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William Blake - " If a fool persists in his folly, he will become wise"... This has always struck me as being open to two different...

I believe that yacht varnish is mainly comprised of Alkyd Resin, which is the same binder used in standard, oil based, house paints.

One of the best nights I can recall was a few years ago...we were in our local, an early December evening, when the place was plunged...

We also get any number of those mini ones, no more than a few minutes at a time. Which is probably things being switched rather than...

We get too many power cuts here. I don't know why. Dozens a year, most a few minutes, a few quite a few hours. Some time ago, I...

I had every intention of spending all of today, in the workshop. After a protracted absence. I needed to start clearing the decks, prior...

We can play games with the figures but let's face it if I buy a product made in country X, then I can't really claim to have no...

. You should be able to get a free download of the Veritas plans. I was going to make one. And, if I remember correctly, I was looking...

Well, to state the obvious - it hasn't. Plaster of Paris is. in fact, one of the accepted ways of fixing knife tangs into hollow handles...

The plaster could well be something like Plaster of Paris with the tang on the blade poked into it until it sets The dimple on the round...

They have a deep single spur and point on the auger. By contrast, the Ridgeway ones have two shallow spurs and a very small point The...

They are supplied oversized and have to be cut down to suit your machine which is a simple enough task, When I got my Sedgwick morticer...

One way to do this mechanically, is to rely on a fix at the back of the window board, using a bare face tenon along the length of the...

I regularly purchase bits and pieces from Rutland. But one has to bear in mind that the majority of their stuff is relatively cheap for...

I use a matching 2MT ring centre and drive. If the work slips after a catch you simply apply more pressure to get the work revolving...