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    Application of Glue

    As a postscript to this, a couple of days ago I stumbled on this: https://www.fine-tools.com/leim-auftragen.html and bought the fourth item down on the list. It's a glue applying kit which will meet all my needs for ever, unless I suddenly develop the urge to glue largish pieces of sheet goods...
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    Slightly Embarrassing M & T Question.

    Evening All, if one has managed to ill fit an M & T joint i.e. the T is a bit too slack in the M, can it be cured by glueing a shaving to each side of the T in the hope of tightening things up?
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    Setting a Mortice Gauge?

    I write this as someone who had to develope a method for compensating for not being terribly good with a mortice chisel. It's a bit round the houses but it definitely works, including five minutes ago (am on a tea break). I mark the edge of the mortice nearest the edge of e.g. the table leg and...
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    Is a jigsaw OK for cutting plywood?

    Oh dear! This gets worse by the minute!:) In the past I've used a track saw with acceptable results. I thought that a jigsaw might be quicker and just as good. I might stick to the track saw.
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    Is a jigsaw OK for cutting plywood?

    Thanks for the further replies. I didn't realise that there is a risk of rough edges. So far I've only ever wanted to use ply around 5 mm thick and the edges have always vanished into grooves e.g. where the ply functions as the bottom of a small container. Therefore I suspect that roughish bits...
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    The Annual Tool Indulgence.

    Ah yes, those big rebate planes! My 5.5 is an old Record one, so I don't think that counts and given that I have a Veritas low angle jointer which is the equivalent of a 7, I really, really couldn't justify a Clifton 7.
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    The Annual Tool Indulgence.

    Every year I tend to treat myself out of my Christmas bonus to a tool that I don't strictly need. This year the candidates are: a. Clifton No 6. Definitely don't need it as I have a 5 1/2 and a low angle jointer. However, it would get used. A big part of the appeal is that Clifton planes are...
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    Is a jigsaw OK for cutting plywood?

    Thanks for the replies, lads. No, I've never owned a jigsaw.I have been thinking about getting a hand held and guiding it by contact with a batten to ensure a degree of accuracy. The reason I mentioned outdoors is that I think I would always cut ply that way and obviously dust would be less of...
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    Is a jigsaw OK for cutting plywood?

    Morning All, the title of the thread says it all. Am I right in thinking that a jigsaw would be OK for cutting plywood of less than 10 mm thick? Also, if the cutting were done outdoors, would there be no need for dust extraction? I ask that because I can't for the life of me think how a...
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    Application of Glue

    I think I'd quite like to have a little roller. I presume they are made of hard rubber. Do any of the online dealers stock them? At the moment I mostly use whatever tiny offcut comes to hand e.g. a 3" x 1" x 1/4" piece of pine. It produces quite an even coating. Lolly sticks are definitely...
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    Application of Glue

    Today I had to glue up four bits of beech i.e. two glue ups each of two pieces, each freshly planed flat. I had recently taken delivery of new glue: a bottle of Titebond III and a bottle of Titebond Liquid Hide Glue. The latter is my usual glue of choice because of the longer open time. On the...
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    Bloke builds replica phone box.

    I'm glad that you mentioned the roof! It rendered me more or less speechless but then I thought that I better hadn't show my lack of skill by mentioning it. He must have spent an awful lot of time at the drawing board before he kicked off. I was very impressed by the rock solid construction of...
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    Bloke builds replica phone box.

    Have a look at this: A bloke builds a full size telephone box out of wood to store some tools in it. His skill set is comprehensive to say the least.
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    Summer, sweat, tools - a cautionary tale.

    A bit more information: I've just put in another hour at the bench, this time using mostly my LA Jack which has exactly the same Norris mechanism as the low angle jointer. At the end of the session in which I had been sweating as usual but fairly sure that I had got none on the plane apart from...
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    Summer, sweat, tools - a cautionary tale.

    You can get in a year's worth of marking out though!:)
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    Summer, sweat, tools - a cautionary tale.

    Duke, I thought about a fan but then thought that it might mean shavings and dust going everywhere. Andy P, I've just shelled out for an air conditioning machine for the bedroom and it has meant a massive improvement. I'll see if there's something affordable which will just dehumidify. The...
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    Summer, sweat, tools - a cautionary tale.

    My shop, which is the spare bedroom converted to a sensible purpose, has been suffering under the same 30°+ heat which I have. I can usually put in an hour before a T shirt gets thoroughly soaked.
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    Summer, sweat, tools - a cautionary tale.

    I have no explanation and perhaps my sweat is peculiarly corrosive. However, it does occur to me that once the sweat gets right into the doings of the Norris mechanism, it's not going to be doing too much evaporating and effectively can get on with corroding. There's perhaps less scope for this...
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    Summer, sweat, tools - a cautionary tale.

    One of the reasons I more or less detest summer (I hate only Christmas, Brussels Sprouts and football more) is the humidity because humidity + exertion = sweat. Therefore I've been recently been working at my bench for only an hour or two a time. My second most used plane is my low angle...
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    Marking Gauge?

    TBH I think that the wood being marked can be just as much a factor as the type of gauge. I mostly use Veritas gauges but I do know that when going along pine - as per yesterday - the grain is the bigger thing and it means that whatever gauge I use, marking lightly at first and then more...
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