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    Petrol Lawnmowers - new vs old

    beware there are 2 sizes of primer bulbs....cost of 10 from China equals 1 from the dealer..... my home made wheeled strimmer.......was looking for a new one but the only type was Huskvarner at just over €900 in France... so made my own..... 40 year old 4HP Honda engine.....tool bag was a seat...
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    What kind of woodworker are you?

    Jacob u never retire.........always something to fix.......
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    Weather....

    weather this morn....10am x 18C...no snow on the mountains yet....
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    Weather....

    XTiffy all military US helicopters are named after Indian tribes....... heard that they r not to happy about it now... Blackhawk, Apache, Huey - "Iroquios"... to name a few.....
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    What kind of woodworker are you?

    my fav old lady client refered to me as "Frank'll fix it"..... never needed to advertise, u get passed around like and old book..... Plenty of tea n cake.....happy days... gold-bantam.... quite like shaker style.....v nice.... as soon as my shop is built promised myself to make a Maloof rocking...
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    Weather....

    thought those characters only shopped in wall mart.......hahaha..... I moved south to avoid most of the UK's weather unplesant excesses.... 20C today, no heating needed tonight or for the nex 3 days..... wish u all a great holiday....
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    Tarting Up Ceiling Beams

    ur photo's stayed blank for me........ we had a 17th century water mill in France and the treatment there was a wax polish like shoe wax... U put it on the same as for shoes and buff it of with a clean brush... it's available in diff colours so we used a darker one to raise the faded colour...
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    Let's discuss furniture design and fine work

    Derek the only problem with deck chairs is getting out of them.... I have a really comfy plush leather arm chair, swivel. tilts etc..... BUT had to put 4inch riser blocks to get out of it.... as for te reitveld stuff.... looks to me its what u'd get if u asked a bunch of 10 year olds to make...
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    Delta 14" bandsaw

    stil looking for one like this.....
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    Hand planing hardwood - bad idea?

    Useing electricity and noise is the fastest way to flaten a board.....
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    Laguna Fusion 3 buying advice

    Boldor motor.....?
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    if you could....

    J.....only if it made u feel better......hahaha........
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    A trip to a toolshop

    never been back to Machine Mart since I bought one of their bandsaw blades in desperation..... I wont go to AXI either if buying bigger machines....
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    Gout 😥

    MIL had two brain stents to save her life but she was a cabbage with full on dementia....... My wife asked the surgon WHY, he said he didn't know her prev condition was so bad...... she lasted 2 years with home help even after the doc refused all meds...... she died because she lost the swollow...
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    Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

    Amateur, a good friend in the butchery dept, local hospital....says..... apart from relaxing if u can about this is to get fit.....JUST A LITTLE..... the fitter u are when u go in the better u come out..... also please note that there are side effects to blood thiners....some may suit u but...
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    Weather....

    14C here yesterday..... sweat shirt, fleece and a fleece sleeveless jacket, hat n gloves....n I never wear a hat..... strimming/weed wacker in the field margins.... B freezing.... had the heating on for a week now..... roll on spring......hahaha... 19C and sunny for the big day here.......prob...
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    Flip top mitre saw work bench. Looking for tips and ideas. TIA

    Rob just noticed the floor covering.....comfy but it will drive u nuts...... worth the effort to use a decent vynal/lino type .... still not so bad if u drop sharp tools but a site easyier to sweep up....... have u any idea how much shavings u'll make even if u have decent dust collection...
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    if you could....

    as expected, quite a varied few........ Only found Feynman later in life but still an inspiration......
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    Planer Thicknesser - Griggio FS530

    Matt, often the chains are loose anyway...... when u say loose do u mean hanging of or a little slack....... very few machines have enough room for the idler to take up all the slack..... often the chains are not split, no split link, so u need a little slack to get em on the sprockets..... the...
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    Let's discuss furniture design and fine work

    Derek Cohen, where did u find the time.....? simply marvelous..... terrific woods..... I'd be happy to own any one of those, esp the drawer unit, n the woven single chair.... Have a good holiday.....
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