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Are you using uPnP to connect to the net through the router? Also, have you checked your subnets match? That can cause file sharing issues. (DAMHIKT) Finally - remember that for security, every seperate connection in Vista now has seperate toggles for activating network discovery...

Ouch! You know they invented CA glue to be a liquid bandage right? ;)

I have to say we have a similar issue where with the location of our house, and having read this thread it strikes me that when you start adding up the costs of giant mirrors (and the ongoing maintenance thereof), satellite controller dishes, solar death rays and all the rest, it's looking more...

This is a great photo, and absolutely genuine, too. But it's not rescuing wounded soldiers, it's the 10th Mountain Division of the US Army capturing some Afghans back in 2003. Nevertheless, an incredible demonstration of talent... :)

There's a definate 'knack' to doing it that way, which that chap kindly shows on the link above. It becomes less of a science and more of a tactile feedback dexterity thing I guess which feeds well from my experience as a guitarist. Horses for courses, of course. Obviously guides do work as...

I don't know if this is any help to you, but I'm a pretty much complete WW beginner and have read a *lot* of guides on how to sharpen irons as well as tried a few honing guides (including making my own as someone elsewhere recommended). Nothing really got me a result I was happy with until I...

With the utmost of possible respect, may I devil's advocate your devil's advocate? If a foreign government plucked you from a plane when you went to return home from holiday, maybe stood you naked in a cold room for 40 hours then strapped you to a board, put a plastic bag over your head and...

Well, after someone suggesting that there was a nice shop to buy hand-tools in nearby Yapton (Leeside tools), I decided to head out there yesterday as I basically have no decent saws. Now I am a complete newbie in every respect. I've been building up my tool collection *very slowly* as I didn't...

Thanks Mignal, don't know why I didn't think of the 'bay. So if it's polymerised Tung and Linseed oils with drying agent like Danish oil, what's the advantage in your experience over simply using Danish oil? Wonderful lute rose there on your avatar, by the way. Did you carve it yourself?

Just a quick question - tru-oil is heralded by a lot of luthiers as 'the only oil finish they would use on a guitar'. From what I can gather it's American and originally used for high gloss oil finish on gunstocks. I've had a look around what UK suppliers I can easily fin- well okay - what UK...

I'm a complete novice to this woodworking, but I've got a lot of fairly nice wood from the wood store ( http://www.woodrecycling.org.uk/ ) in Brighton. It's the place all that old furniture which goes to the tip- err I mean recycling centre ends up amongst other things. There's often a fair...

Wow, those are just stunning. Of course it's just typical that SWMBO happened to be looking over my shoulder when I opened this thread. I was hoping to be making some more wooden tools, but now I have my new orders...

@devonwoody - Sorry to dissapoint but I don't have the free space to wait for it to dry out nor the brains/experience yet to work out what projects I could use the odd-lengths for after removing the horribly splintered ends when it's only low-grade softwood. If it had been a huge flotilla of...

@Shadowfax - Thanks you, and I'm hoping to keep my blades sharp enough so as not to greatly increase my knowledge of fire... ;) And don't worry, I have plenty of questions lined up... @Bodrighy - I find them here mostly: http://www.carbootjunction.com/car-boot-by-county.php there's one on there...

@OPJ - Hello and thanks :) Yes, this is indeed the 'cheapest of bandsaws' that you mention ;). It's the 'Aldi special' which I only bought because we were in Aldi a few weeks ago and I saw a bandsaw for £50. I'd been looking for one before Christmas for doing the mold, and of course they were...

@slim - Many thanks, good to be here! @waterhead - Yep, the further I get in the 'build' the more I am realising just how right you are. It's one of the reasons I'm doing a lot more 'practicing' on reclaimed wood from the recycling place before I loose myself on the nice tonewood (and the...

@LN – Many thanks! @Alan – Well, it seems that picking building an acoustic guitar as a first project was certainly a great way to ensure a ‘baptism of fire’. Everything has to be spot on, and all that quartersawn wood is not cheap, so mistakes can be costly. (All I’m going to say on this...

Hi Everyone, I've been lurking for a few weeks now, found these forums originally from Philly's blog, figured it was about time to say 'Hi'. A bit of background; I am the quintessential woodworking 'newbie' in that way back at school about the only thing I learned about woodwork was to be very...