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I'd agree - almost certainly cherry. Some pics of a square edged bowl I turned in cherry. (Sorry - the side view is out of focus). David.

Another lot of tools for TWAM including a brace, old-style auger bits, hand-saws etc.

If you'd have taken it a fourth time, you might have passed with marks for good attendance! :) (That's how I passed my driving test in 1964, but managed it in three!)

OK - sorry - got my wires crossed. I wrongly assumed it that it was, as it was a recent episode. 113 episodes are available free to watch on BBC i-player. I don't know if you could identify the episode with chair in question to give a better idea: The Repair Shop Though it's the practical...

Steve is, I think, the 5th generation of a family of noted woodturners and is a master at his craft. No fancy cryogenically hardened turning tools, no Sorby Pro-edge sharpening kit, no jigs, a home-made marking gauge and 'storyboard', no CBN wheel. Just a skew, a spindle gouge and a parting...

Not seen these stepped dowels before: Miller Joinery 1X Kit 850959000053 | eBay They sell the dowels in different timbers. It looks a very secure system with the ribs around the circumference.

Just to put the chair which is the subject of this thread into perspective, it isn't so old (1969), it's not a thing of beauty or a work if fine craftsmanship and wasn't meant to be. Neither is it a priceless heirloom. (Think 'Ikea' rather than 'Chippendale'). The chairs were mass-produced to be...

No more 'male' and 'female' fittings? I guess this M&F elbow will become a non-binary elbow? No more 'master and slave' cylinders. The preferred alternatives are now: 'Primary and secondary'. Alternatively: Primary and replica. Primary and standby. Leader and follower'. Conductor and...

If anyone doesn't know what they're looking for, they can browse the full catalogue as before, but online. Or they can go to say B&Q and seek advice, where many of the products seen at Screwfix can be found, albeit at a higher price because of higher operating costs. I'd have thought that most...

I get all my auger bits from 'UK Drills'. The have 15 diameters, and come in lengths of 155, 235, 460mm, and some are 600mm. They're the style with straight-sided flutes that don't wander off: Auger Bits I also by my Forstner bits from there. The have round shafts, come in 23 sizes from 10 -...

I find their website excellent. Someone mentioned a 'ballcocks' I think. I entered 'ballcock' is the 'what are you looking for?' search box and despite what was once known as a 'ballcock' is nowadays called a 'float valve', it knew what I wanted, showed the full range of what they stock, and...

Most ear defenders are simply 'mufflers' and for the most part, work well enough. However, given that the isotunes ones are battery powered, although their blurb doesn't say so, I imagine that they could be noise-cancelling ones, rather like noise cancelling headphones, which were originally...

'Paraprosdokian sentences'. (See footnote): Ø I asked God for a bike, but I know God doesn't work that way. So I stole a bike and asked for forgiveness. Ø Do not argue with an *****. He will drag you down to his level and beat you with experience. Ø I want to die peacefully in my sleep...

You can get this battery powered sort of thing if that’s any help. It does 3mm to 10mm: Silverline 312279 Drill Sharpener

The joke only works (as a joke) if you've worked in an office environment in which you can claim expenses for small items bought in connection with your job, such as those names of items used for burgers. It's said that 'there's no such thing as a free lunch', but there is if you can buy a...