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You're more than welcome, it was a very simple 5 minute job. Sanding sealer dries in moments and though I would normally let MC Wax rest for 12+ hours, I could buff this quite quickly. ABW is a beautiful timber to work and finishes exceedingly well. Whitmore's keep an excellent stock and the...

This may be of interest. I've made my Scotia and taken an offcut to show how I'll be finishing it. I've 'mocked up' how it will be applied to give a better idea. I trust that the anotations tell you enough.

Hmmm. . . I don't get to Lutterworth that often now, I used to have a customer there (until they went bust :( )

Hmmm . . . we could be close(ish) neighbours 😆 . . . . but you only show 'UK' which doesn't help. Sanding Sealer & MC Wax will 'enhance the grain'.

Never an 'f' - but it might have been a long 's' or medial, which, to viewers today, could be mistaken for an 'f' though in reality is shouldn't since it didn't have a horizontal cross-line.

Why would you even consider any of these if what you have is solid Walnut? It so happens that my current 'project' is some lengths of Scotia out of solid ABW. I had considered using Ramin Scotia 'off the shelf' but couldn't find anyone with longer than 2.4m available. I would have stained that...

NO - that's the point I'm making. He specifically did not state that it was one of his own works - and NO it wasn't/isn't 'obvious' - It's a regular mis-quote. Once I see the tabard & push-stick I normally skip the post but I just happened to see the van Gogh reference.

So wrong! He was primarily an art dealer selling hundreds of works by many artists. Of his own work, in his lifetime, he apparently sold only one piece.

Ah - The Bells, The Bells!! I haven't tried to trace either :) - I have traced Barney back to being my mothers 3rd cousin though.

I haven't 'looked it up' but do apologise Jim - I mis-read your statement, two different criteria !

That statement is incorrect on so many levels! Sorry. I have an acestor who was 'into' high speed motoring - Barney Oldfield - who broke the world land speed record in 1910 at 131.7mph on Daytona Beach in a 21lt 'Blitzen Benz', but the first person to excede 100mph was a Frenchman - Louis...

I've needed to replace LED Drivers for two lights. A simple matter I thought. First 'issue' a small (practical and worthy) change to the connector which is now a bayonette fitting - no real problem, it's quite easy to remove the extended bit of plastic so that the old fitting can reach the...

I have something similar (to the 'light brown' sample) again as a doorframe base and I'm voting for it being Keruing. It's HEAVY and HARD and plays havoc with any tool! If you can weigh a small piece it would tell you more, a 25mm cube of Keruing should weigh about 12g. Mahogany/Sapele about 8...

No 'Issue' @Vulcan - - - just a comment to make it clear that 'four facet' grinding does not require a jig, it's simple to achieve the same effect by hand.

This is nothing more than creating a 'clearance' by grinding away the rear of the main body of the drill. Just as when sharpening a chisle, the actual cutting edge is seldom wider than 1mm, by creating the extra facets you leave just a sliver as the cutting edge. I've been hand grinding...

!!!! Wastrel !!!! Whatever the replacement cost, that is (IMO) a very poor attitude Phil - - - but I didn't amass my fortune by subscribing to the 'throw-away' culture that has become prevalent. :ROFLMAO: :ROFLMAO:

I've recently been advised about roadworks close to me and given the recommened 'diversions' both for HGVs & 'other' vehicles. Under normal conditions the distance between the two points affected is 1.7 miles and takes 2 minutes. The other vehicles diversion amounts to 14 miles and 20 minutes...

I can't let that 'error' go - it may lead to others thinking the same! Larch is a SOFTWOOD. Although deciduous - which often indicates that the timber should be classed as a 'Hardwood' - it is part of the family of Pines.

As it happens I've now checked the site of another spares supplier and they are much more specific when presented with the tap reference. I now do know that the replacements are MB1023 and currently cost £14. This doesn't detract from the point that @niall Y is making (and I'm endorsing), that...

I'm just in the throws of a kitchen refurb due to a dripping ceramic tap that's been in place for about 10/12 years. Selecting what I considered a 'better' product I now have a Crosswater with spray head. Reading this post prompted me to see what cartridge I might need further down the line - -...