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    Ideas for replacing hinges.

    Evening All, I've attached hinges to various things e.g. tool chest, boxes etc before without any difficulty as I found it to be a straightforward task. A friend of mine has a 20 yr old wooden wardrobe and with time the hefty doors have caused the screw holes for the hinges in the carcass to...
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    How much???

    Please tell me I'm missing something about this tool kit which justifies the price...
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    Dividers for book shelves

    Hello All, I'm about to start work on a pine bookcase. The individual shelves will be about 5 ft long and I can't see any harm having vertical dividers to support them. My question is about the joinery: they will obviously connect the top of one shelf to the bottom of another. Would you use...
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    If there was one hand tool which you would like to see made again.

    The only tool I have for which I'm thinking of getting a spare copy as a sort of insurance policy is my footprint eggbeater drill. This is because the one I have is so reliable and never lets me down but also because it comes with a chuck key which of course means that you can get the jaws...
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    Useful Tricks

    The stuff on this clip is new to me. I really like 1,2 and 4, don't understand 3 at all and 5 looks useful. I guess that some of the old and bold on here will know this already.
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    Why use a stepped drill bit here?

    I have just watched a YouTube clip of a chap building a wall mounting for a Bosch table top drill: At around 8:36 mins he uses a stepped drill bit (which I had never seen before) and I can't for the life of me work out why. Info from dealers says that they are principally used in drilling...
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    Jig for glueing up mitres

    What do you think of this: It popped up on my YouTube feed. It looks convincing but I wonder what those of you with professional experience think. BTW, you might want to turn the sound down: I found the music to be a bit much.
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    Alternative to wood for eg plough plane fences?

    As we all know it is usual to use a bit of stable, flat wood when making e.g. a plough plane fence and of course it works. However, what are the chances of the fence moving a bit and thus introducing a small bit of inaccuracy? It occurred to me that it is odd that nobody seems to think of using...
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    Archery

    I was just watching a bit of archery on the telly: targets at 50 m and nobody scoring below an eight, which I think at that distance is quite impressive. Then I noticed the "bows". I put that in inverted commas because they are barely bow shaped. There are rods sticking out all over the place...
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    Titanium alloy chisels.

    Apologies if this has already been discussed: https://www.dictum.com/en/western-type-babc/zen-wu-premium-titanium-chisels-5-piece-set-745323 I've never heard of titanium in cutting tool alloys before. And the price! Mind you, the leather case looks nice. Any thoughts?
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    Slats in window shutters.

    Morning All. I've been asked to make some window shutters for a friend, the degree of weathering on the current ones making them fit only for firewood. Their construction is very simple: rectangular, grooved frame with the slats/rails simply fitting into the grooves. The surface of the latter...
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    Plane blades that get no secondary bevel?

    As a rule I wouldn't think of putting a secondary bevel on blades for the following planes: Plough, Router and Skewed Rebate. My reasoning is that they don't get hammered like bench planes and so stay sharper much longer and their smaller size (the skewed rebate is the biggest) means that it...
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    The joys of viruses - especially Covid

    I've never know so many cold-type viruses to be in circulation at one time as they were in the winter just gone. I had three conventional colds in the period Nov-Dec and then to top it all I started with Covid just as the Christmas hols began. I had forgotten to get the jab. Never again. As soon...
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    Book for learning piano.

    As I mentioned on another thread, I have recently bought myself a piano and would ultimately like to learn to play jazz. However, one has to be able to walk before one can run. Therefore I wonder if anyone can make a couple of recommendations for books. The first thing I want is a book which...
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    Building a Piano Stool

    I've just bought myself an electric piano and have decided that it would be a good idea to build the stool for it myself. The internet tells me that an ideal height is 18" - 22". Would I be right in thinking that one's feet should be touching the ground and the thighs should be parallel to the...
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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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    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?

    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

    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.

    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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