. It was stiff without being as thick as other saws, making for an easier cut.
They had a good deal of taper to the blade, so less set is needed on the teeth, also making a narrower kerf, resulting in an easier cut through the wood. The saws were consistent in their quality.The handles were comfortable, and there were several models to fit the taste and budget of woodworkers and carpenters. The
quality played a large part in Disston's ability to reverse what happened in the 19th century. Before the 1830s, nearly all handsaws in the US were made in England. Those few that were made in the US had Sheffield steel.
In 1855 Disston produced his own Crucible steel, one of the first instances of commercial steel production in the US. By the turn of the century,
Disston started selling saws in the British commonwealth, and in 1910 bought a factory in Toronto Canada to manufacture saws
that were not subject to tariffs in the commonwealth. Disston also opened a plant in Sydney Australia in 1926.
An old Disston NoJorNo. 12 will feel more like an English saw in thehand, with a higher center of gravity, due to the placement of the handleand its shape. A D-8 or D-23 will feel smaller in your hand and provide more control because your hand is closer to the teeth. In all cases, the blade will be thinner than a Spear and Jackson or other quality English saw, but will be no less stiff and subject to bending.
On a visit to the UK earlier this month I was lucky to find a copy of Traditional Woodworking at a bookstore in Stone, hidden behind other woodworking magazines. It was the cover page and article on the matching pair of foot stools that caught my attention.
I was pleasantly surprised that a number of other articles were interesting to me and as I was ona restful holiday on a barge on the Trent and Mersey Canal was able to read the magazine from cover to cover.
Firstly, I noted that a member of our local woodworking guild, Jurie Richards, had a letter printed. Little does he know it but he will soon be asked to demonstrate the making of his threaded dowel and 'nut', made with a circular saw, at one of our future meetings!
Secondly, I was very interested in reading the article by George Buchanan, under Comment, on the replacement of a church organ with a more modern one.
I was recently involved in the latter
stages of the installation of a 19th Century pipe organ which had been dismantled and transported from a church in Norfolk to South Africa.
After about nine months work by a dedicated team of volunteers and final input by an organ builder, the organ now gushes forth resplendently. My involvement was making some missing parts.
It concerned me somewhat that the organ referred to in the article was 'skipped'. As a fund-raising activity much of the timber that went into the skip could have been converted to various articles for sale at church fetes, craft fairs etc, each article being suitably marked — burnt or engraved — given the origin of the timber.
Articles that come to mind include crosses for sale at Easter fairs, book marks, Christmas cards, small animals,Christmas decorations, etc.
The organ stops for example could have been converted to light pulls; nothing should have gone to waste.The articles
would have had a marvellous provenance — over 100 years in a church! Similar use could be made of timber recovered from other well known buildings facing demolition; schools, soccer stands, pubs etc come to mind.
Thirdly, being interested in computers I was very pleased to see your webguide to sites of interest for woodworkers. However, why are the majority of the clubs listed woodtuming clubs, where are the woodworking clubs?
Are woodworkers being taken over by woodturners? A very good and interesting magazine, I shall look out for copies at our local bookstores. Brian Walford South Africa
Thanks for your comments, Brian. I am more than happy to include more 'woodworky' clubs in that section, if there are any out there that would like to be listed call 01283 742950 or e-mail alison.bell@twonline.co.uk.
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What happens if hings go wrong?
Generally, it's more a case of when things go wrong rather than if
Antique furniture restorers are not a race apart. We are all human and therefore fallible and we have to accept the inevitable, that is we all make mistakes.
And for the more realistic amongst us it's more of a question of when rather than if things go wrong, if we're honest.
So what do we do when the inevitable happens? The answer itself is inevitable too, it depends on what you mean by "wrong'!
It carries a range of meanings, from the mildly annoying reversible slip to serious extra physical damage. It can include, with increasing seriousness:
• Not right — If your colouring and staining doesn't match
• Unfortunate — if a repair slips during clamping or you get a piece of grit under
Text: Stephen Simmons Pictures: Steve Taylor and Stephen Simmons
leather inlay, or if a glued joint springs as a result of a piece being knocked apart
• Unexpected — if a chemical bleach removes most stains but brings a previously invisible one to the surface
• Intrusive — if you drill the holes for a new set of
handles askew
• Real damage — if the point
or end of a screw goes
through an immaculate table
top or if you break or bruise
something that was previously
sound.
Wrong also implies that it's somebody's fault.Current wis-
Prevention is the best approach: label each screw ... to prevent serious damage to a table top (ABOVE)
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Reversibility is an important principle in restoration: water soluble adhesives...
.and stains can minimise the long term impact of mistakes
dom has it that there's no such .thing as an accident, so it's like-I/to be your mistake.
Within this context, there are four areas I'd like to cover: prevention, minimising the impact, repairing the damage, and how to deal with the customer — the owner of the now-damaged piece of furniture.
There is a lot you can do to prevent things going wrong in the first place.Throughout this series both Helen and I have emphasised the importance of thinking hard about your restoration projects before you start the physical work, understanding your tools and raw materials and knowing what you are doing.
We warned against letting your enthusiasm run too far ahead of ability and urged you to think about different possible courses of action and their implications and to anticipate any difficulties rather than just diving in.
Now exactly the same applies to mistakes. If you think carefully and plan ahead a lot of silly mistakes can be avoided, because a good deal of prevention is really just common sense and good restoration workshop practice.
Screw holes
For example, take the screw-through-the-table-top problem/If you are dismantling a table whose top is secured with screws, simply mark each screw hole with a numbered piece of masking tape and as you remove the screw, mark it likewise.
The right screw will then be
put back in the correct hole with no risk of breaking the .surface, unless you over tighten.
The screw holes can be marked with chalk, but it's easily rubbed off which increases the risk of putting screws back in the wrongjioles.
If you are replacing broken or missing screws, or re-drilling worn screw holes that have been plugged,you can still minimise the risk by exact measurement, a depth gauge and the use of a hand drill for precise control. A lot of 18th and 19th century table-tops were secured with screws that had had their points removed.
This practice certainly prevented the point from coming through, but if you're following it, remember that a blunt end can still cause an ugly eruption on the surface if you don't pre-drill far enough.
The same practice of marking corresponding joints and members applies to all aspects of dismantling.
It is a simple expedient yet very effective and does help prevent you from making mistakes in the re-assembly process. However, don't be tempted to dismantle more than once piece at a time, there are a lot of pieces of wood in just one chair without confusing the issue with more.
It is very easy to get the members of two pieces mixed up.Two chairs in a set might appear identical but before mechanisation there were always slight variations, and you can do serious damage by trying to force incompatible pieces together.
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Always be able to see what you are do and permanently with fuming
Finishes
If you are proposing to strip off an old finish prior to re-polishing, all you want to do is remove the old finish and no more.The surface of the wood must remain intact, so you shouldn't use an abrasive, a mechanical sander or a cabinet scraper.
Use a proprietary stripper or other solvent instead. Remember that with age dark woods get lighter and light woods darker. So if you do cut through the surface you're likely to have an ugly patch of a different colour.
A lighter patch can be stained down and sometimes a darker one bleached, but it's not guaranteed. And if you cut through the surface of a pati-nated rosewood there is nothing you can do about the disfiguring livid patch and the owner is likely to be, well, livid too.
Other simple practices can
ing.The colour can change quickly
also help prevent mistakes: dry runs, for instance. When I looked at clamping (TW January 2003) I stressed two things: the importance of the dry run to help translate theory into practice and to iron out unforeseen problems; and the real damage you could do to a sound piece by insensitive clamping and the exertion of too much force.
When Helen looked at colour matching (TW February 2003) she stressed the need for practising on scrap before staining and warned against using the job itself as a mixing palette. And last month I highlighted the importance of sharp tools in the context of health and safety and how they reduced the risk of damage to both body and timber, they help prevent mistakes too.
The same applies to the clear labelling of all substances. Using the right tool for the job
is another form of prevention. If a softwood stick slips when you're cleaning crevices it'll do little damage to polished show wood, but see what happens if a chisel or screwdriver does the same.
Using a fine gentleman's saw instead of a tenon saw is another way to avoid damage to show wood and reduce critical wood loss. Knowing your solvents is also essential: you can clean French polish with white spirit or turpentine quite safely, but meths will strip it off, and vice versa for beeswax.The state of your workshop is significant too.That spot of grit or other foreign body under an expensive skiver is easily avoided by keeping your work surfaces and glue pots clean.
Generally, we tend to under-restore our commissions and our clients appreciate it. It's why they come to us. We take this approach for two reasons.
The first is purely personal in that we don't like the look of over-restored pieces, and the second is the more practical concern that the less you do the less scope there is for making mistakes.
This sounds as if we lack confidence in our ability, but it's not that at all. We regard it as an integral part of damage prevention. We also like to work on the principle "if it doesn't do any good it shouldn't do any harm"which applies to raw materials and practices for the same reason.
Minimising the impact comes next and in some ways is an extension of prevention.
When we looked at the principles of restoration, the ability to reverse your work and to make minimal intrusion into the original came high on the list.These are now directly related to minimising the impact of mistakes.Take adhe-sives for example. Animal glue can be easily dissolved whereas modern resins cannot.
Should your joint slip in the clamping, it can be dismantled fairly simply if animal glue is used and the mistake corrected without additional damage to the original.
Certainly a joint fixed with resin can be reversed by taking a saw to it, but the intrusion into the original in doing so can be costly both in terms of
your time to reinstate it and the potential devaluation of the whole piece. You may end up having to cut and fit a whole-set of false tenons or re-polish sections of damaged show wood.
Colouring and staining is another such area, and one where a lot of woodworkers do have problems. We prefer water-soluble Van Dyck crystals in conjunction with water based concentrates for a variety of reasons, but primarily because they are largely reversible. If you make a mistake with your colour matching, it can be largely pulled out with a damp cloth and you can start again, having done no harm. However, nothing in this world is perfect and it must be noted that the more colour concentrates you add the less reversible the overall stain.
Water stains
I know that a lot of people don't like water stains because of the "problem" of grain-raising. But I regard it as a normal part of preparation, and it's a small price to pay for being able to correct mistakes.
On the other hand, some other colouring techniques are irreversible but necessary for the restorer. Darkening oak by fuming is one. If you are going to do this,fume any new components before splicing into the original and to ensure you get the right colour make sure you can see what's happening. The colour can change quite quickly in the ammonia fumes and you need to catch it before it goes too dark.
Most modern and traditional hard finishes, such as polyurethane varnish and French polish, are reversible in that they can be stripped off with no damage to the wood's surface. Some may need a tough proprietary varnish remover to do so, but they will come off.The problems are more likely to come with oil finishes.They are easier to apply than hard finishes, but they are more difficult to remove.
The robustness of linseed oil polish lies in its depth of penetration into the wood, and whilst small patches of oil and grease can be removed with fuller's earth a good linseed oil
22  Traditional Woodworking OCTOBER 2003
polish is permanent.
It can only be removed by removing the surface of the wood itself with a plane or cabinet scraper, and then you will have destroyed the patina and more.When using non-reversible finishes, it is essential that you — and you customer — are quite sure that it is the finish that's required.
So, we've done our best to avoid mistakes and reduce their impact from the outset, but things will still go wrong. How do we go about repairing the damage?
Don't panic
The most important thing is not to panic.That will only make things worse. Repairing damage is best done with a cool head. If something goes wrong with French polishing, for instance, it's much easier to rescue the situation by letting it cure overnight rather than trying to cope with a sticky mess there and then.
For one thing,"the problem" may have shrunk out of its own accord, and you will have had time to think about it and tackle it dispassionately.
I've found that the best way of dealing with errors is simply to regard them as another restoration project, using straightforward techniques.
Most restoration is repairing damage and in this case the only difference is that you have caused it, and at least you now have the advantage of knowing what has gone on and what materials have been used. It is likely that all you will need the second time round is a bit more care, thought and forward planning. So let's now go back to the range of mistakes set out at the beginning and deal with each in turn.
The mildest form of mistake is when something isn't quite right, it can be easily reversed and there is no physical damage to the original. Colouring with Van Dyck crystals is a good example. You can wash it out and start again, and all you will have lost is your time. Hole filling with shellac sticks or beaumontage is another.
If the colour and texture don't match, all you have to do is melt it out with a soldering iron and have another go. There is no additional physical
damage to the original and very often the second go is much easier and success is sweeter.
The cutting of veneer, inlay or splicing to fit a given shape also falls into this category. Once you've made the template the only thing that can go wrong is that you make a mistake on the fresh material rather than the original. If, say, a piece of brass or veneer is over-cut, it's annoying rather than damaging and you can put it down to experience.
Similarly, when patching a surface with an inlay of solid, the match of grain can go awry once it's pared flush if you haven't checked the run of the grain. If it then stands out like a sore thumb when glued into place, it can still be chopped out carefully and replaced with a second attempt...or a third if necessary.
The next category is the "unfortunate"where there is potential additional damage to the original. Grit under a skiver is not likely to cause damage to the original, but unless you can very carefully slit the leather, remove the foreign body and re-glue, it can prove expensive if you have to replace the whole piece at your own cost.
However, it's a different matter if a repair slips in the clamping. Ajoint glued with animal glue can be taken apart with little or no damage to the original, although even this can take some time and patience. Ajoint glued with a resin glue can be separated by sawing it apart, which naturally increases the risk of damage.
This can happen in two ways. If you don't use a fine saw blade you can damage the show wood and you are likely to sacrifice an original joint.The answer is, therefore, to make sure that you have the right tools and that you have the skills to cut and fit false tenons and other classic woodworking joints.
If you have to sacrifice an original joint in this way, I advise that you always try to re-instate a replica and then re-assemble the piece as designed rather than trying to cobble it. It may
If you have to cut a joint apart make sure you have a fine blade to minimise damage and wood loss. Here you can even use a razor saw or jeweller's blade but never a tenon saw
The best way to deal with problems is to regard them as another restoration project
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Some mistakes are easy to repair with a simple rub joint...
take some time and effort, but that is the cost and responsibility you have to bear as a restorer who has made a mistake.
Sometimes an old joint will spring when working on another part of a piece. In the photo, the cheek/shoulder became dislodged from the top of a cabriole leg when the chair was being dismantled.
This is not an uncommon problem and is the result of shock being transferred through the timber, and sometimes the biggest difficulty is finding the detached piece after it has flown off.
Although the original has been damaged, it is easily reinstate — in this case with a simple rub joint.
The "unexpected" category can pose bigger - and more intractable - problems. And this is where customer relations can become strained. Several years ago we were commissioned to remove some blemishes from an early 18th century oak table.
Oxalic acid did the job, but somehow it also brought a much worse, and previously
invisible, ugly stain to the surface. Nothing would move it and it remains to this day. At the time the customer was "understanding"yet tense, but she says that she's quite fond of it now.
Hidden nails and screws from previous repairs can do unexpected damage in two ways. Unless their holes were pre-drilled — which from experience is rare — they can cause even more damage to the joints they are supposed to be strengthening. And then they can split sound wood when dismantling a piece, even if you use minimum force when doing so.
This damage is frustrating as very often the screws and nails don't actually do the job intended, but it still has to be made good by either gluing and clamping, pegging,filling or splicing in new wood.
As before, tackle the damage logically and repair each member separately before reassembling the piece as normal. Other forms of internal damage almost come into this category, but they are not of
your making. For example, broken tenon or dowel joints sometimes only become apparent when you dismantle a piece, as in the photograph. They are usually straightforward to repair, but they can make nonsense of your estimate — in time or money — for the job.
If unexpected damage is outside your control, the last two categories really are down to you. Causing additional damage to the original piece can have serious implications for its value. Drilling holes in the wrong place for a new set of handles can be readily corrected by plugging and re-aligning, and it is likely that the damage will be hidden by the handles. But the point is that it's still unnecessary intrusion which could have been avoided.
However, far more serious is what I've described as real damage, such as the screw through the table top,
deep bruises from unprotected clamp heads, scratches and gouges caused by inappropriate tools or the breakage of previously sound wood.
Some can be rescued by normal techniques. Eruptions on the table top can be glued and clamped back and any wood loss made good with shellac filler or polisher's putty. Similar treatments can also be used for other breakages, and the repair can be virtually invisible.
But on other occasions you
... but the unexpected can sometimes be embarrassingly permanent
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The full extent of some damage is not .apparent
until you dismantle a piece and then find out
how badly screws and nails can do a job. Note
too, the bruise from an unprotected clamp head
For all the time-consuming remedies possible,a simple wipe of black wax is sometimes sufficient to disguise the problem
have to accept that your damage will always be apparent. We saw in TW July 2003 that scratches and gouges in French polish can be patched with patience, but that option is not available for other traditional finishes such as wax or oil.
Removing them by stripping the surface with an abrasive or cabinet scraper is not an option.
The only approach may be to disguise then with black wax make them look old and blend them in with other blemishes. Bruises from clamp heads may also be permanent. There's no guarantee that they will steam out, as often the fibres of the wood or severed too, and steaming will destroy the original finish which you'll then have to patch or rebuild.
Owners
So, there may be a permanent legacy of your mistake, how do you deal with the owner of the piece? If you've not done any permanent damage to the original it's a simple matter.You need say nothing should you get a colour match wrong and successfully reverse it, or ruin a piece of expensive new leather and replace it at your own cost.
And if it takes three attempts to get a veneer patch right, so what? On the other hand, in cases where you have caused additional damage, honesty is always the best policy.
You may need to screw up your courage, but it has to be done, even if you have corrected your mistake to a near-invisible degree. If he or she doesn't notice a new blemish, somebody else will. And so when the irate owner gets back to you, you'll be in an indefensible position.
Good - and expensive -insurance cover will not stop you making mistakes, but it can help soften the consequences. But don't be lulled into a false sense of security just because you have got cover.
