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I’ve been thinking about making this jig for years. Since nice weather has arrived I have to make a picket fence. All slats will end to a sharp point, meaning...

MADE THESE 2 FOR A CUSTOMER WHO HAD A MINI JET WOOD LATHE. SCREW CHUCK WAS A 1 INCH  x 8TPI THREAD .THE OTHER JUST A MORSE TAPER SCREW CHUCK.NOW HE...

ONLY BEING IN THIS SMALL TOWN FOR 2 YEARS I HAVE NOW PICKED UP THE REPUTATION OF BEING THE PALLET MAN.? CAME HOME LAST NIGHT AND SOMEONE PUT A COUPLE OF...

REMEMBER THE DOG TEETH USED TO CONNECT TIMBER JOIST TOGETHER. THIS TEETH IS ALSO GOOD ON WOOD TURNING,HOLDING WORK PIECE IN PLACE WHILE TURNING. ONCE IT HAS BEEN SCREWED TO...

AS ALWAYS THE UNIQUE PLANTER FROM AN OLD STEEL CAP BOOT. AMAZING WHAT YOU FIND IN A SKIP. THIS WAS RUBBEROID INSIDE THEN ABOUT 8 X 6 MM HOLES DRILLED...

BOUGHT FROM A CAR BOOT/FLEA MARKET 10 BAGS VARIOUS SIZES TIMBER,POT LUCK WHAT YOU GET IN BAGS.MOST BAGS CONTAINED 2 INCH X 1/2 INCH X 9 INCH LENGHTS OF PALLET...

MADE FROM 6 X 2 INCH  ALUMINIUM BLANK.  MADE  IT TO FIT MY TYME CUB LATHE WITH 20MM X 2 MM THREAD.BOUGHT OFF CUT OF BLANK FROM A LOCAL MACHINE SHOP £5...

THIS IS THE LATHE I USE TO MAKE SCREW CHUCKS /MORSE TAPERS/FACE PLATES PLUS ONE OFF MACHINED PARTS FOR VARIOUS LATHES THAT NEED NEW PARTS ,THIS MAKES LIFE EASY IF...

 A PINE CANOPY FOR CUSTOMER .STARTED OUT AS 5 X 2 SAWN TIMBER.THEN MACHINED AND PLANED ALL ROUND.A DAYS WORK WENT INTO THIS. READY TO FIT MONDAY.SIMPLE AND EASY TO...

I SAW IN YOUR LASTEST WOODWORKER EDITION,DRILL AND TAPPING TIMBER FOR EASY ASSEMBLY OF JIGS .NOT A BAD IDEA?BUT IN THE PAST I HAVE ALWAYS DRILLED AND TAPPED TIMBER ESPECIALLY PINE ...

THIS IS KNURLING ON METAL ..NOW REPLACE METAL WITH WOOD HARDWOOD AND YOU GET THE SAME EFFECT.AS THE KNURLS HAVE BEEN RAZOR SHARPENED.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dTmv_kYimrI  TRY DIFFERENT [...]

THIS I BOUGHT AT A TOOL AUCTION ,I HAD TO CLEAN IT UP AND HAD THE KNURLS RESHARPENED BY A COMPANY AS I DO NOT HAVE A MICRO SHARPENER. THIS...