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They'll clean up no problem, Marples are pretty decent, price'd need to be right though, there's a few in that set you'll very rarely find a use for.

Don't suppose you can remember the name of a strange series on kids BBC tv in the early 80s where all I can remember is an imp keeping someone trapped in a world of snow and ice? I think it was a foreign language series dubbed into English

YES! That's the one; sorted, thank you!

Late afternoon Christmas tv, family film? Same sort of scare factor as Dr Who or Jason and the Argonauts, me watching from behind settee...

I've been trying to remember the name of a film I watched back in the late '70s or early 80s which I only remember as being scary (I was about 10). All I can tell you is the baddy was a witch who enchanted a princess (?) to also be a witch and that a mirror showed her true image, the spell was...

Or a nest of boxes, once you have sliced off the sides, base lid, you could have a 2x2 and make another....

That is beautifil work

If it is networked it is vulnerable to determined attack. End of.

How did he do it in 3 days? I needed 3 coats of paint stripper, hours of (cold) scraping of 100 year old varnish that heat only turned to glue, minor filling, moderate sanding, touching up white dents and nail holes with acrylic, 3 coats of wax and 2 of white gloss on all surrounding woodwork...

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You need a v-tool, a shallow gouge (number 2 or 3) and a deep gouge (number 8). Buy them off somewhere like The Tool Box in Colyton. Buy pre 1940 tools, you can see the octagonal tangs (drop forged) not round tangs (pressed bar). The old tools were from carbon steel of the correct grade for...

Nope, willow is not a commercial timber, I'd settle for black poplar as they're both salicaceae, but that also is not really a commercial timber either. A pop has come down near me but its not a straight forward salvage so before I cut it (I have permission) I'll make one final round of...

Fair nuff, never heard of em before now but then they're 70 miles and on the other side of the Channel. Thats the Bristol Channel.. Will give them a bell, none of my usual suppliers stock willow or black poplar

Yes, BUT, any water based primer will raise the grain where you have sanded the model. I always damp down a carving with a wet cloth or flash it under a running tap then, after it is dry, use a scraper to remove the raised fibres. I seal with diluted pva for acrylic

No no no you made me look up kumiko, all my life I lived in blissful ignorance , now you have infected me with kumiko fever, already I feel its siren call, the fever, nooooooo

Thank you for the offer, its much appreciated! The plan is to wire string this and the strings put an average of about 15 pounds of tension each through the harp, so, less than urban myths will tell you but still a lot. I've never built one but no-one has mentioned the tuning pins getting chewed...

I use sawdust and pva, which very rarely matches the surrounding wood, so I tint the filler with acrylic, usually burnt umber. If you go darker than the wood it looks more natural than going too light. Water based finishes go just fine over these.

I find hand filing quite therapeutic but 6 months of filing is a bit too much therapy. Haven't got an angry grinder but I do have a power file and a bench grinder, they should really speed things along . Any recommendations for a supplier of brass bar and sheet

It'd be a dip in and out task, do a bit every now and then, maybe look to do one or two a week