If something completely unexpected happens, like the unseen stain, you have to explain that sometimes these things do happen and are really nobody's fault. But the time to do that is either when you do the estimate or when you collect the job, or both. A good restorer must always be aware that the unexpected can happen and part of her responsibility is to warn the customer accordingly before starting work.
In furniture restoration, people see things differently. What is important to one person is insignificant to another. So whilst you may have made no mistake the customer may perceive something that catches the eye as one. In this respect it is important to agree with the customer before you start work about how they want the work to look when you've finished. I'll deal with this is notion in
To prevent brusing from unprotected clamp heads - and even softwood blocks - pad them both well
greater detail when I look at how to prepare an estimate, but you need to help them to express what they consider to be the problems.This approach can help reduce the risk of the customer seeing such "mistakes" when you take the work back.
A customer's over-high expectations can also lead to them being identified.lt is important to emphasise that as a restorer you are not a miracle worker or some sort of wizard. Make the point that you are always able to do an excellent job, but perfection is not always possible because of the nature of things...stains will not always bleach out, bruises steam out or dark rosewood lighten. And so explain why this is the case. But if you have actually damaged their cherished piece of furniture rather
than just not meeting expectations, admit it.
Don't be put off restoration for fear of making mistakes. There's a world of difference between something being "not quite right" but correctable and irreparable damage to someone else's property.The first can stem from your own perfectionism — which is a good thing — whilst the other extreme is generally attributable to carelessness and ignorance, which should have no place in traditional woodworking.
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Various kitchen utensils restored by Elaine McCreedy
From top to bottom: sharpening steel, corkscrew, cheese grading iron, whisk
LEFT - Chest of drawers restored by Graham Doust
BELOW - Balloon back dining chair restored by Catherine Todd
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ABOVE-Military officer's footlocker restored by Phil Jervis
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Victorian caned nursing chair restored by Graham Doust
Two cane-chairs restored by Mandy Andrews
Smoker's bow chair restored by Mike Senior
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Awhile ago, I got to grips with the WoodRat's smaller sibling, the LittleRat. So impressive did this excellent item of woodworking equipment prove to be, that we thought that the big WoodRat itself merited closer inspection. Although the basic concept and working principles of the WoodRat is surprisingly straightforward, it does require time, imagination and the wit of the operator to fully exploit and comprehend it.
Therefore, I was despatched to the picturesque village of Godney, set way down in the depths of the Somerset levels, to meet Martin Godfrey, the inventor of the Woodrat, to fully explain it and to help put the large rodent through its paces.
The first, and in fact the main, hurdle for the uninitiated to tackle is to understand what exactly is the WoodRat.
Many label it, and think of it, as a dovetail jig. Sure, it can produce the widest range of dovetail joints, both in size and type, than any other jig available, but it is much more than that.
The legend under the WoodRat logo, in their current advertisements, calls them "precision joinery machines'! This terminology is fairly accurate, but once you learn that the WoodRat is capable of tackling a staggering range of woodworking jointing and
moulding tasks, you soon realise that the WoodRat enables the user to engineer wood in a unique way.
Another hard pill of comprehension to swallow is that an item of woodworking equipment that claims — quite truthfully as it turns out — to assist in the production of just about every constructional jointing task known to traditional cabinet making, comprises of such few main, and relatively lightweight, components.
There are no heavy-duty cast iron tables, no large sheet metal panels, no big leg stand and no complex electronic gadgetry -except for the need to utilise your regular router power tool.
It is simply mounted onto a straightforward to make wooden wall plate fixed to a workshop wall. Provision for dust extraction can be, and should be, made by the user following directions in the excellent user manual.
The system operates unlike any other woodworking machine or jig, although its basic principles are straightforward.
The router, unlike a router table, is operated the 'right way up'at all times.lt either tracks back and
forwards whilst the work is securely clamped or stationary while the work is safely fed into and through the cutter.
When joint cutting, no guide bushes and templates are used, so you can usually always obtain a clear view of the cut. One of the great advantages of the WoodRat, especially when joint cutting, is that both the router and the work are clamped.
And as the sliding rail is cranked along the channel, the WoodRat provides, what is in effect, a power feed system!
One of the main components of the WoodRat is the channel, which is made of aluminium extrusion anodised silver.
This houses a sliding bar that is operated by means of a crank handle and Bowden cable (wire) system.Two excellent cam locks fix the work vertically, when appropriate, to two fences that are attached to the rail.
Your router is attached to the base plate, which locates on the top of the channel. Rest assured that pretty much all of the components are of good build quality; and a testament to this is the incredibly smooth operation of all aspects of the WoodRat. Rotating the crank handle moves the sliding bar instantly, with no slack or backlash, and it becomes a real joy to feed the work and/or cutter into action.
So what can the Woodrat do? Well, it would be easier to name the very short list of things it cannot be used to
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accomplish. However, Martin reckons that there are about 120 named woodworking joints and all these can be undertaken with the WoodRat.
And when you get to grips with the tool you can well believe this incredible claim. The WoodRat can be used for a multitude of profiling and grooving tasfo and when hand-feeding the work, a scrubbing brush (it has to be seen to be believed!) ensures the work is kept stable to the cutter and doesn't kick back. Incredibly this works a treat!
Trenching, sliding dovetails, halving joints, bridle joints and mortice and tenons of all varieties are all readily achievable. The process of cutting some tenons is particularly interesting, as a tenon can be machined in four cuts, due to the fact that the work is vertical and the cutter used can be long. Some types of joints require a simple add-on accessory or two, but these can be shop made inexpensively out of MDF and a block or two of wood.
The only main accessory add-ons that WoodRat sells separately is a mitre box that can be used for a variety of work including secret dovetailing and aluminium guide rails - which are especially useful for mass-producing tenons.
Of course, the WoodRat is famous for, and quite rightly so, for being able to produce just about any type and practical size of dovetail joint. Due to the way in which this type of joint is worked - the WoodRat utilises a marking system which allows one half of the joint to become the template for the other half- no guide bushes or fixed 'following'finger template accessories need be purchased or used.
As a consequence, the dovetail joints may be spaced as you wish and cut in even the thinnest of wood pieces.
Regular TCT dovetail cutters may be used, or you can use the ones obtainable direct from WoodRat.These are a full range of graded HSS dovetails cutters that enable finished joints that very much match the appearance of hand cut ones.
WoodRat has chosen highspeed steel for the cutters as it
allows for very slim and elegant dovetail profiles to be produced.The surprisingly long cutters appropriately enable long tails to be formed and the really small ones can produce tails that defy the casual observer to believe that they are machine made.
On learning more about the WoodRat, what became clear to me was that the range and scope of the jointing work it can achieve is mainly dependant upon the imagination of the user and his/her timber budget!
Unlike any other machine, mechanical aid or system, the WoodRat promotes, and in fact performs, tried and tested woodworking practises. Craftsmen of yesteryear have developed certain specific ways of jointing wood, as this was the best way for the structure of the wood and the construction of the item, or piece of furniture, jtself.
The WoodRat enables the woodworker to produce the project with the best time honoured methods and not to make compromises due to his/her lack of skill or the shortcomings of regular mechanical jointing machines,jigs, systems and aids.
The potential for the professional woodworker, such as the furniture designer/maker, is incredible. For exacting constructional methods can be carried out to match the accuracy and delicacy of hand-tooled work, but in a fraction of the time. Fully mastering the WoodRat will take quite a while, but there is no question that this will be time very well spent.
At the beginning of this article, I discussed the difficulty of determining exactly what the WoodRat is. After finding out more about it, I would simply say it's a woodworking tool -and a darn good one at that!
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Makita 4340FCT Jigsaw
A jigsaw is a must-have power tool for many woodworkers. Arguably this tool is of most use for site work where portability and the need to cut curves are paramount.
However, there are many tasks for the workshop based — or home —woodworker, where a jigsaw is the favoured option. Makita has earned the reputation of producing power tools that are suitable for professional use, as well as providing good service for the enthusiastic amateur. And not all that long ago they launched this impressive looking jigsaw to complement their comprehensive range of power tools.
From the moment you open this jigsaw's handy carry case, you can tell that this model is likely to be a good'un.
The designers have obviously put a lot of careful thought into its design and have incorporated a whole host of practical features that regular jigsaw users will approve of.
It has been equipped with a four-stage pendulum cutting action, variable speed, mini work light, detachable dust extraction port, anti scratch soleplate over shoe and tool free blade changing.
Changing blades can sometimes be a bit of a fiddle with inferior models, but this fine power tool sports a tool-free chuck that is operated by the hinging front guard/light cover.
At first this moulded clear plastic part may appear flimsy,
put as soon as you put it into action it proves itself well up to the task. In fact, so smooth is the chuck's action, that blade changing can be accomplished in just a couple of seconds.
The tool's build quality seems pretty good and it proved good to handle. However, on the model we tested, there was an irritating sharp ridge along the casing joint line underneath the main handle. And it's a little surprising to find a tool of this quality and performance bracket not sporting soft rubber grip areas.
Put this jigsaw into action and you soon know that you are using a serious power tool. For starters, you will be impressed with its soft-start up and the fact that there is hardly
any discernable vibration -even at full speed. And you won't find that the work light is a gimmick,for it illuminates the immediate cut line well and so proves to be a genuine cutting aid.
The saw has been designed so that a good view of the cutting line is afforded at all times. However, we did find that, even with dust extraction, sawdust got trapped between the clear plastic anti-splinter insert around the blade. Interestingly though, with this little device removed the saw cut some lovely curves in birch plywood, with scant evidence of any splintering.
Of course, this could also be partly due to the use of one of the reverse toothed blades provided, and full marks must be awarded to Makita for supplying a set of six excellent blades as standard.
The novel detachable dust extraction pipe isn't just for show. For with vacuum extraction fitted, it does a very good job of helping to remove most of the sawdust away from the
immediate cutting area.The overall cutting performance of this jigsaw is very good indeed. It proved to be a lovely tool to cut general curves, as well as providing pretty good service when performing ripping and crosscutting tasks.The pendulum cutting action works well and really comes into its own when whipping through the 2" thick pine we provided for it.
The Makita 4340FCT is a super jigsaw and certainly warrants serious consideration for those seeking a jigsaw that will provide a professional standard of service. For a tool of this sort, it is a joy to use and so certainly deserves to be ranked amongst the best.
Specifications	
Power Input	720w
Length of Stroke	26mm
Stokes per minute      800 - 2800  |	
Overall length	239mm
Cutting Capacity in Wooc	1
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Cutting Capacity in Steel	10mm
Weight	2.4kg
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Nowadays, there seems to be a fair degree of rebadging, or at least the sourcing of identical main parts, for a variety of products.
Be it hi-fis, general electrical equipment, white goods or cars, it can seem as irthere aren't many products that don't share a parent company or posses an almost identical twin dressed in a different coloured livery.
Of course, power tools are no different and this new large router is very similar in appearance to that ofanother brand that has previously graced the pages of this fair magazine.
That particular model was of middling build quality, but provided a not too shabby level of performance. We asked ourselves if this new offering from Erbauer, via Screwfix Direct, would be any different.
One of the first notable aspects of this big router is that you get a fair amount of operational features and ancillary, although fairly standard, accessories. An elaborate depth of cut control, micro depth adjustment, rotational dust extraction spout and an eight stage preset plunge depth turret, all contribute to give an impression that a lot of useful features are supplied, for a pleasingly low price, for a router of this ilk.
However, examine the router and its accessories more closely and you can soon see evidence of cost cutting. Build quality isn't exactly bad, except for the appallingly formed guide bush, but it certainly doesn't bear comparison with the best routers on the market.
However, for its relatively low retail price, the buyer must expect the odd anomaly and if it performs all right, then the slight constructional faux pas can be forgiven.
Operating the router produces a mixed bag of results, but the depth controls are straightforward to set and operate.
Sure, you have to make allowances for a millimetre of play in the eight preset turret plunge stop, but once this is done accurate plunge cutting can be undertaken.
Plunge depth controls and handle incorporating power switch
The base. Note repositional dust extraction port and spindle lock
I really like the thinking behind a rotational eight-step depth stop turret, opposed to the regular three-stop, as it proved very useful — particularly when plunge cutting in tough hardwoods.
A safety conscious soft start and a variable speed facility really help to enable a wide range of routing work to be undertaken.
A safety lock lever must be depressed to allow the main power switch to be activated. The latter proves to be rather uncomfortable and a tad difficult to keep pressed into the handle all the time.
Unfortunately no manual was supplied with this
machine, but the operator should be able to safely rig up a trigger lock of some sort, if used in conjunction with a no-volt release switch, for router table use.
Apart from the main power switch the router proved fairly hassle free to operate for a variety of routing tasks, providing satisfactory results.
The rotational dust extraction facility works reasonably well and cutter changing proves straightforward — thanks to a decent spindle lock.
There is a fair amount of play between the router's main body and plunge columns, but this doesn't seem to effect accurate plunging too unduly
and once the excellent plunge lock lever is engaged, the router remains well locked into its working position.
Erbauer certainly does provide a lot of router for surprisingly little money and this model could prove to be a fairly good budget conscious option for the occasional to moderate user.
Specifications	
Power	1650W
Collet Size	7/ & '//'
Plunge depth	60mm
Variable speed	
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Weight	6.8kg
Verdict	An economically priced rough diamond
Price	£99.99 (inc VAT)
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Veritas Sharpening System
The Canadian made Veritas Sharpening System is in actual fact a precision honing guide and angle jig.
It has been devised to enable both the primary and secondary bevels to be worked on regular bench plane irons and chisels up to 60mm wide and 16mm thick.
The five undersides of the angle jig's pentagon are each sloped to facilitate a blade, held in the honing guide, to be set so that its bevel will be honed at a precise angle (15°, 20°, 25°, 30° or 35°).
The ergonomically knurled brass nut just needs loosening to allow the pentagon to be rotated in order to select the appropriate angle — which is conveniently identified by raised numbers.
To set a blade in the honing guide the blade is loosely clamped and, with the guide's roller placed on the angle jig, the blade (bevel down) is offered up under the chosen side.
With the blade correctly aligned to the jig it is clamped secure in the guide by the rather butch looking locking
screw. The blade can then have its bevel ground on a bench stone. In use, the honing guide works pretty much like any other regular roller guide. However it has one ingenious
Using the honing guide to hone a plane iron
feature that makes it differ from the norm allowing the secondary bevel to be honed without having to reposition the blade in the guide.
This is facilitated by turning a knurled brass knob set to the side of the guide that alters the roller on a spring-loaded adjustable camshaft,
enabling the roller to be set at one of three different heights. This has the effect of allowing a secondary micro bevel to be honed at either 1°or 2° steeper than the primary bevel. A notch has been scored into the end of the brass control for ready reference of the roller height.
The tool's instructions include a little table of bevel angles and to what degree the secondary bevels will be formed by the position in which the control is set.
I successfully flat ground the
primary bevels of a selection of plane and chisel blades. It takes just a couple of seconds to turn the control so that the guide is set for honing the secondary bevel. I wasn't sure about the wisdom of making my secondary bevels only a degree or too steeper, but, to be fair, this seemed to work all right.
However, I decided that I preferred working my secondary bevels nearer to the normal 5° steeper and so I reset the blade in the guide with the aid of the angle jig. Due to the good design of the two tools, this took only a little longer to set.
Both the honing guide and the angle jig have been superbly engineered from aluminium, brass and steel.There's not one fragile plastic component to spoil the show and the satin black finish has been very well applied. Due to the excellent constructional quality and usefulness of these items of sharpening equipment, the initially seemingly steep price would appear to actually be money well spent.
The block plane iron, held in the honing guide and angle setting jig
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£30.75
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Veritas Small-Blade Holder
It can prove a real trial to successfully and safely hold a spokeshave blade, and certain small plane irons, when they are being sharpened.
Fortunately^then, Veritas manufacture this natty small-blade holder that certainly makes this chore less of a hassle.
A blade is held in place by two very powerful rare-earth magnets and gripped by an adjustable stop block.
This has the practical effect of lengthening the blade by a tad over 100mm (4") making it easier to gain a more efficient handhold when honing freehand.
However, the holder and blade may be readily fitted into the Veritas honing guide.
Consequently, the manufacturers have thoughtfully provided a screw and spacer, so that the pentagon of their angle jig may be raised to accept the thickness of the small-blade holder.
The holder is very well made and in use it does what it should: hold a small blade securely whilst it is being sharpened.
It works particularly well in conjunction with the Veritas sharpening system. So much so in fact, that I was able to
The blade holder, with spokeshave blade fitted, being set for sharpening with the Veritas sharpening system
produce a razor sharp edge to a Veritas low-angle spokeshave blade that unfortunately severely cut my finger when I was removing it from the holder.
However, the operator's clumsiness and stupidity was at fault here and not this useful little sharpening aid!
Verdict	Greatly complements the sharpening system
Price	£13.15
Contact	BriMarc 01926 493389
Win a starter tool kit
Traditional Woodworking has teamed up with Stanley to offer five lucky winners the chance to win a fantastic starter tool kit.
The kit includes a JetCut saw, a block plane and an 8m Leverlock measuring tape — a great start for your tool collection.
Stanley is a recognised and trusted industry name synonymous with quality and value, built upon a history of innovation, expertise and reliability. Since 1857, Stanley has produced some of the most innovative and famous products on the market, from the classic Stanley Knife to their new premium Fat Max range.
For your chance to win one of these fantastic kits simply put your name, address and telephone number on a postcard and answer the following
question: What is the new Stanley premium range called? The first five correct answers pulled out of the hat will win one of these kits!
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akita has improved the battery power i and therefore the tool operating dura-l tion of its powerful 24volt power tools. The 24v range includes the high torque Marathon combi drills, the SDS+ rotary hammer, the 200Nm-torciue half-inch drive impact wrench and the versatile compound mitre saw. Now the batteries of these tools have been upgraded from 3 amp/hour to 3.3 amp/hour.
