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  1. Droogs

    How's this for a conspiracy theory ?

    State aggression against another is according to the UN a legally codified crime against humanity and as such all member states are both morally and dutifully bound to counter it. and to bring the offenders to account. Russia as a permanent member of the Security Council and a founding nation...
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    Tidy garage = less room due to auction win...

    use the wooddatabase
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    Scroll saw issues

    Have a good look at the arms, there may be a slight bend somewhere under the table, that once the top clamp is tensioning a blade is enough to cause the internal bearings to seize or bind on a bent pin etc really like the design btw, has a good throat
  4. Droogs

    Heavy duty bags to keep tools individually

    If you can't be bothered making any then have a look here
  5. Droogs

    Queen Elizabeth has passed away.

    You don't even know the half of it mate, try living at the bottom of leith walk and its been like that for 5 years because of the effing tram that no-one here wants. I moved back here after cycling from Marakesh to Aberdeen the long way round visiting all sorts of places in between via Egypt &...
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    Casting resin in aluminium?

    Have you thought about using wax candles for the inner which can be melted out or the metal spinners trick of creating the form in ice for complex shapes, which after spinning the metal plate, is then left to melt away
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    2022 Secret Santa

    By Scotsman James Grant lol
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    Anyone been to Iceland for a holiday?

    no, just for shopping. got what i needed so was OK A friend went for a glacier trek and to spend most of a weekend in a big hot puddle getting rather tipsy. He and his other half really enjoyed it with friendly people but found the food a bit hard to swallow in regards to the traditional...
  9. Droogs

    Animal glues

    I tend to use rabbit for bonding metal to wood such as inlays or small plates etc and cow for bonding wood or veneer.
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    Stain Medite MR MDF black

    yeah, just wipe on - leave for a couple of minutes and wipe off with some kitchen roll and then leave to fully dry and cure dont forget to do the holes too
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    Stain Medite MR MDF black

    If you can't get "Valcormat" then you would need to sand the surface with -320-400g and then use an alkaline type dye...
  12. Droogs

    Building a gate between two growing trees

    some dimensions would help. dist between trees, tree diameter etc and a couple of pics to help determine best course of action. But threaded rod anchors may be the way to go
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    What is the most chatoyant wood?

    That Spanish Cedar is like a bar or gold, truly beautiful effect The ABW also really highlights just how much silica is in it. Almost snowing as the light passes
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    The language is mutating (and always has done)

    The amount of communications via digital means has indeed increased exponentially but the vocabulary has definitely shrunk
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    Electric vehicles - again

    Yet again Jacob has no clue. The are quite a few EVs for around the UK price average of an ICE car the MG4 is 25 - 28K and has a range of ~220 - 280 miles. That is bang on the price average and will more than meet the needs for over 85% of UK drivers.
  16. Droogs

    What to seal the edge of a veneer door thats been cut?

    If it is external face then a skim of epoxy with edge banding of the same wood as the face of the door. Otherwise just iron on edge banding will do
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    Tesa or veneer tape advice

    The yellow Tesa is great but can be a pain if doing a lot of small parts in a small area. It is thicker and can build up to the point where it causes problems if using the window method. you need to make sure you don't go over 3 layers crossing over each other and give yourself probs. I use a 30...
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    For Swap Fresh felled Field Maple in the round. SPOKEN FOR.....

    damn, I only have spirits and blue doritos
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    The language is mutating (and always has done)

    When i was doing my linguistics degree I was amazed at the number of versions of english there are, many of which other english speakers would have difficulty in understanding when spoken. Yet they are all english. A sad fact I learned was that english has the largest lexicon of any langauge and...
  20. Droogs

    ID of veneer needed to restore this box please?

    capital crispin in london or the veneer hub If you have difficulty @Doris , then think about putting a contrast piece in instead such as pippy oak or rippled sycamore.
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