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  1. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Actually, I believe there are only a few rosewoods really endangered. But custom officials can not decipher between types of rosewood, as there are over 500 types, I think, so they put them all on cities. Siamese being the top one. In Thailand they guard the last standing large Siamese 24 hours...
  2. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Damn, is Siamese rosewood endangered?
  3. Lefley

    Track saw - T55 or Mafell MT55

    I think if you read Mafell literature it was designed not to need a riving knife and has anti kickback stops.
  4. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

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  5. Lefley

    Your best (and worst) / most surprising woodworking related purchase this year

    Bears have gone to sleep and yes it’s friggin snowing. In bc, Canada. bear pic last month, snow pic today! Minus 12 c this morning.
  6. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    I should have mentioned I grew up in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. Our school always did things with our sister city in Peterborough, England. So thats why I was so inclined to join the uk one this year, previously I did the swap with the USA AAW.
  7. Lefley

    Track saws and thin blades

    I’ve had huge drift with some of these thin kerfed blades. Try running a huge pile of 2x4 through a table saw with a thin kerfed blade! The blade can drift 1/4” when heats up.
  8. Lefley

    100mm Celotex rigid insulation board installation advice and tips?

    We do a lot of net zero houses in Canada. 300-400 mm foam insulation screwed to the roof after cross strapped with 1x4 ( inch) then metal roofing. We only use a handsaw to cut. And it’s bloody hard putting a 375 to 475 mm screw through insulation and hitting a 1 1/2 ( inch) wide truss,
  9. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Damn, I just noticed in my haste to pack, the card is sitting on my coffee table. Well another new friend, will have to post next Christmas! oh and I hope my not so secret Santa recipient is not diabetic, you know, Canada and all, we do have sweet things !
  10. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Mine is official sent! 10 days expedited to England. Will be there before Christmas!
  11. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    So you are Santa. Delivering a secret Santa gift by hand. I knew he was real!
  12. Lefley

    Balls

    Drill three holes in it and go 10 pin bowling!
  13. Lefley

    Speeding up sanding process (seeking advice)

    I think he means hire the shop. Like they do the sanding for you.
  14. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Send instructions for final 20%. Call it a woodworking puzzle!
  15. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Yes I got an email saying ship everything to you, and then you where going to distribute to the people. So if everyone receives a lump of coal, we know whats going on!
  16. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    Mines in the box. My wife the post person, has been diagnosed with acute chromium and cobalt poisoning. she has had the birminham metal on metal hip replacement procedure for 20 years. She has been chasing varying problems for two years. so if you have this procedure get metal testing every few...
  17. Lefley

    Some turning advice for an oak fan vault tas-de-charge.

    Paper joint! But I glue a waste block top and bottom so my live Center is not in the paper joint causing pressure like a wedge , which could cause the joint to fail while turning. If a ring (or square) is paper joint glued top and bottom then joint will never fail and happy safe turning.
  18. Lefley

    Rockler now a weed dispensary

    Boy my little yes welder would not be welding anything in that day and age.
  19. Lefley

    Rockler now a weed dispensary

    At least you would have fun doing it, if you remembered. People in Canada between cbn oil and weed are using it for pain with great success. Big pharma hates it because number one it works, and two thet can’t make money on it. Can’t patent something you can grow.
  20. Lefley

    2021 Secret Santa.

    If your away and a v36 shows up. The time you get home she’s going to say nothing came while she checks ebay, and monitors tracking on all her new shoes coming from Amazon!
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