The 24v range is usually supplied with a 3.3Ah battery and a separate 2Ah battery (previously 1.7Ah) for maximum all-day working.This upgrade adds more than 12 per cent usable working time to this popular tool range.
BriMarc adds to range
BriMarc has been appointed the exclusive UK agents for a product that helps turn your hand held router into a precision milling machine for straight line, circular and elliptical woodworking applications.
The Micro Fence Edge Guide System has been designed for serious woodworkers and cabinet makers and has a built in micrometer. This makes the edge to cutter distance setting easy, fast and precise.
The new addition coincides with the launch of the new catalogue which should be attached to this copy of Traditional Woodworking*. If you would like more information about this product call 01926 836906 or e-mail sales@brimarc.com.
Ipectra Tool's vices are a virtue
Two vices designed to hold small pieces of work are being sold by Spectra Tools.
Firstly, the Vacuum Vice mounts onto any flat surface with an easy lock handle to ensure that it is secure. It weighs 2.8lbs and is 8"tall so it is a fully portable vice. However, it is made from cast aluminium and has V groove steel jaws.
Secondly, the Hobby Vice is made from plastic so it won't rust and also stands at 8"tall.
Both vices have a 360° swivel action, 180° tilt action and removable rubber clamps.
If you would like to know more about the Spectra Tools range visit www.spectratools.co.uk.
Cutters from Down Under
A range of Australian manufactured router cutters have been launched on the UK market.
South Wales based Data Powertools will now supply the range which consists of over 200 different profiles including solid carbide and replaceable tip cutters.
You can order them via mail order and a catalogue is available by calling Data on 0845 2300299.
		
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Stanley nailing solution
Stanley Bostitch Fastening Solutions has introduced another new nailer. The product is said to be ideal for wood panelling, cabinet construction, fencing, mouldings and trim work, plywood castings and even sheet flooring.
It is a lightweight, magnesium bodied stapler with a quiet exhaust and an easy to load magazine. For further information on Stanley products call 0114 276 8888.
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Makita 3620 '/*" 860W compact router                              £99.00
Dewalt DW613 V." 800W router
c/w fine height adjuster                                                      £149.00
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Dewalt DW621K '/•' 1100W c/w fine height adjuster £149.99
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Metabo OFE1229 W 1200W vari-speed c/w carry case
and 12pc tct cutter set                                                         £239.00
Makita RPHOOc 7."1100W vari-speed                              £199.95
Trend T9EK If 1800W complete with case                     £249.00
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Dewalt DW625EK plus fine height adjuster, D&M 600mm
worktop jig & cutter s trend unibase                               £349.00
Makita 3612c 7>" 1850W complete with carry case £239.00 Freud FT2000E 1900W 7." complete with carry case £179.00 Metabo OFE1812 W 1800W complete with V collet £239.00 Makita 3707f laminate trimmer with work light £139.00 Dewalt 631K laminate trimmer with carry case              £159.00
Trend SRT starter router table for 7<" routers only        £89.95 Trend CRT table c/w fixing plate, spring clamps, horizontal Pressure guard and T30/22 extractor hose all for only £179.00 Dewalt DE2000 aly router table with stand                     £299.00
New Record router table c/w stand, cast, sliding table £279.00 Trend CDJ300 300mm dovetail jig c/w cutter & bush £69.95 Trend Hinge jig for door fitting                                          £159.95
D&M 600mm kitchen worktop jig c/w 50mm tct cutter £99.00 D&M 1000mm kitchen worktop jig                                    £199.00
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Dewalt DW927k2 12V drill driver 2 batteries                  £109.00
Dewalt DW928k214V drill driver 2 batteries                  £129.99
Dewalt DW929k2 18V drill driver 2 batteries                i£185.00
Metabo BST9.6 9.6V drill driver 2 batteries                      £99.00
Metabo BST12IMP 12V drill driver 2 batteries                   £99.95
Metabo BST12PLUS 12V drill driver 2x 2amp batts      £159.95
Makita 6226DWE 9.6V drill driver 2 batteries                   £89.00
Makita 6227DWE3 12V drill driver 3 batteries                £125.00
Makita 6228DWE3 14V drill driver 3 batteries                £147.00
Makita 6317DWAE 12V drill driver 2x 2amp batteries £155.00
Dewalt DW984k2 14V combi c/w 3 batteries » bit set £239.00
Dewalt DW988k2 18v combi c/w 3 batteries & bit set £279.00
Dewalt DW984K2H 14V with nickel hydride batteries
and Dewalt bit set free                                                        £279.00
Makita 8413DWDE 12V combi 2x2.6amp ni-mh batts £199.00
Makita 8433DWAE 14V combi 2x2amp ni-cad batts    £199.00
Makita 8433DWDE 14V combi 2x2.6amp ni-mh batts   £225.00
Makita 8443DWAE 18V combi 2x2amp ni-cad batts     £239.00
Makita 8443DWDE 18V combi 2x2.6amp ni-mh batts  £259.00
Milwaukee L0KP14TX 14V combi 2x2.4amp batts      £229.00
Milwaukee L0KP18TX 18V combi 2x2.4afnp batts      £259.00
Metabo SBT15.6PLUS 15.6V combi 2x2.4amp batts     £199.00
Makita and Dewalt s.d..s cordless machines in-stock!
Dewalt DW920K 7.2V angle adjustable driver
c/w 1 battery and 1 extra free!                                            £99.00
Metabo Powergrip 4.8V screwdriver c/w 2 batteries     £69.95
Dewalt DW966K 14V angle drill c/w 1 ban & 1 free   £229.00
Makita D312DWDE 12V 2X2.6AMP NI-MH BATTS         £235.00
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Makita 8443DWDECL 18V combi hammer, circular saw
And torch c/w 2x2.6amp ni-mh batteries and case     £459.00
Makita 8443DWDEJL18V combi hammer, jigsaw and
Torch c/w 2x2.6amp ni-mh batteries and case                £399.00
Metabo KSABST18 18V combi and saw 2x batteries    £369.00
Dewalt DW984KS2 14V combi hammer, trimsaw and
2x 2amp batteries plus a 3" battery free                         £299.00
Dewalt DW988KJ2 18V combi hammer and jigsaw
c/w 2 batteries as standard plus a 3'" battery free       £449.00
Dewalt DW988KS2 18V combi hammer and trimsaw
c/w 2 batteries as standard plus a 3* battery free      £449.00
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c/w 2 batteries as standard plus a 3" battery free       £499.00
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And torch c/w 2 batteries plus a 3rd battery and
radio charger free                                                                 £699.00
BISCUIT   JOINTERS
Dewalt DW682K 600W adjustable plus 1.000 biscuits £169.00 Makita 3901 590w adjustable plus 1,000 biscuits £199.00 Freud JS102 710W adjustable with case                           £119.00
Dewalt DW932k 18V cordless version 11,000 biscuits £199.00 Trend T20K 710W adjustable fence, case plus 1,000 biscuits free (while stocks last)                                           £135.00
SANDERS
Dewalt DW411 palm sander 170W
Makita BO4553 palm sander 160W
Makita BO5010 125mm diameter round
Metabo DSE3000I triangular detail sander & case
Metabo SXE450 duo orbit 3 or 6mm action 400W
Dewalt DW443 150mm random orbit action
Makita BO5021 125mm round vari-speed
Makita BO6030 150mm random orbit action
Metabo SR358 7.- sheet sander 3S0W
Dewalt DW634 7,- sheet sander 300W + free heat
Makita BO4900V Vi sheet sander 330W
Dewait DW431 3" belt sander
plus sanding frame free
Dewalt DW650 4" belt sander
plus sanding frame free
Makita 9903 3" vari-speed 1010W
Makita 9404 4" 1010w belt sander
Makita 9403 4" 1200W heavy duty belt sander
CIRCULAR   SAWS
Dewalt DW351152mm 850W plus 1500mm gui Makita 5604R 165mm 950W 54mm cut 990
£69.00 £52.99 £84.95 £69.00 £139.00 £139.00 £89.98 £145.00 £149.00 gun £199.00 £169.00
£189.00
£259.00 £169.95 £189.00 £259.0
Metabo KS54 160mm 1010W                                               £99.00
plus buy at same time Metabo 42th blade for just         £12.00
Makita 5704RK 190mm 1200W plus carry case                 £94.95
Dewalt DW62 184mm 1150W plus carry case                 £119.00
Hitachi C7U 185mm 1150W plus carry case                     £119.00
Makita 5703RK 190mm 1300W plus carry case               £129.95
Metabo KS66 190mm 1400W plus carry case                  £145.00
plus buy at same time Metabo 48th blade for just          £15.00
Dewalt DW365 190mm 1350W                                           £119.00 Metabo K5E68 190mm 1600W soft start, double fence, speed
control, carry case plus buy a 48th blade for £15.00     £199.00
Dewalt DW383 235mm 1700W                                           £189.00
plus buy at same time Dewalt 56th tct blade for just     £29.00
Makita 5903RK 235mm 1550W plus carry case               £189.95
Hitachi C9U 235mm 1750W                                                 £189.00
Kalton KDT184 door trimming saw 184mm 1000W       £249.00
JIGSAWS
Dewalt DW321K 701W vari-speed plus side fence         £139.00
Dewalt DW323K body grip version plus side fence       £159.00 Dewalt DW933K2 18v cordless jigsaw, battery, case,
charger                                                                                    £299.00
Metabo STEB105 710W vari-speed pendulum                 £149.95
Metabo STE105 body grip version of above                  £155.00
Makita 4324 400W vari-speed pendulum                           £64.95
Makita 4340FCT 720W new vari-speed & work light     £119.99
HAND   HELD   PLANERS
Dewalt DW677 600W 1.5mm cut                                       £145.00
Dewalt DW680K 600W 2.5mm cut                                    £139.00
Dewalt DW678K 850W 4mm cut, case, dust bag            £149.00
Dewalt DW678EK 1010W cut constant electronic         £219.00
Makita 1902 S50W 1mm cut                                                 £89.00
Makita 1923H 850W 3.5mm cut plus carry case              £145.00 Metabo H00882 800W 3mm cut plus case & dust bag £155.00
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Dew
Delta 22565 1500W thicknesser 317x152mm Plus stand and free delivery                                               £339.95
Record RD30 12" width planer c/w base                          £699.00
Kity 439 planer/thicknesser 195x200mm plus stand £589.00 Dewalt DW733S planer/thicknesser 250x160mm £599.00 E/B HC260M planer/thicknesser 260x160mm                  £579.00
Or HC260M plus wheel kit and spal 100 extractor £775.00 E/B HC260K planer/thicknesser HSS blades, cabinet £699.00 Or HC260K plus wheel kit, blades, spa1100 extractor £919.00 Scheppach HM5260 planer/thicknesser 260mm, stand POA Kity 1647 planer/thicknesser 31Ox2O0mm 3hp             £1179.00
Scheppach HMS3200 planer/thicknesser 31Ox18Omm £1479.00 Record PT320 planer/thicknesser 320x230mm with 3hp 1500mm Cast tables plus cast bed 250kg free delivery supplied c/w wheel kit FREE while stocks last!         £ 1499.00 Startrite FS300 planer/thicknesser cast tables & mono lift with fence attached, capacity 300x200mm free delivery POA E/B HC333G planer/thicknesser cast tables and bed supplied with spal 100 extractor and free delivery    £1479.00
NAIL   GUNS
Paslode IM250 16-64mm brad nailer complete               £379.00
Paslode IM350 50-90mm stick nailer complete                £379.00 Full range of fixings in stock for both guns!
Bostitch N79WW2 50-90mm air stick nailer                     £319.00
Bostitch SB1664FN 32-64mm air finish nailer                  £199.00
Or complete with 24I compressor & hose                        £289.00
Bostich SB185OBN 15-50mm 18g air brad nailer             £119.00
Or complete with 24I compressor & hose                        £239.00
Rapesco 181EL 10-35mm electric 18g brad gun                £39.95
MITRE   SAWS
Record RSCMS12 12" compound mitre saw, 1800W      £199.00 While stocks lastl
Delta 3607S 1400W 250mm blade                                     £129.95
Makita LS1040 1650W 255mm blade                                £199.00
Elektra Beckum KS250 1800W 250mm                              £179.95
Elecktra Beckum KS304 2000W 250mm                           £299.00
Dewalt DW703 1600W 250mm blade                                £299.00
Delta 36085 1400W 250mm double bevelling action     £269.95
Dewalt DW706 1600W 305mm double bevelling           £489.00
Dewalt DW700 1200W sliding crosscut action + legs    £299.00
Dewalt DW701 1600W sliding crosscut action t legs    £429.00
Dewalt DW708 102x300mm crosscut sliding supplied,  240v
c/w de1000 stand and material clamp only                     £599.00
E/B KGS301 1600W 54x300mm plus stand free              £365.00
E/B KGS255 13O0W sliding crosscut action 255mm        £299.00
E/B KGS331 dust kit fine blade plus stand free             £399.00
E/B KGS303 1800W 81x280mm sliding plus stand          £479.00
Delta 36240 1500W 92x300mm sliding action                 £399.00
Makita LS1013X 91x305mm sliding plus stand              £535.00
Scheppach CAPAS3 1800W 102x320mm sliding              £549.00 Record roller stands for extra support                each £13.99
SAW   BENCHES
Dewalt DW742 flip over saw, mitre 8< sawbench         £589.00 Dewalt DW743 flip over saw, trigger on handle        £659.00
Dewalt DW746 cast table saw bench, 2,7kw, 79mm cut supplied with sliding carriage, width 8t rear extensions, wheel kit & dust kit                                                           £1699.00
Elektra Beckum KGT501 flip over saw with stand      £699.00 Record RSTS10 table saw with stand and extension £119.00!! Delta 36525 table saw with stand and extensions      £259.00 Free delivery
Scheppach TKU saw bench with sliding table                £519.00
E/B TKHS315EP saw bench with sliding table                 £409.00
Record R5T512 saw bench 250mm blade with base    £399.00 Dewalt DW744 portable saw with stand & extensions plus free delivery                                              all for just £699.00
E/B PK200 s/table, ext table, stand, rails, dust kit      £629.00 Kity 419 saw bench stand, sliding table 8, ext table    £599.00 Scheppach TS2000 various package deals ring for details Kity 619 saw bench 1.6m sliding table, folding ext   £1099.00 E/B PKF255 saw with accessories * spanoo                 £1299.00
Scheppach TS25O0 saw with 1.4m sliding table         £1149.00 Scheppach TS4010 saw with 2m sliding table              £1699.00
Various package deals on TS2S00/TS4O10 give us a ring Startrite SC25 saw bench cast tables, telescopic sliding table, out feed table, steel width extensions plus free delivery POA
COMBINATION   MACHINES
Kity BestCombi 2000 5 function version                        £1649.00
Kity BestCombi 2000 6 function version                        £1799.00
Startrite 31ORL cast iron table 3x2.5hp motors, sliding table, planer, saw bench, thicknesser, spindle moulder supplied Delivered and commissioned & free wheel kit                     POA
Record maxi26 6 function with swing arm, cutters & block set including delivery UK mainland                      £1899.00
Record 310S cast iron tables, saw, spindle moulder, planer and thicknesser plus free delivery                      £3799.00
RADIAL   ARM   SAWS
Dewalt DW720K 1450W 380mm crosscut, with stand £699.00 Buy at the same time router brkt, special mitre fences, drum sander, disc sander, list £216.00                      all for just £149.00
Dewalt DW721 2000W 610mm crosscut with stand £1229.00 Dewalt DW728 2200W 610mm crosscut with stand   £1899.00
BANDSAWS AND SCROLL SAWS
Record RSBS8 bench top 86mm capacity                         £69.99!!
Record RSBS10 bench top 114mm cap .cast table £159.99 Delta 28185 bench top 127mm capacity                           £114.95
E/B BAS250 bench top 100mm cap, cast table                £199.95
Kity 413 155mm cap, with stand & mitre fence              £419.00
Record RSBS12 150mm, cast table, stand mitre fence £259.99 E/B BAS316 cast table, stand, mitre & circle guide £329.00 Dewalt DW876 200mm capacity, stand, mitre fence £399.00 Record RSB514 205mm, cast table, cabinet, fences £379.00 Kity 613-cast aluminium table, stand & mitre fence £569.00 Startrite 301E 200mm, cast table, stand & accessories POA Startrite 351SE 300mm,cast table, stand & accessories POA E/B BAS500 300mm, new cast table, mitre fence & spailOO extractor free                                all for only £969.00
Scheppach BASATO 5.2 300mm capacity & cast table £1329.00 New Scheppach BASATO 3 vari-speed c/w stand £379.00 Delta 40540 16" vari-speed scroll saw                              £129.95
Delta 40570 16" vari-speed larger table scroll saw      £219.95
BENCH   GRINDERS
Tormek 1205 supergrind inc. cover and stone grader £179.95 Tormek 2005 supergrind inc. cover and stone grader £289.00 Record scan150152mm whetstone grinder                       £79.99
Delta 23589152mm 2 grinding wheels 8, light                 £49.95
Delta 23655 vari-speed .coarse, fine white wheel, light£79.95
DUST   EXTRACTORS
Trend T30AF fine filter, auto switching wet or dry       £149.00 Trend Airshield Respirator, battery, charger, carry bag £149.00
Dewalt DW790 1000W auto switching wet or dry        £189.00
Metabo ASA1202 1200W auto switching wet or dry    £149.00
Makita 4401 240v 1000W auto switching wet or dry    £149.00
Record RSDE1 45lt 100mm hose 2.5 micron                     £109.99
Record DX4000 twin motor, 100mm, 80lt                        £269.00
Record DX5000 twin motor, wall mounted 200lt           £299.00
Scheppach HA2600 SOIt extractor and fine filter           £329.00
E/B SPA1100 60lt 100mm extractor and fine filter         £239.00
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Shaker step chest
It is a relatively simple exercise for the router, biscuit jointer and bandsaw
I believe the next best thing to making a piece from recycled timber is to utilise pieces from one's oddments box. In this case it was bits of oak.
