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This is one of those jobs that has been under discussion for a long time and is now thankfully completed after a month of work, just a...

Few structures could be more unstable than the kind of economy we have. Capitalism, dependent on debt - it nearly brought our economy to...

A female CNN journalist heard about a very old Jewish man who had been going to the Western Wall to pray, twice a day, every day, for a...

Yesterday, I made a couple of screwdriver blades (if that's the right word). A lot of the old Stanley planes have slotted (yuck)...

I never, never, ever do that. At least not more than three or four times a day. TBH, I'm usually on my own working, so I often just use...

I find it a lot easier to design furniture in feet and inches. After all "Man is the measure of all things", so designing in in terms of...

I confess that I am only just coming round to metric length measurements. Drill sizes I always think in mm, but still find myself...

I will provide one single real world observation of why I think you are wrong. The examples are legion, but one ought to do it as an...

People don't need to agree, just debate rationally without the blaming. Blaming the tories for everything, as some are wont to do (and...

I feel pretty sure you'll find a magnifying headset to be the most useful. They can double as eye protection as well in some cases...

Also a fan like @Blackswanwood of the head sets with lenses. You can buy them at a fraction of the price on Ebay. The focal length...

If you look to the likes of "George Ellis" in his book - Modern Practical Joinery, for a list of contemporary hardwoods that were...

I hate to be the one to tell you...:cry:

If it is off a mangle of some age then it might well be Teak,

It certainly had. It was okay last season but had deteriorated very quickly during this very wet summer. Surprisingly, the flue is very...