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Wonder if it'll work on a teenager? Will report back later

Clean up your room 8yo: I feel like you're always making up rules and stuff Me: like what? 8yo: Like if we don't clean up our room, a...

Looks like you are using the long arm of the jig, as you should, but the bent shaft is causing the change in angle. You could use the...

To be fair, if he's earning 6 figures a year from those hands I don't expect he'd risk it

I don't think we can reasonably blame the internet for a lack of DIY skills, there are brilliant resources out there if you want to find...

Daughter is at secondary now, just about to choose GCSEs but with many friends who left school last summer straight after GCSEs. It has...

That would fit the 'stringy' bark. We have fewer species here and they don't usually get that thick. I'll have to look out next time I'm...

I just had to post again to give you all a laugh. I said I'd ordered a canvas roll bag to put my now super sharp chisels in. Well it...

My first thought was Robinia which shows my ignorance. I didn't know Robinia and Black Locust were of the same family. If it is Robinia...

As an addendum, here some pictures of continental sliding dovetail tools. The plane is from the (now defunct) Swiss company Lachapelle...

I had some small bits of ash that my wife had bought for use as shelving. As shelves they were never great, but when we moved we took...

Look out on eBay next week, 'light restoration required'

Second guess is Black Locust, a weed tree in many parts of the US I gather. Suckers prolifically so can easily form thickets of scrub...

Is it thorny on the young growth? White pea like flowers?

I looked it up on the net. Cotinus does not look like the wild underbrush growing around here. I am looking forward to the Spring...