The chosen piece was a Shaker step chest which is a well known and well documented item from a long list of Shaker furniture pieces. I have to admit to
being a bit of a Shaker furniture addict.
As a project it is a relatively simple and straightforward exercise for the router, biscuit jointer and bandsaw. Of course some readers may prefer the more traditional hand tool approach.
However Shakers were not slow to absorb mechanised
methods alongside hand tools where possible.
The notion to make a step-chest followed one of my trips to New York to visit my offsprings. Whilst there we made a trip to the Shaker museum at Old Chatham as I have already done all the usual tourist spots on previous trips.
After receiving a few domestic hints that the upper shelves of our oak kitchen cabinets were not getting any easier to reach I armed myself with a few photographs, a list of measurements supported by a healthy workshop library and I set about formalising the details into a simple scale drawing.
The fact that I was using an assortment of oak pieces meant that I would have to first run them through my thicknesser and rely heavily
on my biscuit jointer.
This was necessary in order to make up the requisite number of panel components necessary for the project.
I am sure readers who will be buying their timber in the normal way will find it more straightforward and less dependent on biscuit jointing or cleating — but it is more of a challenge if you go down the oddments road.
With the drawing completed and the timber sorted I began with the thicknesser to make my oddments 18mm thick with the exception of what would be the front and back panels.
These two pieces were reclaimed from an old damaged magazine rack but were 15mm thick. A point I should make clear at this juncture is that the original step-chest I
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i
Working out how many biscuits for the first step
viewed was made entirely from 15mm timber.
I used 18mm in the main for my interpretation as I was aiming for a slightly more robust outcome.
Another point that might bear consideration would be to extend the first step by as much as 25mm.The reason for this arose after completing the step-chest and a feeling that the extra gives a more comfortable feeling when stepping onto it. Far be it for me to meddle with the Shaker design but that's how it struck me.
It was time to start by cutting each panel piece to length on the compound saw and then mark up the positions for the biscuit joints.
The biscuit size was 20.
When marking the positions of the biscuit joints do make allowances for where the curves are positioned so as to avoid biscuits appearing in any of the four curves you will be cutting.
The two ends were from two pieces glued up with the aid of my one and only pair of four-way clamps.
The other two panels (first step and second step) were glued with the usual combination of a pair of sash cramps but held flat with a F clamp.
With the three panels glued up it was necessary to give them each a light planing to achieve a smooth, flat surface followed by a few power sandings to boot.
The first stage was to cut to size the two ends from the relevant panel.
The marking up of the 80mm radius to form the feet was done with a compass (a good sized tin often does the job).
The next step is to draw the front curve.This was done with the aid of a 300mm diameter disc that I had to hand, here again a paint tin might do the job. I would advise at this stage marking up the first step rebate, the front panel rebate and finally the back panel rebate.
Routing should be done before considering the band-sawing of all four curves to ease the clamping of the guide bars or side fences.
After the rebates are completed the curves can be quickly despatched via the
Cutting list
One of the two recycled pieces varnish being dry scraped
Component	No.	Measuremer
All oak		
End panels	2	18 x 280x260
First step	1	18x350x248
Front panel	1	12x350x160
Back panel	1	12x350x160
Hinge bar	1	18x38x 394
Hinge bar support	1	18x 18x336
Top step	1	18x128x394
Brass coated		
butt hinges	2	50
Brass coated		
hook and eye	1	
from hinging of the second step lid.
With the two ends routed and cut the next stage is to cut to size the first step ensuring that the back edge stops against the back panel.The step has a 12mm groove rebate routed so it can take the front panel.
Now it is the turn of the front and back panels to be carefully cut to size.
All dimensions in
(To have a sloped front add 10mm = 270mm) (To extend step add 25mm)
bandsaw or the trusty old coping saw.
I would advise giving the curved surfaces a thorough bobbin sanding to give a good smooth result.
Another item of routing that is required is a 12mm rebate groove on the underside of the hinge bar, this allied to the extra strip already glued to the underside gives a strong resistance to any strain
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Step-by-step.
s
Giving one of the four curves a sanded finish         Routing the front panel rebates
Cutting the front curved edge. Note the first step and panel rebates
-    In my case, as mentioned earlier, I had sourced these panels from timber taken from an old badly damaged piece of furniture.
I dry scraped the old varnish (I don't like using chemical strippers) which was followed by a thorough sanding.
The main carcase components ready (the two ends, the first step plus the front and back panels), it's time for the essential dry assembly to ensure everything fits neatly, especially as this forms the main structure that one will be standing on.
If everything fits correctly it's time to glue up the carcass, at this stage I opted to add the previously mentioned extra strip under the hinge bar
Step-by-step...
inside the chest and I glued the hinge bar last.
With the step-chest carcase completed it only remained to fit the hinged second step's lid.
I chose to use simple brass coated butt hinges.
I used a simple brass coated hook and eyelet to lock the top step lid to the chest back panel. I had considered a form of hasp but failed to source a suitable one.
No doubt more imaginative readers will have a better option than I had.
The finishing process is with six coats of finishing oil, each brushed on and gently wiped down with the usual lint free cloth and allowed to dry.
When applying the fifth
v-sien
coat I also gave it a light wet and dry sanding and wipe clean as this gives a smooth finish.
A few days later when it was thoroughly dry I used a little beeswax    A polish coupled        ^f with ample elbow grease which gave a pleasant sheen to the finish.
A final check, if you
choose to use it as a        ^ shoe tidy, is to ensure it      1 will accommodate the household's shoe polishing kit.
Now these upper cabinet shelves are no longer an access problem!
i$*trnecMng-tnat-.g[Kthe shoe clean irjgfits io-:aWght.'N6te simple butt Kiffges
LEFT - Yes, another dry assembly after cutting the front curved edges
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Index jig components
Hub indexing jig
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Indexing discs
Sometimes in our workshop we wish to drill holes round the circumference of a wood cylinder in regular incremental steps.
How you do this depends to a degree on how accurate you want the end result to be. If it is purely decorative for example, then so long as it looks right and accuracy is of secondary importance you might do it simply by marking and drilling by hand.
If the application is more critical, for example drilling a set of radial holes in the hub of a spinning wheel to fit the spokes connecting to the segmented rim, you need a better system of working.
One method of doing this is to use the indexing facility
,__   sometimes built into the
i        headstockof a wood-' i, turning lathe, with
*. an index pin Hj.        '% pushed in to fix ^W           ¦ the spindle in
* position eg v Myford ML8.
Alternatively the
chuck itself can have a built in indexing arrangement in the form of a row of circumferential or tangential holes, for example an Axminster four jaw chuck.
Working this way where the index facility is part of the chuck, the locking pin arrangement is external to the head-stock to fit into the chuck holes.This part you sometimes have to make up yourself to suit your lathe.The most common combination offered is a 24 hole index arrangement giving you options of 3,4,6,8 and
12 circumferential holes, and this together with a drill guide jig makes it possible to machine radial holes in a cylinder in incremental steps.
However it is not uncommon for spinning wheels to have 10 or 14 spokes, or even odd combinations such as 7,9 or 13 spokes, and for this you need to have a different way of working.
My jig design, which uses a bench drill, solves all that but for the time being let's look at the simple tool rest guide system to see what its limitations
54 Traditional Woodworking OCTOBER 2003
are and how I moved on to something different.
Tool rest
Assuming your lathe has an indexing facility, all you need to accompany it is a drill guide so you can machine the holes.
The simplest arrangement is a small post jet in the tool rest, fitted with a range of bushes to suit the hole size you need.
It's simple but it can be a little fussy to set up especially if you only have a single bed bar lathe.
The principal difficulties are checking alignment and squareness with the lathe centre line, which can be impeded due to the need for the jig to . be set up close to the work piece.
The bush by its nature also has to have a clearance hole for the drill, and so unless you aim squarely with the power drill you could be angled marginally up or down and side to side.
So long as you are not too finicky it probably may not matter, but it is surprising what little error can make a job look unsightly.
Another aspect is that you can not practically use saw tooth drills, which give a nice clean cutting edge, since there is no shank to speak of as in an engineering drill to guide it through the bush.
Longer bushes will of course work much better with metal cutting drills.To minimise error the bush needs to be up as close the work piece as possible. But so long as you are aware of the jig limitations it will do the job.
Using engineering drills you need to run at slow speed as I am sure you know, otherwise they will just grab the wood and make an unholy mess. Fortunately power hand drills these days have a variable speed facility.
Bench drill
As I explained earlier, with the need to drill hubs sometimes to fit spokes that a lathe indexing system will not accommodate, together with the setting up errors of the tool rest guide bush system, I decided that I needed another jig. Mine is designed instead to fit a standard height bench drill.
The jig fits a 6"(150mm) two way vice and can be used to drill radial holes in hubs up to about 5"(125mm) long.
It will accommodate axle sizes between 'A" and 3A° (6-19mm), any spoke hole combination between 3 and 24 with certain exceptions such as 17 or 19 for example, and a hub diameter up to 4 W'O 20mm).
As an alternative to steel if you do not have metal working facilities the U-plates could be made of 9mm thick birch ply, and the index pin a turned wood cylinder with'an V8" (3mm) steel pin fixed in with epoxy resin glue.The YV diameter end and disc bushes could also be made of a hardwood such as box.
The principal parts of the jig comprise two steel vice U-plates and a variety of hub axles from 'A" to W with screw nut fixtures and YV (19mm) steel bushes.
Also needed are a range of plywood index plates. Mine have hole combinations from 12 to 22 in increments of two. By picking the right one you can drill any hole combination between these limits with the exception of 13,15,17,19 or 21 holes.
If the need is there you can make up a new disc to suit an unusual combination.The weirdest one I came across on an old Swedish spinning wheel had 11 spokes and five rim seg-ments.This seems to me making woodwork difficult!
Index discs
My index discs are 120mm diameter by 9mm thick birch ply with a YV (19mm) centre hole into which are pressed tightly fitting steel bushes with varying hole sizes to suit different axle diameters.
The discs drilled with YV (19mm) holes were packed tightly onto a wood mandrel fitted between centres on the lathe to clean up the perimeter. A computer program was used to draw a polar array with the required number of holes, which was then printed out and pasted centrally onto each disc.
To drill the index holes in one of the discs a bush with a ]A" (6mm) axle hole was pressed in, and set up under the bench drill mounted on
Drilling index pin hole in front plate
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Hub, axle and index plate bolted together
Drilling the hub
OCTOBER 2003 Traditional Woodworking 55
steel rod gripped in the vice so it could be rotated.
The disc was turned incrementally and drilled with a 3mm (Vs") hole at each index point to suit the locking pin. Each disc was then marked for reference purposes.
As I mentioned earlier an alternative material to steel for the centre bushes could be boxwood.
Jig set-up
Before using the jig for real you have to set it up in the vice to check its functionality and finish the index pin setting.To initially set up the jig first unscrew the existing vice jaws and replace them with the pair of steelJJ-plates previously made.
.Fit one of the axles up with Va" steel end bushes either end to drop into the U-slots, placing an index disc with its pressed in centre bush on the axle in between.
To fix the position for the index pin screw hole in the U-plate, first firmly clamp the index disc to the front plate in situ on its axle. Use two clamps as a minimum so it can't twist or turn.
Remove the axle and unscrew the front U-plate with the index disc firmly clamped to it from the vice jaws.Transfer the pair to the bench drill, and drill a pilot hole through one of the 3mm (Vs") index disc holes into the U-plate. Open up the pilot hole as necessary and tap this to fit the index pin screw.
Using the jig
Having previously machined the hub on a mandrel, the next step is to mount it on the bench drill jig.
Before you do this though check that your drill table is set
plum at 90° to the drill centreline. If you don't do this you might as well revert to using the lathe guide bush system!
Fit the hub onto the desired axle together with the index disc and its centre bush, to suit the number of radial holes you require. Add on the thick end washers,3// (19mm) end bushes and screw the assembly tight together with its nuts.
Drop the assembly into the vice previously fitted up with the new U-plates. Fit a drill to suit the spoke holes and then align this transversely with the middle of the U-plate slot and longways to the middle of the hub.
Screw the index pin in the U-plate through into one of
the index disc holes and tighten up the vice jaws to clamp the whole assembly. Now drill your first hole. Loosen the vice slightly so you can unscrew the index pin and turn the hub assembly round to the next disc hole.
Remember— if you are using, say, the 14 hole index disc to produce a seven spoked wheel — to index round by two holes each time.Tighten up and drill the second spoke hole and so on until you have all holes drilled. Unscrew the hub assembly and fit up the spokes. If all goes to plan you should produce a hub with seven spokes.
If you want instead to
make a hub with 12 spokes fit this up instead with the 12 hole index plate and repeat the procedure just described.
So there you are, a handy jig for drilling wheel hubs with incremental radial holes.You might have to alter it here and there to suit your particular bench drill but that's no problem.
But what, you may ask, should you do if you want to drill incremental holes in a plain wood cylinder without a central hole — that is, not for a wheel hub — or maybe a rather long wood cylinder that this jig will not accommodate? Oh well it's back to the drawing board and another jig I suppose.
Details of U-plate, axle & index pin
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AXLE/NUTS                        AXLE ASSEMBLY
TO  SUIT  HUB
INDEX   PIN
Tool rest guide bush jig errors
Spinning wheel spoke offset drilling error
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Egg timer
The block on its off-centring chuck
Boxwood, with its dense creamy textured grain, is one of my favourite turning woods and it is the only wood in which I have been able to form threads with any level of consistency.The tree is very slow growing and it is rare to find a piece of seasoned stock wider than 4cm which is free from heart splits. That is why this little egg
timer, with its
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and fine mouldings, makes such an ideal proj-^^^"    ect from this timber.
To make this egg timer frame,you will need a section of dry boxwood about 10cm by 4cm. Mount this between centres and turn it to a cylinder and square off the ends so that
the section can be glued directly to a circular plate of plywood.
It is best to do this the day before, so that you can use a slow setting but very strong epoxy which can then be left overnight to set.
Attach the disc to a faceplate with four screws and then mount this on the lathe. Form a shallow recess in the end of the cylinder using, first a small round scraper to remove the majority of waste, followed by a square scraper to cut out the square corner.
Threads
You do not need to make your egg timer with a threaded lid, but a threaded joint will certainly be a refinement worth carrying out if you have the necessary equipment.
A thread allows for the sep-
arate components to be firmly held together, without the need for glue and enables the work to be easily dismantled if the glass mechanism needs to be replaced for any reason.
Thread chasing tools are supplied in sets of two, one for making the internal thread and the other for the external and are sized depending on the number of teeth per inch. For boxwood I use chasers with 20 threads to the inch.
If you have never done thread chasing before,you will need to practice some threads along the side of the work-piece where the wood is going to be removed. Once you have developed the necessary dexterity by creating few trial lengths of external thread, you will then be much better prepared to tackle the real thing.
In the corner of the recess
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cut a 2mm gap using the side cutting parting tool.
This space is for the thread chaser to work into at the completion of its thread cutting run. Without it, the nose of the cutter would strike the roof of the lid and mince up the threads. You will need to set the speed ofjhe lathe to around 200rpm and set the height of the toolrest so that, when the thread chaser is held horizontally, the teeth lie 2mm or 3mm above the centre.
Make sure that your toolrest is clean and apply a little oil or candle wax to lubricate the surface. Start the thread by holding the'chaser with two or three teeth lightly pressed ,against the corner of the recess and brush the threads against the wall of the recess. At first you will need to feed the tool across, but as soon as a thread begins to form, the tool will be drawn forward by the spiralling thread.
As soon as the thread begins to form, stop the lathe and check that there is a single thread, (one with a single start) and not a double or triple, which occurs when you feed the tool too quickly across. As the thread gets deeper you can press sideways, so that the teeth of the chaser dig deeply into the threads. I hold the tool right at the end nearest the teeth, to maximize my sense of touch and generate a rhythmic elliptical movement with my fingers.
When you have formed the teeth to the full depth of the chaser, (which you may need to check with a strong light and magnifying glass) use some abrasive nylon matting
to rub some wax into the threads.This will take off any sharp corners and lubricate the threads. Use a fine parting tool to part the lid off.
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To make the thread on the base of the frame, cut a rebate on the corner of the body, so that the projected section is 1 mm wider than the diameter across the threaded recess in the lid. Cut an end space for the chaser to work into, using a narrow parting tool.
Start the cut with a very gentle sideways pressure on the chasing tool. Once you feel the first signs of a thread forming, let the tool run along by itself. As the thread develops you can press the chaser quite hard into the threads, while allowing it be pulled freely along by the deepening thread. Several passes with the thread chaser will be required before the lid will screw successfully home.
Bore the hole for the glass mechanism using a sharp saw toothed centre.Test that the hole is deep enough by screwing the lid on with the mechanism inside. It's nice if the glass is held perfectly in place, but don't worry if there is a bit of slack, because you can always pack out the hole with a little ball of Blue-Tac.
Remove the mechanism and screw the lid back in place before turning the outside shape of the frame with various mouldings and decorative detail. One of the advantages of boxwood is that you don't need to use any sophisticated turning techniques with slice cutting tools — you can form wonderfully clean detail simply by using small scrapers.
To form the window in the frame, through which the glass mechanism can be viewed, you will need to perform a bit of off-centre turning.Three of the four screws that hold the plywood
Scrape a shallow recess in the end
disc to the faceplate are removed and then replaced after the work has ben moved over slightly.
Chamber
Use a small bowl gouge to cut through the side of the timer frame so that you expose the hollow chamber which holds the mechanism. Work down from each side of the hollow taking delicate cuts with the gouge so that the work does not become dislodged from the plate.
