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Retired · Post by **Retired** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 7:59 am

Hi,

I hope I'm not a spammer but I know a number of members like Toolstop including me?

A short while ago I bought a Trend set of 35 1/2" shank router cutters and used one of these to add mouldings to a fireplace mantel I was making. Happy with the rapid service and cutters from Toolstop I sent Toolstop a few pictures. With rain coming down like pencils I put a story together; anyway here is what then happened which might be of interest;

http://www.toolstop.co.uk/good-tools-ca ... tory-a1503

Kind regards, Col.

Rorschach · Post by **Rorschach** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 8:07 am

Awesome Col! I look forward to reading that later with a cuppa :)

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 5:30 pm

Nice blog Col. You have been immortalised (Is there such a word ?) on the http://WWW...

Retired · Post by **Retired** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:05 pm

Hi,

Many thanks Rorschach and wine~o; much appreciated.

Yes wine~o and it appears I now keep company with Macbeth but I'm still here to tell about it.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immortalized

Kind regards, Col.

wine~o · Post by **wine~o** » Thu Sep 17, 2015 6:13 pm

Retired wrote:Hi,

Many thanks Rorschach and wine~o; much appreciated.

Yes wine~o and it appears I now keep company with Macbeth but I'm still here to tell about it.

http://www.thefreedictionary.com/immortalized

Kind regards, Col.

Col, the difference between you and Macbeth......... Macbeth is a fictional character created by a certain famous playwright ......

You however are a legendary character created from hard graft, imagination and a desire to succeed..

Dickie · Post by **Dickie** » Fri Sep 18, 2015 7:10 pm

Great Col!! A wonderful read & thanks for sharing.

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:12 pm

good stuff col.

i too had my first experiences of woodworking back in 1992 as an 11 year old. but i think my teacher must have been considerably better than yours. he was a canny fella. you could have a bit craik with him and he showed us all how to go on with tools. i still hear him in my head saying finnon..... hands behind the cutting edge...

mind i do remember him launching his blackboard rubber off one of the lads for not listening. so he could be quite stern.

fin · Post by **fin** » Wed Sep 30, 2015 7:27 pm

ive spent a fair old chunk on tools like i must admit. probably all of my spare ££ and then some in the past 5 years. but hopefully ill be set for a longgggggg time with the gear ive got.

yesterday i was finishing off a job where i had fitted oak bi-fold doors. the frame was that far out all ways that i wasnt able to fit the track. so they are basically hinged like normal doors and then hinged in the middle. also i had to cut so much off either side of each leaf that it left virtually nothing of the oak lipping left to cover the chipboard core. like a 1\16th maybe.

the first door that i ripped down on my track saw was with the standard 48 tooth blade. it left burn marks so off i went for a new blade. i got a 20 ish tooth festool blade and it cut the rest perect. but the first one i had to get out my rather old hand plane. bought second hand and well it could be maybe 60 year old. maybe older. i actually have a stanley 4 1\2 and a 5 1\2 and the shavings i was getting the client was amazed how super fine they were

some old stuff is good stuff

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