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I’ll relate this story, it’s absolutely true, a friend of mine was in the car body repair business in the most god awful smelly premises near a Docks, he realised that the cars coming off the ship round the corner might occasionally get damaged so he dropped the local import manager a quick note...

Absolutely correct, but there lies the rub as they say, getting up there to start with is the almost impossible bit, quite often happens by serendipity, just talking to the right friend of somebody else. But one thing is sure you will only succeed by not stop plugging away and talking to as many...

That’s absolutely fine thanks , I’ve done it lots and lots of times but only long cuts, and I thought I was well versed with safety, but can’t quite see how it’s not safe, anyone?

Hi John, the main reasons for kickbacks are 1. a small - ish piece of wood caught between the fence and blade and 2. wood closing tight onto the blade (which the riving knife should deal with). Freehand cutting isn’t something I had associated with kickbacks, what is the mechanism for it in...

Oh good, I did consider that but I’ve never actually tried it so kept shtum. Ian

I can’t understand why just because the alternator ( in effect) failed the whole car cut out, I would have thought that you would have had a little time to drive it using the battery to power the other functions. It did though obviously, those "smart" motorways are anything but clever and I hate...

If I’ve understood correctly, I would push it through the table saw following the line and then finish it off by hand plane.

You could perhaps make a table that rests on the bracket but is held secure in the vice. Looks a nice old bit of kit. Hope you can pat your head whilst rubbing your tummy lol.

Beautifully done.

Yes that’s an incredible deal! He must trust you, not sure how I feel about somebody using mine, even with a good friend I would wonder if all was well when I wasn’t there. Ian

Welcome, I would love to hear mote about the in and outs of the workshop rental please. Ian

Not really sure why anyone would say you can’t do doors like this, certainly not when they are almost square as yours are. They won’t look particularly attractive of course but you can’t help that. Ian Edit, welcome btw.

@jb94 thank you, wish you all the best of luck with your business, just keep plugging away, it’s surprising sometimes people will contact you a year after first contact, forgot to say the local free parish booklets with ads in can be effective as well. Another reasonably successful trick is to...

Good old fashioned no nonesense quality engineering, it’s a joy to see it so I can only think how much fun you’re going to have using it. "You’re a very lucky boy"

The kiln spikes, I’m sorry I don’t know the correct term, have stopped being used as there is a different way nowadays. If you look on the underside of old plates etc you can often see 3 marks where the plate was sat on spikes like those to melt the glaze in the kiln. I’m sure someone will be...

So sorry, I should have thought before saying something. I lost my Dad, it’s a blow when it happens.

To be perfectly honest, I’m sorry I don’t know. I think you need to look at the mortar, if it’s the old Lime type you should stick with the same.

Just read the other day that a lot of that spalling is the result of soft bricks and people repointing with the wrong mortar, should be lime mortar on those old hand made bricks, I took this picture the other day as it shows the folding of the clay within the brick as it was thrown into the box. Ian

You can’t leave it there! What why and how please!

"shame the op has not replied or acknowledged / answered some of the questions" Yes it happens a lot, I find it very irritating, and a quick look shows he was on today, I did get a like so that’s something I suppose.