It is best to trim the window surround and sand the work-piece by hand to avoid trapping fingers in the opening. After applying a coat of oil or wax polish to the work, it can be parted off in the usual way, leaving a small amount of waste on the plywood disc.
The parted off surface will require a little hand finishing to bring it up to the same finish as the rest of the egg timer frame.
Cut the gap at the end of the thread run
Start cutting the tread
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Step-by-step...
...lift the the thread chaser out of the thread
Part of the lid
Chase a thread at the top of the frameA
Test that the lid screws on
Form the moulding on the side of the lid
Bore out the hole which houses the mechanism
Turn part of the frame away to form a viewing window
Part off the finished frame
Step-by-step...
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Basic woodcarving techniques
Text: Norrie Dinning Pictures: Steve Taylor and Norrie Dinning
After many years enjoying my woodcarving I was surprised to find how daunting many woodworkers viewed it.
The full extent of this became evident when I undertook some teaching of basic techniques to some beginners.
I have of course made reasonable assumptions that I don't have to go into how to sharpen chisels or cut wood to any great extent (but if you need to know you can turn to page 64 for the first instalment of our new tool sharpening series).
A useful starting exercise is to carve a bowl (not a round one of course), this will help you to get the feel of gouges.
A bowl like the one pictured is a bit big probably, a straight 18mm gouge plus a 14mm curved gouge will be all you need.
The curved gouge is to give you access down into the bowl, the outer profile is gouged and finished with a rasp and powered sanding.
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A modest selection of chisels, mallets and clamps
Defining the cut of the angles into the comers from the centre line
The carving of lettering and chipcarving decoration I feel is wrongfully viewed by many experienced wood-carvers as a poor cousin to sculptural woodcarving.
My task in this article will be to firstly allay the fears of woodworkers and attempt with the aid of photographs to open new horizons and hopefully put some things right.
Naturally within the limits of one magazine article this not intended as a complete treatise on woodcarving but is merely an introduction to basic methods and techniques employed.
If some readers are keen to extend their knowledge there are books on the subject or better still they can undertake lessons.
You can find information on various courses in the diary section of this and subsequent issues.
The applications I will cover
will be lettering and chip carving as a decorative feature used in furniture. I will also give an indication of what is entailed in tackling two dimensional work such as plaques and house signs.
I can assure you that you will gain a great sense of satisfaction from making these items provided you are prepared to be patient and fully determined to succeed.
The first stage is to outline what minimum tools and equipment are required plus a few extras (see Equipment).
Incised lettering
The first problem facing the beginner is how to create the necessary lettering. I don't advocate acquiring the typefounder's art but simply turn to your computer or that of a good friend.
Set the required wording as large as possible for example 72 pt.
Then have your local copy
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The curved lines are dealt with in a similar manner but with a shallow curved gouge as near to the curve as possible, letters such as an R, B or a P are a little more difficult owing to the tight curves
Garden bench with dedicated incised carving of letters and stylised honeysuckle
shop enlarge it to at least 50mm high for the purpose of this exercise.
This method will produce lettering ideal for a house name sign. For house numbers I would suggest digits about a minimum of 100mm high.
I would respectfully suggest avoiding a serif face first time around but would agree that they are more aesthetically pleasing.
I should explain the two most popular typeface groups are sans serif— which refers to the fact that there are no fine tails at the top and bottom of each letter — and serif typefaces which do have the fine tails (I have included examples of these but I am using a bold face to make things a little easier).
The two types of carved lettering are incised and relief. I always feel the incised is the more attractive but the choice is yours.
To start the proceedings align your enlarged letter (a point often made in wood-carving is that the larger it is the easier it is) squarely to your piece of oak and tape it down securely left and right.
Now insert a piece of office type carbon paper often referred to as OTC (one time carbon). A better alternative is a solvent coated carbon paper often found in duplicate books as it can be used over and over again (available from office supply outlets).
With the carbon in place
carefully trace the outline of your lettering with a fine H pencil or a ball point pen. You should go over the resulting image with an HB or B pencil to ensure you retain the image.
This same practise is used to transfer patterns onto parts of furniture in preparation for chip carving.
Now, as a support, draw a centre line throughout each letter, the reason for this will become evident as you progress into cutting your letters.
With your piece of oak firmly clamped to your bench or table it's time to start cutting.
Cutting
The first stage of cutting is to hold your 16mm No 1 chisel vertically on the straight section of the centre line and strike it firmly to a depth of approximately 3mm.
However, make sure to stop short at each end by about 3mm to allow the angle cutting at the corners.
The curved lines are dealt with in a similar manner but with a shallow curved gouge as near to the curve as possible, letters such as an R, B or a P are a little more difficult owing to the tight curves, hence my use of them to illustrate the techniques.
This will be the same approach for both serif or sans serif types of lettering. At this stage the outline cutting of the letters can get underway.
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Starting with the straight sections with the 16mm Noi cut from the outside into the centre line at an angle of 52/55° (this is to help make a wedge and can be used for alignment) ensuring a firm but consistent strike.
Overlap each cut to allow for a clean smooth surface. When one side is cut the other side obviously follows ensuring a fine V line of approximately 4mm deep is formed at the centre.
The same approach deals with the curved section except that the gouges come into play and more care will be needed to minimise tool cut ridges so ensure careful overlapping of each cut.
The slightly more difficult part is carving the inner curves owing to the tighter radius, but a little care and patience will see you through.
To tackle the ridges that result in the early stages of your efforts it's best to deal with them by hand held cuts (no mallet) and gently pare
A hand gouged bowl with with a carved and pokered Celtic border decoration
the ridges to smooth them out.The use of an emery finger board will clean the surface reasonably well.
When the straight and curved V sections are complete this just leaves the ends
The early stages of carving a village sign
to cut. Select your 4mm No 1 chisel and hold over the V valley at a angle of 45° with the corner of the cutting edge gently piercing the point where the Vends.
Pivot the cutting edge until it meets the top edge of the letter. You need to do this on both sides.
The same chisel is now used to cut the top edge chip by cutting at 55°. However, enter the cut with the corner of the cutting edge downwards to meet your V (this is one of these situations where a picture is worth 1,000 words).
If you haven't quite managed a clean cut each point of the serif letters your scalpel can come to readily to your aid allowing you to clean up said point.The scalpel can often reach where a chisel cannot.
The V gouge can often be used for the purpose of cleaning.
The cutting of the fine copper plate script style, whilst it is very attractive, may prove a bit awkward and this is where patience and practice is called for.
It is the province of the V gouges and calls for steady mallet control and a firm hold of the chisel whilst following the line of the letters.
Sometimes owing to the grain direction of the timber it
helps to cut from both directions, much as you would if you were doing a piece of calligraphy.
In the early stages of doing script lettering I would suggest using lime timber as it is a little softer and cuts much easier than oak.
You can tidy up your cutting with the scalpel and a suitable riffler file until you have gained a practised finish, which in time will come.
Relief lettering
The approach for relief lettering is quite different to incised lettering in terms of cutting the letter outline.
Essentially your aim will be to cut away the background areas to a consistent depth of probably about 4mm.
The most effective way to do this is to use a router with straight cutters and of widths to suit the space inside and outside your letters.
To outline your pane! area I would suggest a side fence plus a guide bar where relevant. Then it is free hand routing as close as possible to the outline of the letters and the inside bits.
The final detailing of the outline is done by cutting in a vertical position with your straight along the straight edges and your gouges for the curves.
Ensure that you are cutting
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Equipment
to the same depth as you are routing.To gain a nice smooth background surface you can scrape the surface with your chisel held vertically and go with the grain.
It can sometimes be fitting to have a tooled background or indeed a punch textured background.
There are several styles of carvers'punches available, not unlike nail punches.
I should add that you will find it easier to start relief lettering with the sans serif bold type style.
The applications for carved lettering are quite numerous, I have used it to village signs, house signs, dedications on benches and furniture, village and church notice boards plus finger posts in parks and villages.
I am sure there are many more applications.
Chip carving
From carving letters the natural progression is to move onto furniture decoration which calls for much the same tool technique as lettering.
This should be researched
• Basic set of carving chisels offered by many tool suppliers for example:
16mm Noi chisel 4mm No 1 chisel 10mm No 3 gouge 6mm No 9 gouge 16mm No 5 gouge 6mm No 39 V tool plus possibly a fishtail
~ Scalpel (Swan Morton ) No 3 with 10A blades
• Short and a long skew chip knife (useful for awkward corners and for cleaning up)
. A carver's mallet (I favour a tapered type).
• A few G or F clamps - probably a 150mm minimum capacity will suffice. Quick release type clamps are also very handy as you tend to turn the timber round to ease cutting angles. A bench holdfast clamp is very useful
• A workbench or sturdy table. I also use an easel type arrangement combined with clamps designed for use with workmate type benches. I also use a heavy pedestal type bench with a couple of vices mainly for sculpture work
• Sharpening equipment eg traditional oil stone plus a leather strop (mounted on a block of wood) and coated with jewellers' rouge. A better option is a diamond sharpening stone - medium and fine. Also a 100mm diameter compound wheel to fit most grinders. Felt profile wheels equate to a rotary strop. In most woodworking activities chisels and knives have to have a very keen edge and be regularly stropped to maintain a mirror finish (see page 62)
• I would suggest a piece of oak about 25mm by 100mm by 300mm as a suitable piece of timber to start with. A general rule of thumb on choice of timbers is that if it is fruit or nut bearing you will be all right.That also goes for yew and holly.The most popular woodcarvers'wood for centuries has of course been lime, but only for indoor applications such as plaques and sculptures
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by looking at already carved pieces of furniture for ideas.
The list of tools (see Equipment) will be adequate for most of the requirements but be aware that you will find it necessary to extend your gouge and chisel range.
This in the main will be in the smaller sizes to the ones in the list amounting to a further 12.
These will mainly be the smaller gouges such as 2mm, 4mm No 11 plus much the same of No 9.
They should also include a couple of fishtail 6mm No 6's.
Simply take a rubbing of a section and trace it. Extend it by using repeated applications until it is to the desired length and carbon copy it onto your table edge, bowl or whatever.
Start with the mallet and chisel, your previous lettering experience will have taught you the technique required.
A suitable application is to decorate items such as jewellery boxes.
It will be obvious that furniture decoration has a fair amount of repetition but the result will be rewarding.
The more demanding requirements such as making the ball and claw feet on furniture legs is more in the field of three dimensional work.
The element from chip carving is an inbetween field of carving and a natural progression to two dimensional carving.
Examples such as you will find on plaques, coats of arms (heraldry) and village signs which are visibly popular in the Norfolk area and the county I live in (Northamptonshire).
The first problem I can hear is that of someone only being able to draw a straight line and even that is with the aid of a ruler!
Well if you approach it in the same way as the lettering that shouldn't be a problem. That being to pick a subject matter that you can trace from a photograph or an illustration that has been enlarged to your required size.
Then you simply transfer it to your piece of chosen timber and have a go with your mallet and gouge.
There you go, simple!
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5-6 September
Yandles Woodworking Show
Hurst Works, Martock, Somerset,TA12 6JU Tel: 01935 822207 e-mail: info@yandle.co.uk
6 September
All day turning seminar - Ray Key
Shropshire Asscociation of Woodturners Secretary: George Powell Tel: 01743 240661
6 September Woodfinishing demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools BoroughbridgeTel:01423 322370.
6 September Woodturning Demonstration
Yorks Woodcraft Supplies Tel: 01482 844200
6-7 September
Fangfest - Festival of Practical Arts
The Rocking Horse Shop Fangfoss,York.Tel:01759 368737
6-7 September Hatfield Forest Wood Fair
Hatfield Forest,TakeleyTel:01279 870 678
7-12 September
An introduction to making early
woodwind instruments
West Dean College
Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: Eric Moulder
7-12 September
An introduction to making
traditional percussion instruments
West Dean College
Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: Andy Butterworth
9-10 September Powis Wood Fair
Powis Castle Estate Office, Welshpool Tel: 01938 552554
11-13 September
Trend Machinery Demonstration
Grahams Machinery Sales, Chester Tel: 01244 376764
12-13 September
Trend Machinery Demonstration
Alltools Ltd, Nottingham Tel: 0115 9881855
12-13 September Worthing Woodcrafts Show
Northbrook College Theatre Tel:01903 216113
12-14 September
An introduction to woodturning
West Dean College
Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: Eric Moulder
13 September Woodturning demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools Boroughbridge Tel: 01423 322370. Tutor:Tony Wilson
13 September Woodturning demonstration
Robert Sorby,Turners Retreat, Harworth, Notts Tel: 01302 744344
13 September Woodturning demonstration
Robert Sorby, ASK, Wakefield Tel: 01924 440610
13 September Woodturning demonstration
Bedford Saw &T00I Company
Tutor:Chris Stott,9am-4pmTel:01234 359808
13 September Woodfinishing demonstration
Keenleysides Mica Hardware
Tel: 01670 823133.Tutor: Stuart Mortimer
13-14 September Annual Show
Shropshire Asscociation of Woodturners Dobbies Garden Centre Tel: 01743 240661
13-14 September Woodturning Demonstration
Snainton Woodturning Centre
Barkers Lane, Snainton Tel: 01723 859545
13-14 September Make your own pole lathe
Ashfield Woodworks Tel: 01728 685760
15 September 1-Day Routing Course -Bill Powell
Isaac Lord Tel: 01494 835200
18 September
Ecological turning -Tony Caplin
Shropshire Asscociation of Woodturners Secretary: George Powell Tel: 01743 240661
19-20 September
Trend Machinery Demonstration
Lakedale Power Tools, Plumstead Tel: 0208 8549894
19-20 September
Trend Machinery Demonstration
The Tool Store, 52-54 Bridge Street, Christchurch, Dorset Tel: 01202 486240
19-21 September Woodfair 2003
Bentley Wildfowl Centre Halland, Lewes, Sussex Tel: 01825 840573
19-21 September
Fine furniture making, part 1 - an
introductory course
West Dean College Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: Bernard Allen (must be booked with part two which is being held on October 26-31)
20 September Routing demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools Boroughbridge Tel: 01423 322370. TutonTed Heathcote-Walker
20 September Woodturning demonstration
Robert Sorby, WJT Woodcrafts, Alresford Tel: 01963 735411
20-21 September
Pole lathe Turning - course
Country Chairs
Ferrers Centre for arts and crafts, Leics
Tel:01332 864 529
20-21 September Basket making - course
Country Chairs Contact details as above
21-23 September Buying and drying wood
West Dean College
Tel:01243 811301 Tutor: Bernard Allen
22-26 September
5 Day chairmaking - course
Country Chairs
Contact details as 20 September
24 September
The Tool Shop - Auction
Cedars Hotel, Needham Road, Stowmarket Tel: 01449 722992
24-26 September Designing your own furniture
West Dean College
Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: Bernard Allen
27 September Woodturning demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools
Boroughbridge
Tel: 01423 322370.Tutor: Andy Lodge
27-28 September Hurdle making - course
Country Chairs
Contact details as 20 September
28 September -1 October Picture Framing - hand decorated frames and mounts
West Dean College
Tel:01243 811301 Tutor: Fay Boon
29 September
1-Day Woodturning Course - Mick Hanbury
Isaac Lords Tel: 01494 835200
29-30 September Countryside and Woodland Fair
Kingston Maurward College, Dorchester. Tel: 01305 264620
3-4 October
Woodturning demonstration
Robert Sorby, Norfolk Saw Tel: 01603 898695
4 October
Woodturning Demonstration
Yorks Woodcraft Supplies Tel: 01482 844200
