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Custard, fair play to your MP. Him being a Tory and me finding Jeremy Corbyn a bit too right wing I doubt we'd agree on much politically, but I totally respect someone who actually represents their constituents concerns, especially a case like this where less scrupulous politicians could accuse...

I recently tried a tip from Derek Cohen of using blue masking tape for the transfer from the tail board to the pin board, highly recommend it. Here's Derek's website with him demonstrating it on some half blinds http://www.inthewoodshop.com/Furniture/ ... eTape.html

You can only claim back VAT if you are VAT registered. When you are VAT registered you have to charge 20% VAT on all sales and pay this to the VAT man every 3 months and reclaim the VAT you have payed on business expenses. If your turnover is above £83,000 then it is compulsory to register for...

They definitely need eyes, how are they going to see without them?

Kris the Handyman, just a couple of extra points, the reason you should always use brass machine screws rather than steel or stainless is that down the line someone will probably have to remove them, and decades in a marine environment can often make them difficult to remove and they can snap...

I run a dry dock on the river Lea mostly working on canal boats. I'm not quite sure what you mean by fixings, if I'm joining wood to steel (as I often am) I tap threads and use brass machine screws, for joinery I use joints and glue (PVA inside, West Systems outside), to attach things to wooden...

I remembered it because it really irked me at the time. As a proffesoonal myself I find pricing to be by far the hardest thing in my job to get right. Indeed I often refuse to give fixed price, just giving an estimate and then charging for my time, as I'm in a niche market (boat repair and fit...

That's weird, I didn't think "proffesoonals" discussed pricing "If you are building these for a client then you shouldn't be asking how to price things up" -Cornish joinery March 2017

Interesting, I would have thought fire would be worse.

You could do a lot worse than follow Paul Sellers you tube series. Here's episode 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9W9xQS-EdQ&t=1904s

How out of square is it, and does it matter?

Cheshirechappie, you may find this video interesting https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBF6F4Bi6Sg&t=42s . It discusses all your climate change "sceptic" talking points and other popular ones.

Every time I open the dry dock gate at work to let a boat in I have to fish out the plastic bags and plastic bottles that float in. The bottles make a hell of a racket if they get to the pump impeller and the pump needs emptying and clearing. Also ALL our rivers are infected with micro plastics...

Whilst DW can sometimes chat sh.. I would encourage you to check out the posts where he shows the planes he makes. Now I have never seen/used one in the flesh but they look pretty damn fine to me.

I recently read a post by Dereck Cohen in the hand tools section where he suggested using blue masking tape for the transfer of dovetail positions. Basically having cut the pins you put blue tape on the end grain and cut with a knife during transfer, then you peel away the tape in the waste. I...

Do not throw it in the bin, it looks amazing. Have you considered just not worrying about the raised grain?

I had about 35 mins and was only doing the short sides of the aprons, it was three pieces per side (the longer side was already done the night before). I really do know about getting ready, I was just being slap dash as it is a bench for the workshop made of 4x2 that will get covered in oil...

ow Glue-ups are loads harder. It's funny that it doesn't get discussed much here. There are endless conversations about planning and cutting joints, things that I rarely have any issue with, but I hardly ever glue anything together without stress. Today I glued up a new workbench for engine...

Chris (BM101), the oils spill is at Tottenham, according to the CRT operations manager they estimate 30,000 litres!!! Main suspects are Redcorn car breakers and the bus garage, but nobody knows for sure. None of it has come this far North but they have shut the locks at Tottenham and...