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just to add I have enough trouble standing up after neeling.... let alone sit crossed leggedall day..... are we missing something.... just to add I often watch thos e kinds vids and it's suprising everything is done on the floor.... I watched a couple of guy's rebuilding an Hydraulic cylinder...

adam w is quite right..... when I went to live in France, in the recent past there had been a severe hurricane.... even after 20 years u could see that all the tops of the pines were all cut at the same height.... anyway.... my good french freind warned me about cutting Oaks n H/Chestnuts as...

it's a long shot but I'm sure if u look on leboncoin.fr u may find tooling and parts.... Dont we have a few members over there..... I'd have helped but long gone from FR...

so sorry... over the years lost a good number ....it's never easy or get easier.... when our last B/C went we introduced his body to the others in the pack..... many tears by the group sadness.....but it def helped them come to terms.... In the past they never knew what happened....they just...

pls watch this.....good towards the end.... I'd be happy to buy em.....

we have a holiday rental and machines get broken/trashed all the time.... we always have a spare new or repaired /as new clothes washing machine..... here a call out is around €80 euro's now so I work on if it;s a simple fix I'll do it.... parts are not cheap anymore, if u can get em...

fleabit104, ur bench is very nice but when I was young the skilled blokes said it's when u make ur 3rd bench do u get it right...

scholar, the photo of the ur bearing prooves they have spun in the housing, ur lucky u cought it early... c3 bearing is the modern name but in the old days they were know as three spot or dot bearings.... they were made loose, that means the balls n carriers were just slightly looser fit.... as...

when I lived in France the only walk behind strimmer I could buy new was a Husqvarner very pretty with plastic covers but still had a rubbish modern Briggs N stratton )now the chinese own the brand and are good) just over €900's.........no thank u....... so made this from junk in a morning...

if ur worried about the fit of the bearing in the frame Locktite make a product just for that.... there are several grades... if they slide in with no rock or lift, that product will do just fine..... there is a time limit on the product so dont use it then go for tea....lol.... please DONT use...

for spraying even small stuff u'll need a second add on tank.... but remeber it'll take longer to fill to pressure... unless u need to carry it up stairs get a bigger jobby on wheels.... 100ltr tank is a good strarting size if u have the room.... I often use nailers but have a long hose out of...

can I say smart living / drying room.....? we gave up and have tiled floors.... 3 dirty Border Collies n 5 cats.... Just needs an industrial vac and power washing..... only our bedrooms remain smart coz animals are not allowed upstairs....hahaha..... love ur work mate....

here u go....this will help.... homeshop.org a UK website for sale's n purchases of that kinda thing.... or model engineering forum.....they will certainly know....

or u could buy this....from Axminster....they do post... there's prob better stuff out there.....think Poland or Germany... ANSELL FORGED ALL-STEEL WOOD CHISEL - 50MM 952810 €‌39.00

Danny, the start price is a 1'000 euro's....hahaha...... there is an awful lot of old tools here....but no tools shops specializing..... most of this stuff just gets passed down the generations... the only tools I've seen that's worth having is the EX Pats that pass on...shame.... just around...

found these locally.....

we had a 2 acre garden/orchard at our old house...not quite a lawn but it did look nice... used to cut it every week when up for sale.... had normal big ride-on's...... but then bought one of these....it wizzes around the tree's.......... wern't cheap but oh so quick....still got it but no lawns...

u can still buy it here in metal tins.... living in the sticks I have to dye my wife's hair.... can I say that....lol....does anybody else perform this service to her indoors.....?. anyway... the hair products come in little squirt bottles with screwlids/caps... I have them full of different oil...

double up on the joists...that picky of a base will have a wobbly floor.... if u can/afford and depending on flooring type 18" is max spacing for the joists.... also use blocking beams between joist for added strength... 1 blocker per meter of joist length....of course off-set slightly for...

suppose I'm lucky as I have double sets of combination, ring and open ended spannes up to 36mm.....including the equiv in American and the notorius BSW/BSF..... plus many triples n quads etc of the same common sizes..... but still could not do without my Bacho's.... for those that want good...