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What happened to @J-G and his poser about Rudolph?

You mean you know Al & Di? Amazing

brittanc is going to take it all asap

Furniture Maker, Been there, done that Now CNC operative

Reminds me of one of my brother's little anecdotes. After his marriage failed and after a few false starts he's settled down with a lovely lady called Diana. Diana continued to live in her marital home after her husband, Ian, was long gone. The house was named 'Iandi' - get it? With the...

Here is a collection of bits and pieces that are surplus to my requirements. The building they're in has got to be demolished, so I'm trying to clear everything out. The items leaning against the wall are all oak as are the blocks in the foreground, The piece nearest the camera leaning against...

If ever you're in the Forest of Dean go to Toolite in Mitcheldean. Now that's an experience. It's housed in an old warehouse which is crammed full of stuff. It's a real rabbit waren. When I first used them 20 years ago they gave you a ball of string to pay out as you went round so you could find...

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Definitely, but it's mutating to Newperson

Not oak of any variety, ash or maple, probably the latter Brian

The problem with this sort of discussion is that the subject matter is very subjective. Take the sideboard above, I think it's hideous as a piece of artistic design but it is probably an excellent example of functional design. To take @Jameshow's point above, what if the design brief is 'there...

The original team came from warmer climes and therefore had dull noses. It was only when Santa arrived above the Arctic Circle and needed extra pulling power that he recruited a local where reindeer have shiny red noses. Brian

But I couldn't load yours PS forget - little local difficulty with my router

Jet JBOS-5 Bobbin Sander with metal stand £350 Collect from GL19 PM me if interested Brian

Gas

Had a new medium size Ideal combi installed a few weeks ago. A very simple replacement of the old Baxi. Included a magnetic filter in the return pipe. Being a condensing boiler it needed a drain which, fortunately, was right there in the cupboard. The plumber advised that this was often a...

I've still got a tin. Inherited from my father. I call it my snuff box. Brian

It doesn't make sense to me. When l'm using my bandsaw I like to have access to 3 sides of the table for pushing, pulling or guiding the workpiece through. I suppose if you only want to cut mitres it might work. However a bandsaw is not the best machine for cutting accurate mitres and it would...

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View from my workshop this morning. I curse that power line every time i take a shot from from our property. It would be easy to Photoshop it out on this occasion Brian