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Question 6 What is this and how is it used?

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Question 1 What is this and how is it used?

I have been very kindly given a set of tools by a member of the forum. They are from his late father, but contain some items that I don’t recognise. So I thought you might like a quiz to demonstrate your tool knowledge prowess. There are two marks per question. One for what it is and a second...

Thanks Craig, Looks like a really useful set of tools. Thanks Mark

I am only a hobby woodworker. It gets used at weekends and not every weekend. It seems a very solid bit of kit, but I am not using it day in day out.

I started with a Parkside belt sander from Lidl which lasted a couple of years till flames eventually came out of it! I replaced it with one of these...

I have no experience of fibreglass rooves but I know my brother in law had lots of problems with his that was installed by a builder. Last weekend I replaced my parent in laws porch roof as the felt was leaking. I replaced it with an EDPM roof from rubber4roofs. I watched their videos and...

Fascinating thread. Can I ask what sort of glue you are using, and how you are applying it? Thanks Mark

Isn’t that a bit dangerous in the workshop! Whatever would the H&S inspector say?

Thanks Sammy, I am not sure I have enough for a sheet, but perhaps I could cut out some circles of wood and stick some on both sides to make some bench dog cookies like these Bench dog cookies

I have just spent the last two days replacing a flat roof for my in laws. It is the first time I have used EDPM, but it seemed to go pretty well. I now have several long thin strips of EDPM. I was wondering what your best suggestions were for their use round the workshop. I had wondered about...

Thanks BillW I’ll give that a go. Mark

Can I ask a related question? I recently acquired a Record 50 with a metal handle and the beading blades. I am happy sharpening the straight blades but can anyone offer advice on how to sharpen the beading blades? Thanks, Mark

And now for something completely different... Not the finest of woodworking, but what the chief bee keeper ordered. A honey tipper to allow the honey once it has been extracted into the bucket to be decanted into jars with as few air bubbles as possible. The legs are detachable for storage...

Following the advice I have managed to put a small fence on the shooting board and having played with the lateral adjustment lever it now seems to shoot square which is great. Thanks for all the help and advice.

I’ll consult the head gardener and see what her views are on that suggestion :). It would save money and work for me.