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Well it’s obviously strong enough, but you did ask as to how the grain should run through the legs. In your pic showing them drawn out ready for cutting, if you turn each one slightly clockwise the legs would be slightly stronger. I agree about putting a flat on the turned part rather than...

You are obviously keen about the appearance but personally I think it’s a losing battle. Probably time for a new top rail. What sort of construction is the gate?

Just caught your bench build, don’t know how I didn’t see it, really like the way you haven’t really been swayed by other builds and have gone out on your own, particularly with that end toolbox, neat. Ian

Best to “wash” the s/wool to remove the oils added to prevent it rusting, try washing up liquid. Good advice above. I have tried to turn Oak black and spent a Lot of hours on it, the best I could get was a lovely shade of Royal Blue. A rub with black shoe polish sorted that out. After that I...

Also possible to heat it up in an oven and push the screw through then let it cool, it will push up the surrounding surface though. It’s a memory plastic so all sorts of clever uses can be made of it. Ian

Well you’re correct about the Pitch Pine, it’s marvellous stuff and it doesn’t seem to matter how old it is it still smells wonderful when you cut it. 5 children?

Sorry this is the best photo I have of the Jack for my combination machine, all it needs is a hole in a solid piece of wood? Fastened to the side of your bench, put the jack/towing bar under, locating into the hole push down on the long handle - not shown, and the bench lifts up. The jack thing...

Always been an oilstone man (1 brief diamond excursion) but just in the last few years I have found myself just using a very small part of the available 8” it varies with which bit I fancy using, 2” at the end? Just depends which bit I want to fettle it up on but it’s very rare I do full length...

Before this thread started I had thought fairly deeply about firebricks and not wanting them, but I must say you obviously know quite a bit about combustion, what you said about camp fires is certainly true. I obviously hadn’t thought deeply enough as it hadn’t occurred to me that most of the...

Time was when with a well insulated workshop you could leave an oil filled radiator on all the winter on a low thermostat. This really did ensure a more pleasant temp on entering and no rust. But it may be too expensive to do now? If I was working full time in there I probably would but just for...

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Or you could use a nice tight tongue and groove on two bits of hardwood, couple of G cramps needed. Ian

Now strangely enough my experience is the exact opposite, tried Titebond once and hated that it is so runny, makes a right mess! I always use Evostick- the blue one, and have never found it setting too quickly. I have also used it lots of times for quite sharp cornered laminating which people...

Quite agree, only ever made one and it was a pain, thinking though it might be useful to use a jubilee clip to compress it, ideally through maybe the tool used to squeeze the rings on a piston could do it and allow you to push the rag downwards. But also why does it have to be quite so stuffed...

Huh, yes that’s good and good reusing as well, but unfortunately not a model maker and fortunate that my better half doesn’t dye either. But yes smaller bottles, definitely much easier to use.

That looks eminently doable, the only thing that could go wrong is if the panel is large enough to flex, but that’s easily fixed. Ian

Mine certainly isn’t square on, I’ve got a bit heavy handed on one side each time I’ve sharpened it. When it gets so far out that I can’t make it work at a bit of an angle I shall regrind it. The question is though does yours work ok? So welcome and have fun with your new hobby.

That is most impressive. Also like the extra long bar cramps! I’ve fastened two together end to end and I’ve seen the old cramp heads - supply your own bit of wood, but haven’t seen your method before, neat! Ian

Epicentre, it’s always the Epicentre on the BBC, and of course it actually means the place on the surface above where an Earthquake has occurred, so quite specific, and not as they always use it to just mean the centre or middle of anything. Grrrr.

And American.