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I haven’t got a contact number for any but there’s a couple of sawyers near you post regularly on arbtalk forum, might be worth posting on there?

I spent some time on an image search and found that loads of people do makes with packs of blocks. Even though my initial thought was to use a single block, I have no objections to using multiple blocks

One regular jenga sized block - 75mm x 25mm x 15mm. Doesn't have to be from a set, you can make your own, align the grain anyway you wish. How do all you feel about a saw kerf allowance?

OK, so as winter moves in, my workshop is getting less and less attractive. maybe its time for a little bit of table-top wood-work. Anyone up for a jenga-block show-and-tell? I am thinking to make anything you fancy, you can add glue, paint and fastenings/hardware, Only rule is you can't add...

Is it me? Details received, stalking commenced

Once they were unheard of but now tinternet is full of them, and when I feel like there are no craftsmen left I visit http://sanomagic.world.coocan.jp/Lineup/english_sanomagicbikelineup.htm. Building a wood-framed bike is on my “one-day” list. Anyone built one?

And some of the choir poppyheads

Hereford cathedral entrance porch, I didn’t measure but the figure I guess is not more than 2feet tall. The modelling of the face is exceptional, as is the model cathedral he holds. The porch is scheduled for replacement by a fancy modern glass one, Hope they have something decent in mind to...

Try using Deepl instead of Google translate. I find it far superior

https://www.marcosheritage.com/wooden-chassis-history

How many now Phil?

Just the one for me. Salvaged it from the rail sheds opposite my house just before they were repurposed as a bowls centre. Been slowly mouldering away in a corner of my workshop for twenty odd years. Ashamed to say I assumed it was battery powered, and that the electics had long since rotted...

Just a wipe over with an oiled rag can be effective in putting on a film of oil

The processed sinew will keep for years if you keep it dry and away from pests. To use it, sort into bundles which you soak in cool water, then soak in hide or gelatine glue then apply in overlapping lengths to a surface you have already sized

I use bovine blackstrap (also called paddy whack in the UK) because I have to. It is phenomenally greasy. It takes a lot of effort to clean. Deer sinew is much less effort to process. You need to find a butcher who breaks down whole carcasses as blackstrap from a joint is too short. Silver...

So, I more or less perfected this into the bin. I wasn’t really happy with its shape at full draw and ended up with 41lb, then I sinewed it and re-tillered, ending up back at 41lb. Thing is performance improved by about 25percent for no increase in draw weight. One day I’ll put another couple...

Best thing I did last year. I’m in. My details haven’t changed but I’ll email as requested. Thanks for doing this Phil.

Sorry but this is boxwood, grain and bark is a bit different from the timber you have

sharpening is what you make it to be. I like a belt sander for grinding and an oil stone for honing gouges and chisels. I remove the in-canal burr with a soft wood scrap as it is less likely to put a negative bevel on the cutting edge than a stone,

Find a club rather than a course. I started carving with blunt carpenter gouges which I learned to reprofile and sharpen, then a 5 gouge palm gouge set, then a 20 gouge Sorby palm gouge set that was on offer. 40 years later I have used precisely half the gouges in each set, and I carve a fair...