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4 October
Woodfinishing demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools Tel: 01423 322370.Tutor:Jim Kitson
4-5 October
Woodturning demonstration
Robert SorbyTimberwold, Horsham Tel: 01403 250552
10-11 October Woodturning demonstration
Robert SorbyTimberman, Carmarthen Tel: 01267 232621
10-13 October
Picture framing for complete
beginners
West Dean College
Tel:0124.3 811301 Tutor: John Hill
11 October
Woodturning demonstration
Robert Sorby,Turners Retreat, Harworth Tel: 01302 744344
11 October
Woodturning demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools BoroughbridgeTel:01423 322370
11 October DeWalt day
Isaac Lord Tel: 01494 835200
11 October Woodturning Day
Peter Crisp department store, Northants Tel:01993 356424 www.petercrisp.co.uk
11-12 October
Cleft ash gate hurdle - course
Country Chairs
Contact details as 20 September
11-12 October Build a shaving horse
Ashfield Woodworks Tel: 01728 685760
12-17 October
Fine furniture repair and refinishing
West Dean College Tel: 01243 811301
13 October
1-Day Woodturning Course
- Mick Hanbury
Isaac Lords Tel: 01494 835200
14 October
1-Day Carving Course
- Mick Atkins
Isaac Lords Tel: 01494 835200
14-26 October Chelsea Crafts Fair
Chelsea Old Town Hall Tel: 020 7278 7700
15-16 October
Trend Machinery Demonstration
SIA Agencies, Belfast Tel: 028 90246461
16 October
Trend Machinery Demonstration
Kent Blaxill, Colchester Tel: 01206 216000
16 October
Ladder back chairs demonstration -
Ann Hayes
Shropshire Asscociation of Woodturners Secretary: George Powell Tel: 01743 240661
17-19 October
Woodworking and Woodturning
Show
National Agricultural Centre, Stoneleigh Tel: 01322 660070
17-19 October Woodturning for beginners
West Dean College
Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: George Karon
18 October
Woodcarving demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools Tel: 01423 322370 Tutor: Peter Berry
21-24 October Woodcarving in relief - free interpretation of birds and animals
West Dean College
Tel: 01243 811301 Tutor: Nicola Henshaw
25 October
Woodturning demonstration
Keenleysides Mica Hardware
Tel: 01670 823133.Tutor: Ian Forster
25 October
Upholstery demonstration
John Boddy's Fine Wood and Tools Tel: 01423 322370 Tutor: Pauline Keenoy
25-26 October Woodturning Demonstration
Robert Sorby, Elmers.Tel: 01473 623381
27 October
1-Day Routing Course -Bill Powell
Isaac Lords Tel: 01494 835200
28 October
1-Day Combination Machine Course
Isaac Lords Tel: 01494 835200
30-31 October
Annual Woodworking Show
Toolfix Services Live demonstrations Tel: 01733 347348
31 October -1 November Woodworking Exhibition
Kendal Tools and Machinery Cumbria Tel: 01539 733774
31 October-1 November Woodturning Demonstration
Robert Sorby, CRM Saw.Waterlooville Tel: 0239 2255144
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No. 160 SEPTEMBER 2003 II  No. I 59 AUGUST 2003          ¦  No. 158 JULY 2003
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Projects:
•Workshop drawers
•  Cottage windows
•  Sketchbook:Tripod table Features:
•  Restoration: Health & safety
•  Students' gallery •Wooden smoothing plane
• Woodschool
•  Guide: 21 British woods
• Tools on test
No. 156 MAY 2003
Projects:
•Yew mirror frame
•  Chessboard
•  Garden wall seat
•  Sketchbook: Pine hanging rack
•  Shoulder plane Features:
•  Restoration: Tools
•  Organic nature of timber
•  Student's gallery
•  Fifty turning tips •Tools on test
Projects:
•  Rustic shelf unit
•  Foot stools
- Cherry salad bowl
•  Floor cabinets •Wine rack
•  Sketchbook: Rocking horse Features:
•  Restoration: Drawer handles
•  Students' gallery
•  Spokeshaves
•  Making a scale drawing •Tools on test
 No. 155 APRIL 2003
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
•  Church alcove
•  Miniature bracket clock
•  Recycled CD cabinet
•  Sketch book: Windsor chair
•  Panel gauge Features:
•  Restoration: Patina •Tissington Hall
•  Marquetry guide •Tools on test
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
• Wizards chair
•  Shakers cabinet ¦ Office desk
•  Sketchbook: Beechwood dining chai Features:
•  Restoration: French polish
•  Student's gallery
• Tree hazards
•  Setting up a workshop
• Tools on test
Projects:
•  Bathroom cabinet
•  Headboard
•  Dovetailed boxes
•  Napkin rings
•  Drop moulds
•  Sketch book: Wai nut bureau Features:
•  Restoration: Cockbeading
•  Students' gallery
•  Straight edges & winding sticks
•  Slide rail repair
• Tools on test
No. 157 JUNE 2003
Projects:
•  Burr wood sugar bowl
•  Desk tidy
•  Famine chair
•  Inlaid boxes
•  Sketchbook; Pine chest Features:
•  Restoration: Veneer ¦ Student's gallery ¦Toy safety
•  Starting a business
• Tools on test
No. 154 MARCH 2003                I  No. 153 FEBRUARY 2003
Projects:
•  Mediaeval oak table update
•  Cherrywood sofa table •Wooden mallet
•  Sketchbook:Antique oak box Features:
•  Restoration: Colouring •TheWindsor chair
•  Chair repair
•  Router cutter guide
• Tools on test
Woodworking
No. 152 JANUARY 2003            I  No. 151 DECEMBER 2002   II  No. 150 NOVEMBER 2002   ||  No. 149 OCTOBER 2002
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly
•  Rexon wallplanner Projects:
•  Oak bureau
•TV & hi-fi cabinet (pt 2)
•  Door makeover
•  Sketchbook: Child's chair Features:
•  Restoration: Clamps •Yeti Designs profile •The NorthmoorTrust •Tools on test
Free:
•  Craft Supplies catalogue Projects:
• TV & hi-fi unit (pt I) •Walnut bowl
•  Pedestal jig
• Sketchbook: Clerk's desk Features:
•  Restoration:Woodworm
•  Richard Rose profile •Tools on test
Free:
•  Routing supplement Projects:
•  Campaign table
•  Corner cupboard •Veneer repairs
•  Sketchbook: Chest of drawers Features:
•  Course sponsorship
•  Restoration: Furniture legs •Tools on test
Free:
•  Power Tool Guide Projects:
•  Idigbo bookcase •Teak coffee table
•  Cheapskate dresser Features:
•  Restoration
- Leeds Castle
•  Laura Ponting profile •Turning bowls
• Tools on test
No. 148 SEPTEMBER 2002 ¦¦  No. 147 AUGUST 2002          I  No. 146 JULY 2002
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Free:
• Woodturning supplement Projects:
•Wine table
•  Mackintosh chairs (pt 2)
•  Simple table Features:
•  Bog oak
•  Finishing in restoration
•  Decorative carving
•  Kent furnituremakers profile •Tools on test
Projects:
•  Mackintosh chairs (pt I)
•  Mug rack Features:
•  Choosing timber
• World timbers
• Treen
•TheTool Shop profile •Tools on test
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
¦ Oak dining table
•  Greenhouse staging
•  Shaker clothes pegs
• Wooden jack plane Features:
•  Decking
•  Dating furniture
•  Perfection & excellence •Tools on test
 No. 145 JUNE 2002
Free:
Fact File Projects:
Welsh bible box Oval kitchen table Features:
Restoration: Furniture Bob Piper profile Couradin's boxes Rustic furniture Tools on test
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Woodworking
No. 144 MAY 2002
Projects:
•  Miniature chest of drawers
•  Feather-edged fencing •Turned curtain pole ends Features:
• Jim Kingshott obituary
•  Colin Hazell profile
•  Shell & bone finishing
•  Power drills on test
 No. 143 APRIL 2002
No. 142 MARCH 2002               I  No. 140 JANUARY 2002
Projects:
•  Pine chest of drawers
•  Cabinetmaker's bench (pt 2) Features:
•  Softwood finishes
•  Celebrating boxes
•  Buying marking tools
•  Cabinet fittings (pt 2)
•  Exhibiting your work
•  Circular saws & guide rails on test
Free:
Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
Reproduction oak bookcase (pt 2) Shaker style bed Features:
The National Forest Andy Dumolo profile
•  Multi-tools
•  Cordless routers on test
Projects:
Reproduction oak bookcase (pt I)
Carvers* mallets
Alcove pelmet ¦Walnut & sycamore camera Features:
Real world woodworking
Cabinet scrapers
Router lathe moulding
Woodwork on wheels
Routers on test
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
•  Extended exterior door •Adjustable mortice gauge
•  Restored corner cupboard Features:
•  Onetree exhibition
•  Buying saws
•  Lap joints
•  No. 7 planes on test
No. 139 DECEMBER 2001    II  No. 138 NOVEMBER 2001   II   No. I 37 OCTOBER 200 I  ¦¦  No. 136 SEPTEMBER 2001
Projects:
•  Cabinetmaker's bench (pt I)
•  Homemade gauges
•  Fitted cabinet Features:
•  Diminishing dovetail housing joints
•  Mobile milling profile
•  Cabinet fittings (pt I)
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Buying chisels
•  Dovetail saws on test
Free:
•  Power Tool Guide Projects:
•  Coffee table
•  Futon base
•  Morris armchair Features:
• The BFM show
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass: Buying planes
¦ Mitre saws on test
Projects:
• Japanese clothing cabinet
•  Rocking chair
•  Office furniture
Features:
•Through barefaced housing joint
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Buying the right tools
•  Cordless drills on test
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No. 135 AUGUST 2001
Projects:
Library chair Rustic arched pergola Miniature virginal Features:
Stopped housing joints Inside West Dean Making a marking gauge Hand-held diamond laps Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Sharpening Japanese tools Power planers on test
No. 128 JANUARY 2001
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
¦ Shaker side table
•  English walnut candlesticks
•  Conservatory chair •Waterfall bookcase Features:
•  Rustic chair-making
• Two-part glazing bars
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Veneering
No. 134 JULY 2001
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
•  Home cinema cabinet
•  Oak bench •Wooden glider
•  Mediaeval aumbrey Features:
•  Dovetail housing joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Japanese tools
•  Portable tool boxes on test
No.133 JUNE 2001
Free:
•  Corner cabinet plans Projects:
•  Cherrywood corner cabinet
•  Setting guage
•  Cook book stand
•  Medieval X-chair Features:
•  Fabrics & furniture
•  Peter Hindle profile
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass: Japanese planes
•  Compound mitre saws on test
No. 131 APRIL 2001
Free:
•  Power Tool Quarterly Projects:
• Travel chest
•  Country wall cupboard Features:
•  Designing furniture
•  Dovetail halving joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass: Japanese chisels
•  Marking knives on test
Projects:
•  Plant pot stands
•  Round wall clock
•  Magic spinner toy
• Antique chest restoration
•  Collector's cabinet (pt 3) Features:
•  Chemical stains
•  Strengthening edge joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Veneering
• Wooden mallets on test
Free:
•  Power Tool Guide Projects:
•  Hall chair
•  Collector's cabinet {pt I)
•  Carved village sign
•  Regency mirror Features:
•  Gesso
•  Mitred dovetail joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass: Veneering
•  Brass-back tenon saws on test
Projects:
•  Reconstructed plant stand
•  Cider press
•  Mediaeval goblet Features:
•  Parnham College retrospective
•  Pole-lathe convention
•  Lapped dovetail joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Small planes
•  Bevel gauges on test
No. 130 MARCH 2001
Projects:
• Wooden try squares
•  Fitted sink unit
•  Sapele fire surround Features:
•Wax polishing •Woodland management
• T halving joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass: Japanese tools
•  Mortice chisels on test
No. 127 DECEMBER 2000   I ¦ No. 125 OCTOBER 2000         I  No. 124 SEPTEMBER 2000 II  No. 122 JULY 2000
Projects:
• Auctioneer's gavel
•  Coffin stools
• Turned tripod table Features:
•  DeWalt competition
•  Restoring a Bailey plane (pt 2)
• T bridle joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Using planes
•  CrQss-pein pin hammers on test
No. 129 FEBRUARY 2001
Free
•  Rexon wallplanner Projects:
•  Mouseman table •Yew pepper mill
•  Miniature furniture Features:
•  Straight edges
•  English yew
•  Cross halving joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass: Shooting
•  Palm sanders on test
No. 119 APRIL 2000
Free:
•  I6pp Rocking Horse supplement Projects:
¦ Mediaeval oak side table •Turned cheese board Features:
• Woodcuts
•  Grain filling
•  Butt joints
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Advice on basics
•  Block planes & tenon saws on test
No. 118 MARCH 2000
Projects:
•  Nouveau coffee table ¦Turned money box
•  Electric mandolin Features:
•JCB power tool preview
• jointing techniques
• Stripping furniture
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Using chisels
¦ Circular saws on test
No. 117 FEBRUARY 2000 ¦   No. I I 6 JANUARY 2000    II   No. I I 5 DECEMBER 1999   II  No. I 14 NOVEMBER I 999 B  No. I 12 SEPTEMBER 1999
Free:
•TW 1999 index Projects:
•  Hickman chalice
•  Mantle clock •Traditional armchair Features:
•  Lie-Nielson profile
•  Festival ofWood 99
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Sharpening chisels
•  Belt sanders on test
Free:
•  Rexon wallplanner Projects:
•  Red elm dining table
•  Dinosaurs
•  Draughts set
•  Moving towers of Hanoi Features:
•  Earth pigments
•  Robert Kilvington furniture
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Chisels
•  Handsaws on test
Free:
•  36pp Trend catalogue Projects:
•  Home cinema
•  Salt pot
•Windsor chair {pt 2) Features:
•  Filling holes
• World of wood
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Buying tools
•  Marking gauges on test
Projects:
• American ash chest •Windsor chair {pt I)
•  Candle holder Features:
•  Eltham Palace
•  French polish
•  Steam bending
• Westonbirt •World of wood
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Portable workshop
Projects:
•  Oval table •Three legged stool •Wine cabinet
•  Knobs & feet Features:
•  Skaffie boat
•  Pumice powder & rottenstone
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Workshop essentials
•  Chisels on test
No. Ill AUGUST 1999
Projects:
•  Children's table & chair
•  Peg rail
¦  Cushion frame
¦ Jewellery box
•  Play pen Features:
•  Miniature tools
•  Linseed oil
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Introduction to new series
•  Bandsaws on test
Free:
•Woodworkers' marking pencil Projects:
•Twisted leg side table - Wine rack
•  Carved chest Features:
• Jack Hill: Furniture making
•  Spokeshaves review
•  Restoration:Try plane
•  Bench drill & mortisers
No. 110 JULY 1999
Projects:
•  Elm bowl
•  Gate leg table
•  Marking knives Features:
•  Entry-level routers test
•  Smoothing planes test
• What would you buy? •Van Dyke crystals
• Workshop tips
No.100 SEPTEMBER 1998 ¦¦  No.99 AUGUST 1998
Projects:
•Toy aircraft (pt 2)
•  Garden bench table Features:
• Jigsaw test review
•  Drills & mortisers ¦ Finishing school
• Turning a rocking chair
• Jack Hill:
Hammers & screwdrivers
No. 108 MAY 1999
Projects:
•  Low bench
•  Oilstone box
•  Side tables
•  Stable doors
•  Dancing master's fiddle Features:
•  Steam bending
•The de Havilland Mosquito
• Abrasives
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Planes
No. 107 APRIL 1999
Pull-out plan:
•  Garden playhouse Projects:
•  Inlaid oval table
•  Book puzzle
•  Sand timer
•  Dancing master's fiddle Features:
• Workshop safety
•  Finishing
• Jim Kingshott's masterclass -Combination planes
No. 106 MARCH 1999
Putl-out Plan:
•Veneered games table Projects:
•  Dovetail jig
•  Moses basket
•  Saw horses Features:
•  Maintaining hand tools
•  Biscuit jointers test
•  Moulding planes
•  HMS Victory
•  Checking squares
No. 103 DECEMBER 1998
Projects:
•  Hansel & Gretel dolls house
•  Shape sorting truck
•  Bookends
•  Character mobile
•  Christmas candlestick Features:
• Adhesives
•  Finishing pine
•  Restoration: Writing box
•  Bailey pattern planes
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7 - 9 NOVEMBER 2003
WARWICKSHIRE EXHIBITION CENTRE FOSSE WAY NR. LEAMINGTON SPA
For further Information, tel. 01926 614101
MERIDIENNE EXHIBITIONS LTD
Organisers of some of the UK's hading hobby exhibitions
NORTH OF ENGLAND
WOODWORKING SHOW
Yorkshire Showground Harrogate
21st, 22nd & 23rd November 2003
Good varlstey off English
and European hardwoods available.
Oak, Chestnut, Ash,  Elm and Walnut.
Also Brown Oak,  Cherry,  Sycamore
and Yew,  etc.
Traditional hardwood floors supplied in Brown Oak,  Elm etc.
Fresh sawn timber supplied to order
Kilning,  sawing and machining service.
No VAT
Delivery anywhere in the UK. Phone/Fax
O1 745 S6O376
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HNGLISH WALNUT    ENGLISH OAK   APPLE    PEAR    CHERRY    LIME   ASH   YEW
B.H.P. CRAFTWOODS & WOODCRAFTS
TIMBERS FOR WOODTURNERS, WOODCARVERS & WOODWORKERS KILN DRIED IN OUR OWN KILN
BLANKS • BOARDS • SQUARES • LATHE - SOLO 1000 • ASHLEY ILES
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TURNED & CARVED ITEMS EXHIBITED • SHOWROOM & TIMBER
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OPEN: THURSDAY - SATURDAY 9-4pm
CLOSED SUNDAY - WEDNESDAY DEMONSTRATIONS EVERY SATURDAY 10-12.30am &2-4.30pm
PROFESSIONAL TURNERS
RAINBOWS END, MAYES LANE, SANDON, CHELMSFORD, ESSEX CM2 7RW TELEPHONE: 01245 227229 FAX: 01245 227231
CEDAR AFRORMOS1A AMERICAN OAK PURPLE HEART MAKORE BUBINGA SAPELE
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For a FREE quote
for your project, all you need i
to do is let us have your      I cutting list and well get back
to you with a no-obligation quote.
We look forward to hearing  I from you!
QUALITY BRITISH AND EXOTIC TIMBERS AT AFFORDABLE PRICES
TURNING AND CARVING BLANKS IN A WIDE RANGE OF SIZES
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OPENING HOURS
Mon-Fri 8.30am - 4.30pm
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ASHLEY ISLES CARVING TOOLS IN STOCK
Hagwood • Whitley Chapel • Hexham
Northumberland • NE47 OHB Tel: 01434 673528   Fax: 01434 673707
Tyler Hardwoods Ltd
Salisbury Road, Shalbourne, Marlborough, Wilts SN8 3NE Tel: 01672 871300 Fax: 01672 871311
English & Imported Hardwood Timber
Merchants & Importers
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Specialist Advice Given - Contact Geoff Tyler
INTERESTING TIMBERS
Wide selection of locally grown timber. Air and kiln dried.
Available as boards or prepared to size or as turnery blanks.
Send for details (SA.E. please) or come and see us (please ring first).
We'll ensure a helpful personal service.
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aCov.hshire W \>*c     Supplies
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ENGLISH WALNUT
NOW AVAILABLE - CALL
FOR MORE INFORMATION
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except Sundays, now open Thursdays!
For a fast and efficient Mail Order
service with expert advice contact
Robin Storey
The Old Saw Mill, Burghley Park, London Road, Stamford, Lines PE9 3JX
Tel: 01780 757825
Easy to find - Easy to park - Only 2 mins from Al
MTL
Specialist suppliers of TCT Sawblades, Router Cutters and Planer Blades for over 25 years.
