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To me it immediately looked like a reel or cylinder mower, so I thought shaving, well trimming, but if you say the blades do not touch the outside then how can it cut? I found this https://mikeshouts.com/manmower-lawn-mower-for-facial-hair/ and this https://www.manmower.com

Best bet is to try using it. You want a blade that is firm in the frame so that it cannot be twisted. Make it loose and try cutting with it, then tighten a bit and try again and so on, you will find a sweet spot. A cheaper blade may need more tension because it is made from thinner material. It...

For £42 and you are complaining! That is cheap, really cheap. I would never expect anything other than a basic grind on such a tool. If you want a tool that is ready to go then you are going to have to pay more. How they can make them for that price I do not know, they must be making many...

Mora tools are good as are Wood Tools, Ben Orford, I agree with the comments above. I once had a Ray small hook knife at one of my sharpening workshops, we had to grind a fair amount of metal from it before it would work.

High Barns oils is in the south east and 5 litres is 24 quid, this is stuff for horse feed, same as the food grade stuff but is taken from lower down the tank so is not so clear.

Kepis, I hope you mean raw cold pressed oil from food shops or agricultural feed stores and not raw linseed from the hardware store. As far as know that oil also contains heavy metal or nasty dryers and should not be used for anything to do with food utensils. Raw untreated linseed oil unless...

Yes, what do you want to know? If you are worried about space, then design one that will break down quickly. The Mike Abbot design is good for that. or something a little bit different

These things happen, to the best of us. Keep going and finish it, when it is dry and the split opens up you could always make a piece of wood to fit in it to seal. A the very worst you will have a cup to drink cold liquids from, wax makes a good sealer. Have you got any photos.

You should be able to round off a green billet of wood with an axe well and quick enough to turn perfectly well on the pole lathe. A shave horse will speed up the process if you are turning a lot. As for rounding off and using dry timber, it is easy enough to turn seasoned wood, it just takes...

Make the interlock thinner, in other words the groove deeper, you will get far more feathers in. My hinges are about 1 to 2 mm thick. I just hold the wings into shape and they dry in that shape. Really impressed with that last one

Androo, they are great, you should have seen my first attempts. All I can say is to spend a bit more time on carving the birds body, make the hinge a bit thinner and rive those feathers as thin as possible. try and aim for 1mm or under. I often do not boil or soak pine but use it dry and just...

I love this video, and over the years I have watched it many times. The tool is scary and I am not sure about the jarring effects of the pushing cuts, at the beginning of the video, on the arm. The skill is simply amazing especially the symmetry in the wings, just fantastic. Not sure if the wood...

Then it would not have the character that people love about workshops. Mind you I do have a lot of wood that needs selling off or burning.

Hoodoo, those flex cut knives and gouges are fantastic. A bit of polishing compound on wood is all you need as a strop.

I made a knife board, and they work well, cheap and easy to make they will keep you knives sharp and cleanhttp://youtu.be/6xt402z4N0U

That bit of birch does not look that heavily infested with fungi and should have been fine. I have used stuff far more spalted than this. The wall are thick and uneven and this can be a big problem. I would start again, these things happen to the best of us. Why have you chosen not to have the...

Great holder for your knife. I like such a solid wood holder that is easy to use. I use to make boxes with a dowel and swivel lid. It does not look like the lid can be fixed closed. It may be tight now but after spending time in the damp and then dry(if we have a good summer) the lid may become...

Superglue is great for small cracks and splits. For hairline cracks use the super thin stuff and for all other cracks use the normal stuff, I often fill holes and cracks with fine sawdust and then dribble (or is it drizzle:)) the glue on over it. Well if you are using normal superglue a bit in...

Yew will be good for this, I would rather it be a bit bigger in diameter, but as I have found over the years it is amazing what people do with wood by breaking all the rules. Just do not bring it straight into a warm house, leave in an unheated room for a bit. Yew dust is a nasty irritant and...

Boil it, that is smaller bits split out of the log, not the whole log. Leave it to soak in the cooling water for a few days and it will be softer. You may need to leave it soaking for a bit longer depending on the sizes. Not the ideal way but you should find it easier to work.