niall Y's latest activity

If people still wish to continue living in certain areas of Southern California, then measures will to have to be taken to protect them...

Eye candy, yes -but what is the point?????

The people of California who are affected by the frequency and severity of these fires don't need to be told for the umpteenth time why...

I always have known these as "L" hinges. Latterly they were fitted with nails that had countersunk heads that laid flush with the...

A very well educated janitor - having studied at Oxford university. :giggle:

Could it possibly be for putting a folded edge on thin metal or even cardboard/ plastic/leather? Perhaps, one pushes the material up to...

There are still some folk around making the traditional clogs. Mind you they are not cheap -between about £370 and £475 a pair. Not...

If 'made for you' extremely comfortable. Clog irons necessary if working in slippy / wet conditions (fish docks/ ice house). "Going back...

About 7miles from where i live their used to be a clog sole factory on Lord Barnard's land just past Raby Castle owned by Jim Maude...

Been trying my hand at a bit of metalwork. After breaking my ring mount (ooer missus) I thought I might make another. Lesson learned: it...

Of course one has to ask the question - How much did that lump of brass cost? I would guess it is between 3" and 4" diameter, and 6"...

Proper shoe clogs. no metal bits to the bottom, though - only rubber, They were great in my old workshop, which I couldn't keep warm, no...

Went out to the workshop today after an absence of a few days. And the first thing I did was light the stove, The air warmed up nicely...

One doesn't have to slavishly remove all evidence of the sawn surface when surface planing long lengths of wood.There comes a point...

I believe it might well be a tool for getting into the bottom of bowls. Very much replaced now by the small round carbide tools one gets...