Call/Fax or E-mail for our
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with over 700 quality Cutters to choose from.
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Dovetail still the world's finest!
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Easy lay out of fingers for joint design
Angled, end on end and inlaid dovetails
Any board widths up to 24"
Cross cut bar for sliding dovetails & tenons
Metal fingers not plastic I >.«rrw»¦'"
For further information call BriMarc -the LslZH People on 0800 893183
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SPECIALIST WOODWORKING CENTRE
Woodworking Machinery Hand Tools
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Woodcarving Tools Trend Routing Centre
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Stockist of: Record Power, Trend, Robert
Sorby, Bessy Clamps, Liberon, Delta, Draper,
Camvac, SIP, Hamlet Craft Tools, Crown
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-In every quantifiable area, the ruly supreme performance. Discover
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DIPLOCKS WAY, HAILSHAM,
E. SUSSEX, BN27 3JF.
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- Exclusive turning perfor
Opitec Hobbyfix, Unit 51, Basepoint Centre, Anderson's Road
SOUTHAMPTON, SO14 5FE Phone: 02380 682401 Fax: 02380 68240
e-mail: info.uk@opitec.com
TOOLS & EQUIPMENT
SNAINTON WOODTURNING CENTRE
TEL/FAX: 01723 859545
OPEN: Moi
WHY NOT VISIT OUR LARGE SHOWROOM OF WOODWORKING MACHINERY, TOOLS & WOODSTORE
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UUU VUUuntn Wllh tVtnT LAI Tit rUnUMAdtU UNUtn LI
£50 WOOD VOUCHER WITH EVERY LATHE PURCHASED OVER £170
1ST LATHES IN STOCK AT COMPETITIVE PRICES .ATHE STAND IN STOCK EXTRA STRONG
......................................................E129+PSP
B BOWL TURNING ATTACHMENT............£59 + p8p
/LSK CONVERSION KIT ...........................
RSTS10 SAWBENCH + 1 FREE BLADE....
RSBS8 BANDSAW...................................
RSBS 10 BANDSAW+ 3 FREE BLADES... ISBS 12 BANDSAW + 3 FREE BLADES S 14 BANOSAW + 6 FREE BLADES ..
ISPT 260 PLANNER/THICKNESSER.........
D 30 PLANNER/THICKNESSER...............
IPMS-R ROUTER TABLE .........................
JTARTRITE 301E BANOSAW....................
ISBG6 6" BENCH GRINDER ..............
ISBG8 8' BENCH GRINDER..................
IP3000X CHUCK.....................................
IP4000X CHUCK.....................................
WI26..................................
IRBO VISOR RPTV20..............................
IRBO VISOR RPTV100......................
The HDB200XL features:
• Twin row (zero-play) main bearing
• Full electronic control 90-3800rpm
• Truly whisper-quiet running
• 16"0 x 40" spindle and 3O"0 bowl cap.
• Ground bed and shafts
• Sprung ball tailstock auto-centring
• 360° swivelling, cast iron headstock
• High leverage cam clamps
• Twin bearing, 2MT live tail centre
• 2MT drive centre and protector
• M33 x 3.5 spindle for heavy loads  10"toolrest
• 24 hole, on-board indexing
• 3AHP 3 ph motor (with inverter)
All for just £1194.98 inc.VAT!
Principal options are:
a 1HP motor                               £53.46
? Bench Kit (not inc timber)        £99.98
? Bowl Turning Attachment       £106.93 D Delivery                                   £41,13 The HDB' also has the widest range of turning & work mounting accessories. (See price list included with your free information pack)
U.K. LTD.
...E450 +p&p
..............E129
.....£68 +p&p
...£159+p8p
..............£259
..............£375
...£375 +p8p ...£685 +p8p ..£259 +p8p
................POA
.....£39 +p8p
.....£49 +p8p
.....£59 +p&p
...£119 +p8p
..............POA
...........£159
............£189
WTL95 VARi SPEED WOODLATHE.....................£249.95
WTL100 WOODLATHE............................................£190
MS210 COMPOUND MITRE SAW.............................£59
BM13B MORTICER + 3 FREE CHISELS..................£110
GWD205A WET 8 DRY GRINDER..............................£97
1/4" ROUTER 3YEAR WARRANTY..............£29.99 +p&p
?' ROUTER 3YEAR WARRANTY..............£59.98 +pSp
NWL900 VARISPEED WOOOLATHE......	..................£169
NPJ130 10" THICKNESSER..................	..................£139
NPJ155 PLANNER/JOINTER..................	..................£125
DPF16 FLOOR DRILL............................	..................£150
SDC201 1 HP CHIP COLLECTOR..........	..................£109
BS250 BANDSAW................................	..................£135
BS335 BANDSAW.................................	.......£260 +pSp
SCHEPPACH BASATO 3 BANDSAW.....	...................POA
KITY 613 BANDSAW STAND 8, MITRE	
FENCE ........................................	.......£560 +P&P
ELECKTRA BECKUM 316 BANOSAW +	4 FREE BLADES
E299+P&P	
TREND AIRSHIELD RESPIRATOR	
(+ FREE SPARE BATTERY WORTH £22	1................£159
FORMACK SUPERGRIND 1205..............	..................£156
TORMACK SUPERGRIND 2005..............	..................E269
MC100 ................................................	....................£99
MC400'SPECIAL PRICE'....................	..................£119
SUPANOVA CHUCK + FREE JAWS.....	.......E119+P&P
(WHEN PURCHASED AT OUR PREMISES £5 OF WOOD	
FREE)	
UNIT 8, NORTH CRES., DIPLOCKS WAY, HAILSHAM, EAST SUSSEX, BN27 3JF
: (01323) 442440 FAX: (01323) 840696
Web: http://www.hegner.co.uk E-mail: sales@hegner.co.uk
RECORD HAMLET CROWN SORBY'S MAIL ORDER CATALOGUE FOR WOOD 4 MACHINES......
.............................................................................FREE
FULL COLOUR CERAMIC TILE 8 POT-POURI LIDS CATALOGUE..............................................£2.00
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(GOOD WOODWORKING MAG. "TOOLS ON TEST")
ALL PRICES INCLUDE VAT @ 17.5% IDS     MAIL ORDER WELCOME
— World patents protect the critical design factors that make Hegner fretsaws truly unique. No other saw therefore matches the benefits of cutting precision, smoothness of operation and blade economy automatically enjoyed by every Hegner owner.
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Micro Fence Edge Guide System
Turns your hand held router into a precision milling machine for
straight line, circular and elliptical woodworking applications.
For a FREE* information video i\
Call 0845 330 9100 (Quote TRVID)
.                        * £5 deposit fully refundable
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TOOLS FOR ALL TRADES	
	,    XSD310 12"
	^> ! Planer Thicknesser
	/ with optional A4811
	"'      J  morticing unit
	• We aim to supply
	you with the best
	service & back-up
	if            • Fully equipped
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	^^UwC^r _^ after-sales service &
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I We stock a massive selection of Hand	& Power tools    ArruZtx      H"^^M
1 including the following leading brands:	
	
	
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Here are just a few things our customers say about us:
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We supply kilning equipment for as little as £495 + VAT.
Kiln sizes from 1m^ to 80m"'. Wood store and workshop dryers from £111 + VAT.
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Our mail order catalogue is packed with technical information, tips and illustrations on our ange of over 770 cutters with many unique items.
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From lathes to lacquers, The ToolP<Mt delivers.
Suppliers of fine old woodworking tools. Mail ord^r tool list now available. Overseas enquiries welcome.
Tel: 01790 763406 Fax: 01790 763311 Email: ray@oldtools.idps.co.uk The Old Tool Store, East Kirkby, Spilsby, Lines PE23 4BX
We also manufacture a range of replacement irons for most obsolete planes.
Plus a range of high performance thicker irons made from a high quality tool steel for Bailey pattern planes.
Little Craft Company
Suppliers of Clocks,
Barometers, Tiles, Lids, Pens,
Cutlery, Trophies, Lamps,
Forty Year Calenders,
Vitex cloth abrasives and
Chestnut Products.
For a catalogue send two 1st
class stamps to: 67 Dereham
Road, Easton. Norfolk NR9 5EH
Tel/Fax: 01603 880156
Janik
PERSONALISE YOUR WORK JANIK PYROGRAPHS ARE IDEAL FOR BURNING
YOUR NAME AND DECORATING WOOD.
Freehand or with BRANDS. SPECIAL BRANDS
MADE TO ORDER. Also large range of craft
supplies. Send £2 in stamps (refundable)
for full colour brochure & price list to: Janik Ltd Dept (TW), Brickfield Lane, Ruthin, DENBIGHSHIRE LL15 2TN.
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INCHMARTINE TOOL BAZAAR
INCHMARTINE HOUSE, INCHTURE, PERTHSHIRE, PH14 9QQ.
TEL: +44 (0) 1828 686096. FAX: +44 (0) 1828 686748
E-MAIL: ANDREW@toolbazaar.freeserve.co.uk
THE LEADING SUPPPLIERS OF ANTIQUE AND QUALITY OLD WOODWORKING TOOLS
FOR BOTH CRAFTSMEN AND COLLECTORS IN THE COUNTRY
VISIT OUR SUCCESFUL WEBSITE FOR CONSTANTLY CHANGING TOOLS FOR SALE
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o still produce a mail order list. Contact us for a copy.
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Modern styled pocket-size battery compartment with fitted switch (not illustrated)
•    Running time with high grade alkaline cells 30-40 hours (batteries not supplied). Re-chargeable version available.
•   Complies with EN 12941 : 98 - TH1
•    Prices from £95.64
Type No. BWS102 complete inc. VAT and delivery (less batteries)» £95.64
Type No BWS 102/CH complete witfr charging systerc inc VAT & delivery (running time 4-5 hours per charge!» £123.00
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AUCTION SALE OF WOODWORKING MACHINERY, TOOLS & ACCESSORIES
Nu-Tool NM 2-2 Morticing Machine, Planer 10" on stand, Sedgwick 12" Table Saw, Willow Band Saw,
Craftman heavy duty 10 Radial Saw, Trend Router Table, Snap-on Compressor c/w air line, Ferm FH B
940 wood turning Lathe c/w Chisels, DeWalt DW733 Portable Thicknesser, Elektra TF-100M Spindle
Moulder c/w cutters, Elu Router hand-held, Makita battery drills, Karcher power washer, Husquvana
Chain Saw, Metabo Sander, Makita Planer, Makita Biscuit Cutter, Hitachi Planer, Skil Belt Sander,
Hitachi Skil Saw, B&D Skil Saw, Various Wooden Planes, Sash Clamps, G-Clamps (various sizes),
Rapesco air-driven Nail Gun, Snap-on Tool Chest, Snap-on Tool Box, Bench Grinder, Bosch Jigsaw,
Bosch Rotocut, Various Chisels, Screwdrivers & Hand Tools.
ON SATURDAY 13th SEPTEMBER NEXT AT 10.30 AM
Viewing day before 5.00pm-7.30pm & on Morning of Sale from 8.30am
Full illustrative list sent on request. AT CYPRESS FARM, WICK ST. LAWRENCE, WESTON-SUPER-MARE, NORTH SOMERSET
(M5 121 - Smins) Auctioneers:)H PALMER & SONS
Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset ^_         Tel: (01278) 782326     Fax:(01278)782098    Email: jhpalmer@cwcom.net             ^
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QUALITY IS NOT EXPENSIVE, IT'S PRICELESS!
The complete range of honed ready-to-use carving tools and full range of carbon and high speed steel turning tools are manufactured by time served craftsmen in our factory in Lincolnshire and are unconditionally guaranteed for life. We undertake to regrind or rehone any tool returned to us,
which we have manufactured, free of charge. Any tool purchased from us that in any way gives
dissatisfaction we will exchange.
Factory tours are available by appointment for groups of
about fifteen people, so come and see 'How it's done'.
Send for our free mail order catalogue. 16 pages in colour.
Please enclose two first class stamps for return postage.
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?   Ashley lies........................................92          ?
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D   Capital Crispin Veneer......................85
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D   Good Timber....................................88           *
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?   Henry Taylor Tools............................68          ?
D   Hexhamshire Hardwoods................88
D   Hobbies............................................92          ?
^   Inchmartine Tool Bazaar..................91           ?
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92  Traditional Woodworking OCTOBER 2003
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Bosch GFF22A biscuit jointer as new, £100. Bosch GBS75AE belt sander, as new, £100 buyer collects. (Kent) 01233 638039    *
Robertson wood screws, iV4"-3", RH & flat head, call for details. (Kent) 01227 700501
Scheppach    Capas     3
sliding mitre saw, 12" x 4" capacity, VGC, £250. Record RDX8000I dust extractor £80. (Lines) 01522 887685 or 07739 132189
Triton S2000 router jigsaw stand, Triton S2000 table c/w mounting plate etc & Triton S2000 biscuit jointer system complete, can deliver to W. Mids, £110onothelot. (Shrops) 01691 682735
ELU PS274 compound mitre saw, VGC, £250. (Hants) 07768 655288
FOR SALE
Guitar wood, 2 sets Indian rosewood back & ribs, 1 set cypress, 2 sets spruce fronts, various ebony & rosewood finger guards & bridges etc, £100 the lot. (Northants) 01327 351429
Leigh D3 24" dovetail jig
c/w mortise attachment, handbook & 13 TC cutters, all unused, £375 ono. (Hants) 02392 510042
Tyme Little Gem lathe, brand new, boxed, accessories & turning tools available, £150. (Northants) 01604 716901
Denford Viceroy wood lathe c/w faceplates, turning tools, bowl turning/sanding attachment, dust extraction & bowl rests, 5" centre height, 3' between centres, cast bed & stand similar to Union Graduate, showroom condition, £900. (Lanes) 01257 452736
FOR SALE
DeWalt DW705 mitre saw & clamp, excellent condition, as new, £250. DeWalt DW625EK router, boxed & Freud 1/2" router cutters, both as new, £150. (Kent) 0208 402 2313
Riser block kit for SBW
3501/JSB 160 bandsaw, £30 buyer collects. (E. Sussex) 01424 214660
Axminster CT150 planer surfacer, little used, £250. ELU 3501 bandsaw, good condition, 4 free blades, £200. Makita dust extractor. £50. (Lanes) 07803 618856
Delta rise & fall unisaw, 3 phase, large table, all cast metal. (Wilts) 01722 782317
Elektra Beckum HC260 planer thicknesser, 260 x 160 c/w new cobalt blades & spare set, little used, mint, £400 no offers. (N.Wales) 01248 716316
FOR SALE
Axminster Senior power belt sander, as new, £700 +VAT ono buyer collects. (London) 0207 732 9550
Elektra Beckum PK200 saw table & accessories, VGC, £460. Trend router lathe & drive centre, VGC, £120. Charnwood router table, VGC, £60. (Lanes) 0161 284 0553
WANTED
Planer thicknesser, trade rated, will travel for right price. (Hants) 02380 404187
Instructions    for    ELU
planer           thicknesser.
