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    Combination square

    That looks a really good result there.
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    Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works: Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery

    Absolutely, I agree with you whole-heartedly. It is very dangerous to assume that just because it is documented in one book, that this was thus some sort of universal truth. I have noticed that a lot of people have this tendency and it is dangerous to try to build an entire theory upon single...
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    Turning a carving mallet

    I made a couple from bowling balls. Ages ago and if I remember correctly, I simply held the bowl by hand in the drill press and drilled a hole through it before mounting on the lathe to turn to a pleasing shape. Not much danger holding it by hand, there's nothing that can cut if it does start to...
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    Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works: Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery

    The section following the turning section is "Of turning Hard Wood, and Ivory". So I wonder if they had the same definitions for hard and softwoods as we do. If we go back to the 17th century, were the woodlands that the bodgers were setting up in softwood or hardwood as we would understand...
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    Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works: Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery

    I find the subject fascinating. There is a lot that make massive assumptions about how things were done traditionally and that thinks were always so until recent times. With the gouges, I was wondering if the bevel was only on the inside, as with carving as you point out. From the joinery and...
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    Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works: Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery

    Ooh thanks for that. I'll have a look at that tomorrow.
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    Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works: Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery

    I was thinking that, but looking at Plate 15 that gives drawings of the various tools, the gouges (those marked 'B') look a bit more spoon-shaped to me. Is the description "The hollow edge is ground upon the Corner of a Grind stone -,which in short time wears the outside of that Corner to comply...
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    Mechanick Exercises, or, The Doctrine of Handy-works: Applied to the Arts of Smithing, Joinery, Carpentry, Turning, Bricklayery

    I've seen this book mentioned often but never seen a copy of it until today when I went searching for it and was able to find various copies of it. There are some downloadable ones, this is pretty good and allows a full download...
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    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I see that PS uses ordinary bevel edged chisels to cut his mortices. Am I right in thinking that mortice chisels are trapezoidal in form in both cross-section and top to bottom and so such a jig might not work with these? I shall now have to go into the workshop to measure my pig stickers.
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    Axminster Cardiff Shop

    I didn't really look at the machinery, but there was definitely some on display there and I noticed a big planer and possibly a thicknesser.
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    Axminster Cardiff Shop

    Found myself in front of the Axminster Cardiff branch on Friday. It's about 45 minutes drive for me and in an area we don't normally go and so I wasn't really aware it was there. So I had to have a bit of a mooch around inside and my other half insisted on accompanying me as the responsible...
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    eBay listings and bladed items

    I just ended the listing. I couldn't find how to add in age verification then considered that if I could find it, it's likely to be so much that no one would consider buying it. I just checked Axminster and they are much more sensible, they have the 'you must be over 18 to buy' policy and...
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    eBay listings and bladed items

    Not sure how this got through but yesterday I was told that my other listing has been removed as it is a 'bladed item'. I guess that they've only just got around to my account and I was lucky with the first one. I wonder if different wording to remove 'blade' would let it past? But I suppose...
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    eBay listings and bladed items

    Quick update on this. One of the bandsaw blades sold and I posted it via Royal Mail's tracked 48 service and it has been delivered successfully. So no problems listing it with eBay and no questions asked in the post office. I don't know if the buyer had to prove age or not but I had no issues.
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    eBay listings and bladed items

    Yeah, I think I'll just leave it and see what happens.
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    eBay listings and bladed items

    I listed two 56" bandsaw blades I found whilst tidying the other day. Thought I'd bung them on eBay to see if they get sold. I'm wondering now if they are covered by this.
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    Repurposed block plane !!

    There's a lot of this sort of thing. There's a shop near here that has a load of old planes made into lights. They look horrible (in my opinion).
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    First clear sky for weeks.

    We live on top of a big hill so had lovely blue skies while everyone below were in the grey gloom. This is looking out over over the Clydach Gorge and Abergavenny towards the Sugar Loaf. Back to grey skies and gloom again now.
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    Food from your early years as an adult or child?

    My mum wasn't the best of cooks, fish fingers were always burnt one side and served with the burnt side down. But, she did as a special treat make a lovely bacon pudding that my three sisters and I all enjoyed. I've not had it for many years but have just found the recipe online...
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    Slaughterbots

    Very interesting film. I think there was a Black Mirror episode on a similar theme. I wonder what the defenses would be for a threat like that. Thick stone and amour plating perhaps. Personal EM pulse weapons that can detect an incoming threat and disable it? Or, how about a personal drone that...
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