(Clwyd) 01978 362755
Cast    iron    extension
wings & long extension bars for guide fence on Wadkin Bursgreen table saw, or details of where they can be purchased. (Clwyd) 01978 362755
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AVON
BRISTOL HARRY NEILL
66 ST JOHN'S LANE, BEDMINSTER,
BRISTOL, AVON BS3 5AF
I Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.00pm, Sat 9.00am-12.00pm I
Tel: 0117 977 8076 Fax: 0117 971 7991
Web:www.harryneill.com Email:sales@harryneill.com
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AVON
BRISTOL PAN TOOLS
20-22 BEDMINSTER ROAD, BEDMINSTER, BRISTOL,
AVON BS3 5PD
Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.30pm Sat 9.00am-1.00pm
Tel: 0117 966 4717 Fax: 0117 963 9362
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AVON
BRISTOL
BROWN & PARTNERS (PLANT & TOOLS LTD)
OLD MILLS, PAULTON,
BRISTOL BS39 7SW
Mon-Fri 8.00am-6.00pm
Sat 8.00am-12.00pm
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AYRSHIRE
AYR JUST WOOD
12A LIMEKILN ROAD, AYR, AYRSHIRE KA8 8DG
Tel: 01292 290008
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 9.30am-5.00pm Sun 10.00am-4.00pm Closed Wed
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CAMBRIDGESHIRE
PETERBOROUGH »             TOOLFIX SERVICES
12 NEWARK RD, EASTERN INDUSTRY,
PETERBOROUGH PE1 5YA
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm
Closed Sat Tel: 01733 347348
CHESHIRE
CHESTER |    b  GRAHAMS MACHINERY SALES
KNUTSFORD WAY, SEALAND IND. ESTATE,
CHESTER, CHESHIRE CH1 4NX
| Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm Sat 8.30am-12.30pm |
Tel: 01244 376764
Fax: 01244 377177
CLEVELAND
CUMBRIA
MIDDLESBOROUGH CLEVELAND WOODCRAFT
38-42 CRESCENT ROAD, MIDDLESBOROUGH, CLEVELAND TS1 4QJ
| Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm Sat 8.30am-1,00pm | Tel: 01642 813103
 KENDAL  KENDAL TOOLS & MACHINERY
UNIT 10, LAKE DISTRICT BUSINESS PARK,
OFF SHAP ROAD, KENDAL, CUMBRIA LA9 6NH
| Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.15pm Sat 9.00am-3.00pm
Web: www.kendaltools.co.uk Email: kendaltools@clara.co.uk Tel: 01539 733774 Fax: 01539 740634
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DORSET
DORSET
DURHAM
HENSTRIDGE WESTREE SAWMILLS
THE SAW MILL, MARSH LANE,
HENSTRIDGE, DORSET BA8 0TG
| Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.00pm |
Tel: 01963 362615
Established 25 years
TIMBER FOR WOODWORKING
CHRISTCHURCH THE TOOL STORE
54 BRIDGE STREET, CHRISTCHURCH,
DORSET BH23 1EB
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm
Tel: 01202 486240
Fax: 01202 588006
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I                BISHOP AUCKLAND
P*(              TOOL-TIME
|  UNIT 2A HATFIELD WAY, SOUTHCHURCH ENTERPRISE PARK, BISHOP AUCKLAND,
CO. DURHAM DL14 6XF
I Mon-Fri 7.30am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.00pm I
Tel: 01388 772272 Fax: 01388 744004
Web: www.tool-time.co.uk
POWER TOOLS
E. YORKSHIRE
COTTINGHAM 5   YORKSHIRE WOODCRAFT SUPPLIES I
174 FINKLE STREET, COTTINGHAM,
EAST YORKSHIRE HU16 4AZ Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm Sat 9.00am-4.00pm
Sun 10.00am-4.00pm Tel: 01482 844200 Fax: 01482 844220
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HEREFORDSHIRE
HEREFORD PEN TOOLS
' 24 EDGAR STREET, HEREFORD,
HEREFORDSHIRE HR4 9JS
Mon-Fri 7.30am-5.30pm Sat 8.30am-4.30pm
Email: pentools@ukonline.co.uk
The hand & power tool specialists
Situated next to the football stadium
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HERTFORDSHIRE
CUFFLEY TILGEAR
BRIDGE HOUSE, 69 STATION ROAD,
CUFFLEY, HERTS EN6 4TG
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.00pm
Tel: 01707 873434 iMail order service. Please request a catalogue I
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KENT
 SEVENOAKS GRIP ENGINEERING
4 PORTOBELLO PARADE,
I FAWKHAM ROAD, WEST KINGSDOWN, I
NEAR SEVENOAKS, KENTTN15 6JP
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm Sat 9.00am-3.00pm I
Tel: 01474 853153  Fax: 01474 854625
Web: www.griptools.co.uk
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LANCASHIRE
OLDHAM OLDHAM POWER TOOLS
135a SHAW ROAD, OLDHAM OL1 3HZ | Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.00pm Sat 9.00am-12.00pm
Tel: 0161 627 3021 Fax: 0161 622 3941
Car parking & largest showroom in N.West
Massive demonstration area
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MIDDLESEX
NORTHOLT JAYCEE TOOLS
' 521 ABC YEADING LANE, NORTHOLT,
MIDDLESEX UB5 6LN | Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.30pm Wed 8.00am-5.00pm |
Sat 8.00am-4.00pm
Tel: 020 8841 1099 Fax: 020 8842 4966 Web: www.jayceetools.co.uk
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N. IRELAND
CO. TYRONE LINTON & ROBINSON LTD
DOCK STREET, CO. TYRONE NORTHERN IRELAND BT82 8D8
Mon-Sat 9.00am-5.30pm
Bosch, Elu, Hitachi & Black & Decker
Tel: 01504 382486
N.IRELAND
N.IRELAND
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CO. ANTRIM KENS HARDWARE
15 GRAHAM GARDENS,
LISBURN BT28 1XE
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.00pm
Stockist of general hardware1 Hand tools &
I power tools-Liberon & Briway waxes & finishes!
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BALLYCLARE THE WOODSHED
11 LOWTOWN ROAD, TEMPLE PATRICK,
BALLYCLARE BT39 0HD Tue 2.00pm-8.00pm Wed-Sat 10.00am-5.00pm
Tel/Fax: 02894 433833 | Mainly woodturning but native timbers available
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NOTTINGHAM
EASTWOOD MILWOOD CRAFTS
THE DH LAWRENCE CRAFT CENTRE,
18 MANSFIELD ROAD, EASTWOOD
I NOTTINGHAM NG16 3AQ Tel: 01773 788996 I
Mon, Tues, Thurs, Fri & Sat 10.00am-5.00pm
Closed Wed & Sun Email: milwoodcrafts@yahoo.co.uk Onetoonewoodtumingtuition^^
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S. IRELAND
LIMERICK JOE McKENNA (LIMERICK) LTD
55 PARNELL STREET,
LIMERICK
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm Tel: 061 413 888 or 00 3 53 61 413807
www.joemckenna.ie
SCOTLAND
SCOTLAND
FALKIRK JAMES SIME & CO  LTD
FALKIRK, FK1 1PT
SCOTLAND
Mon, Tue, Thur & Fri 8.00am-5.15pm
Wed 8.00am-4.30pm Sat 9.00am-5.00pm
Tel: 01324 622592 or 01324 612522
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EDINBURGH MURRAY'S TOOL STORE
(2 SHOPS)
83 MORRISON STREET, EDINBURGH, EH3 8BU 84 SOUTH CLERK ST, EDINBURGH EH8 9PT
Business hours 8.30am-5.30pm Tel: 0131 229 1577 or 0131 667 3571
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W. SUSSEX
PORTSLADE
RICHARD BARRY
SOUTHERN MARKETING
UNIT 1, CHAPEL PLACE, NORTH STREET, PORTSLADE, W. SUSSEX BN41 1DR
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm
Tel: 01273 419471 Fax: 01273 421925
Ample parking
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W. YORKSHIRE
LEEDS D B KEIGHLEY LTD
VICKERS PLACE, STANNINGLEY,
PUDSEY, W. YORK LS28 6LZ
Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm
Sat 9.00am-1.00pm
Tel: 0113 257 4736 Fax: 0113 257 4293 Web: www.dbkeighley.co.uk
W. YORKSHIRE
BIRSTALL, BATLEY
ASK TOOLS FOR WOOD
UNIT 19, CARR MILLS BUSINESS CENTRE,
919 BRADFORD ROAD, BIRSTALL W. YORK WF179JX
I Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.00pm Sat 9.30am-4.00pm I
Tel: 01924 440610 Fax: 01924 444445
Email: office@askmachinery.freeserve.co.uk
I Located on the A652 -11/2 miles from J27 of M62 I
W. YORKSHIRE
LEEDS GEO. SPENCE AND SONS LTD
105 WELLINGTON ROAD, LEEDS LS12 1DX
I Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.00pm |
Tel: 0113 279 0507 Fax: 0113 263 6817
Web: www.geospence.co.uk Email: sales@geospence.co.uk
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BERKSHIRE
READING WOKINGHAM TOOL CO LTD
97/99 WOKINGHAM ROAD,
READING RG6 1 LA
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm
Sat 9.00am-1.00pm & 2.00pm-5.30pm
Tel: 0118 966 1511 www.workinghamtools.co.uk
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BERKSHIRE
BERKSHIRE
I7             READING
H A WOODS
WALTHAM ST LAWRENCE, READING,
BERKSHIRE RG10 0NL
Mon-Sat 8.00am-5.00pm
Tel: 0118 934 3676 Fax: 0118 932 0507
Web: www.woodsyard.co.uk Free delivery of all goods (25 mile radius)
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READING P J DREW
CAVERSHAM ROAD, READING,
BERKSHIRE RG1 8BB
I Mon-Fri 7.30am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.30pm I
I Tel: 0118 957 2053 Web: www.toolsforwork.com |
or www.boots.forwork.com
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BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
HIGH WYCOMBE ISAAC LORD LTD
185 DESBOROUGH ROAD,
HIGH WYCOMBE HP11 2QN
Mon-Fri 8am-5pm Sat 8.30am-5.00pm
Tel: 01494 462121 or 01494 835200
Web: www.isaaclord.com
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DERBYSHIRE
DERBY THE TOOL SHOP
'852 LONDON ROAD, DERBY, DE24 8WA
Tel: 01332 755799
Fax: 01332 752472
Free delivery mainland UK
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DERBYSHIRE
DERBY WOODTURNING CENTRE
5-7 WORDSWORTH AVENUE, SINFIN,
DERBY DE24*9HQ
Mon-Sat 9.00am-5.30pm
Except Wed 9.00am-8.30pm
el: 01332 769769 Fax: 01332 774481
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DERBYSHIRE
DEVON
BUXTON CRAFT SUPPLIES
THE MILL, MILLERS DALE , BUXTON DERBYSHIRE SK17 8SN Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm
Sun 10.30am-4.00pm
Tel: 01298 871636 Fax: 01298 872263
Web: www.craft-supplies.co.uk Email: sales@craft-supplies.co.uk
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CULLOMPTON TOOLS UK
UNIT 1, ALEXANDRIA IND. ESTATE,
CULLOMPTON, DEVON EX15 1BW
Tel/Fax: 01884 34415
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm
Sat 8.30am-4.00pm Sun 9.00am-1,00pm
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GLOUCESTERSHIRE
MITCHELDEAN TOOLITE
THE MEWS, MITCHELDEAN,
GLOUCESTERSHIRE GL17 OSL
| Mon-Thur 8.30am-5.15pm Fri 8.30am-6.15pm
Sat 9.00am-4.00pm Tel: 01594 544521 Fax: 01594 542552
www.toolite.org.uk
HAMPSHIRE
NEW ALRESFORD IWJT CRAFT AND WOODTURNING SUPPLIE
NEW FARM ROAD IND. EST., PROSPECT RD,
NEW ALRESFORD, HAMPSHIRE SO24 9QF
We stock for Craft Supplies & Draper Power Tools |
Wed-Fri 10.00am-5.00pm & Sat 9.30am-3.30pm
Tel: 01962 735411 Fax: 01962 735744
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HAMPSHIRE
FARNBOROUGH TECHNASALES LTD
34/36 PEABODY ROAD, FARNBOROUGH,
HAMPSHIRE GU14 6EZ
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm Sat 9.00am-1,00pm
Tel: 01252 547709 or 01252 511448
Official Trend Routing Centre
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HAMPSHIRE
WATERLOOVILLE CRM SAW COMPANY LTD
17ARNSIDEROAD
WATERLOOVILLE PO7 7UP
Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm
Sat 9.00am-12.00pm Tel: 02392 255144 Fax: 02392 265565
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LANCASHIRE
PRESTON SPEEDWELL TOOL COMPANY
62-70 MEADOW STREET, PRESTON,
LANCASHIRE PR1 1SU
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.30pm Sat 8.30am-5.00pm
Tel: 01772 252951  Fax: 01772 258734
Trend routing courses available Main stockist for Triton woodworking
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LINCOLNSHIRE
BOSTON J CARR & SON LTD
9&10 HORNCASTLE ROAD, BOSTON,
LINCOLNSHIRE PE21 9BN
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.30pm Sat 8.00am-4.00pm
Tel: 01205 351555 Fax: 01205 351374
Tools, machinery, mowers,
spares & much more
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LONDON
SE18
LAKEDALE POWER TOOLS
217-223 PLUMSTEAD HIGH STREET,
LONDON SE181HE Mon-Fri 8.30am-5.30pm Sat 9.00am-1.00pm
Web: www.lakedalepowertools.com Email: sales@lakedalepowertools.com
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LONDON
S J CARTER (TOOLS) LTD
| GLOUCESTER HOUSE, 10 CAMBERWELL NEW RD,
KENNINGTON PARK, LONDON SE5 OTA
| Car Park and Largest Showroom in London
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.30pm
Ask for Donald Hartley Tel: 020 7587 1222   Fax: 020 7587 0306 Web: www.sjcarter.co.uk Email: info@sjcarter.co.uk
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NORFOLK
KINGS LYNN LYNWOOD HIRE & SALES
HAM LIN WAY,
HARDWICK NARROWS,
KINGS LYNN PE30 4NG
Mon-Fri 7.30am - 5.30pm
Tel: 01553 773898
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NORFOLK
FAKENHAM FTC HIRE AND SALES LTD
GEORGE EDWARDS ROAD
INDUSTRIAL ESTATE NR21 8NL
Self Service Store & Mail Order
Mon-Fri 7.30am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.00pm I
Tel: 01328 863737 Web: www.ftc.uk.com
NORTHANTS
i-7                 RUSHDEN
»             PETER CRISP LTD
7-11 HIGH STREET
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm
All Credit Cards Taken
Tel: 01933 356424 Fax: 01933 317177
Web: www.petercrlsp.co.uk
Email: info@petercrisp.co.uk
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SOMERSET
MARTOCK YANDLE & SONS LTD
HURST WORKS, MARTOCK, SOMERSET
TA12 6JU
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.15pm Sun 9.30am-1,30pm Tel: 01935 822207 Fax: 01935 824484
Web: yandle@shogun.co.uk | Email: yandleandsons@netscape.online.co.uk
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STAFFORDSHIRE
NR CANNOCK
WP MACHINERY PYATT WOODWORKING
Tel/Fax: 01902 791656
Web: www.coronetwoodworking.co.uk
Personal attention of proprietor who has
55 years experience in woodworking.
New, used & ex-demo machines.
Machines demonstrated daily.
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SURREY
SURREY
CROYDEN L H TURTLE
6-12 PARK STREET, CROYDEN,
SURREY CR01YE
Mon-Sat 8.30am-5.30pm
Tel: 020 8688 5513
Fax: 020 8781 0514
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I  A-7              CROYDEN
=>\           SL HARDWOODS
K390 SYDENHAM ROAD, CROYDEN,
SURREY CRO 2EA
Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.30pm
Sat 8.00am-12.30pm
Web: www.slhardwoods.co.uk
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WALES
DYFED TIMBERMAN
GWILI GARAGE, BRONWYDD, CARMARTHEN,
DYFED SA33 6BE
Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm Sat 9.00am-12.00pm | Tel: 01267 232621
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WALES
CARDIGAN J GERALLT DAVIES & SON
' TEIFI WAREHOUSE, CARDIGAN,
CERIDIGION SA43 1DB
I Mon-Fri 9.00am-5.00pm Sat 9.00am-12.00pm j
Tel: 01239 612336 Fax: 01239 615472
Web: www.jgdpowertools.co.uk Email: sales@jgdpowertools.co.uk
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WORCESTERSHIRE
L ,           KIDDERMINSTER
S           RS PASKIN & CO LTD
OLDINGTON TRADING ESTATE, STOURPORT ROAD, KIDDERMINSTER,
WORCESTERSHIRE DY11 7QP
| Mon-Fri 8.00am-5.00pm Sat 8.00am-12.30pm
Tel: 01562 829722
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) me, it doesn't seem that I have been around in the world that long. Others who survey the wrinkled brow, the greying hair, the grizzled beard and the baggy blue jeans, will infallibly recognise an ancient member of the species, where a den-drochronological analysis (if permitted) would certainly reveal decades of slow growth and gentle decline.
Still, I have to say that it is rather nice being quite old, and still feeling quite young.
Amazingly life continues to be interesting, and although others might think that those of us who ' have been up our pole gazing at the world for a fair old time will inevitably be bent and twisted into prejudice and intolerance, we, on the other hand, know that we are formulating unique understandings which are based on reason, observation and interpretation.
So we see patterns, and we notice exceptions.
So what then is a rather lovely lady, with long fingernails and a
O                                          fancy watch doing working in my
workshop? I can distinctly trace this peculiar circumstance from an encounter we had a month and a half ago. I had made a business visit, which had ended with Tamsin asking me to look at an old bench with a view to restoring it for her. Intrigued, I went round to the back of her house to see it.
Leaning against the stone wall was the remains of a long, railway waiting room bench.The two back legs stood about 13'apart.Two long back rails spanned the distance between them, apparently unsupported.
A single plank moulded into a comfortable section extended the length of the seat. At each end were curved armrests, which were jointed onto the tops of the turned front legs, and tenoned into the back legs.There were three front legs, and I use the past tense
because not
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repair bill could ever be justified   serviceable.
One was
lying on the ground the middle leg was splintered and askew, and the remaining leg was rotten. On inspection, only the armrests and the back legs, the underseat rails, the back rests and the seat plank looked serviceable.
I stood back and looked at it. Tamsin looked up expectantly.
"Is it just too awful?" she
laughed. I shook my head."I can't possibly do this for you," I apologised."It's possible, but it would cost too much. Far more than the bench is worth. Interesting job though."
"Have you noticed that there is a little back leg in the middle,and here..."I added, touching a rusty iron bracket,"... was where the back rail was fixed to the wall."
So that explained the thinking behind the long apparently unsupported back.The bench had been designed to stand against a flat wall, and the middle back rail had been screwed to the wall with this long bracket. Sure enough, screw-holes through the back legs showed where the ends had been secured.
"And have you seen, George," Tamsin happily pointed out,"that seen from here, there are no            „.„,
right-angles! That's odd, isn't it?"
It was. From the ends, the seat plank and its supports, and the armrests all rose at about 10° from the horizontal. So, none of the shoulders at the ends were cut square.         ,
I agreed with Tamsin that the bench was rather lovely but I stuck to my guns. I really didn't want the bench in my workshop, and couldn't see how my repair bill could ever be justified.
So I left. It would have been nice to have helped. I pondered a while, and then sent an e-mail.
"Dear Tamsin. Sorry about the bench. If you brought it up to my workshop, I could show you how to fix it." I wrote.
That night, a reply bounced back."Sounds a great idea. When would suit you?"
And after two weeks the wreckage appeared outside my workshop.
Tamsin would admit to no previous woodworking experience. Starting from scratch, I found she could cut straight, and mortise accurately; marking out was a breeze, planing — no problem! Before long both end frames were rebuilt. A long patch replaced a section of rotted seating.
A new back leg was jointed and
re-
d. In free afternoons, evenings and sometimes mornings she beavered away, and all the time she was ahead of the game — thinking and planning like a professional.
Not once did she put a foot wrong, or get an operation out of sequence — unlike her master.
It has been a most extraordinary time — and since I have been perched a long time at the top my pole, you can take it that I say it advisedly.Tamsin now has a bench, and it is finished and beautiful.
Doesn't it show what one can achieve with enthusiasm, intelligence, good tools and a little bit of guidance?
And I have found it remarkable that in the dusty, noisy and painful process she has found such satisfaction.This creation business — isn't it magical?
96 Traditional Woodworking OCTOBER 2003
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