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  1. Droogs

    Most Useful Discovery for Online Woodworkers EVER EVER EVER

    @Adam W. The sum of my Dansk fem Øl tak hvor kommer du fra hvad heder du hvor gammel er du du er smuk Learned in my late teens when stationed at Karup all a young lad need know ;)
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    Greetings from Brittany

    Hi Brittany, really love your songs
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    I'm an old git but ready to learn

    Sorry to heart about your misfortune, hope you recover quickly. The forum has a list of wood yards here, you should be able to find one that can get what you want. You want figurative hardwood to make interesting looking boxes. Look up threads by Alexm on the forum who was a prolific BS box...
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    Anyone know anything about tortoises?

    All I know is that it took over 40 years before London Zoo got its hands on a live specimen as the crews of the RN ships bringing them back from the Galapagos Islands kept eating them. Apparently according to Capt Cook they made the most delicious stew he'd ever eaten and it seems the crew agreed
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    If any one is interested

    or xmas 2021 stock finaly arrived lol
  6. Droogs

    Most Useful Discovery for Online Woodworkers EVER EVER EVER

    Ohh X³ & Y² is useful too @MikeK by enlightened you mean "should be burned at the stake"? Today's turning into a good day :)
  7. Droogs

    Most Useful Discovery for Online Woodworkers EVER EVER EVER

    If you have a number pad on your keyboard, you can insert the degree symbol by just pressing the left ALT key and the numbers 0176 sequentially ° Woohoooo🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺🕺
  8. Droogs

    Storing Water Stones between sharpening sessions

    I leave mine in a tub of water and never have had a problem, including the stones being in the tub for the duration of the lock down
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Is it just lockstiche or can you do chain stiche too
  10. Droogs

    Such a nice day outside

    Rolling thunder for the last 40 mins and as I type the downpour has started. Dog is growling at the window, not sure if it is the storm or the fact that next doors cat just got back from it's holiday 10 minutes ago and was lying in the dogs outside bed. buggered off now the rain is on
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    Hello everyone

    Hi and welcome
  12. Droogs

    Proper Default Frog Position

    I was taught frog position is entirely dependent on what iron is in the plane. The principle of where/how/why the frog should sit never changes just its position. If using traditional tapered irons then the frog will be slightly forward of where it would sit for modern thicker flat irons. This...
  13. Droogs

    "Well, I woke up this mornin'..."

    @stuart little just think how much you can now blow in Sketchers :unsure::LOL:
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    Axminster Rider planes (Factory seconds) on sale

    I have a #90 & a #92, after giving the back of the irons a flat and the frog of the bodies they have been fine over the last 7 years. In fact I often find myself grabbing the #92 rather than one of my woodie rebates most of the time
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Is that 1 of those little Chinese cobbler machines that pop up on the tube for around £100? Is it any good?
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    "Well, I woke up this mornin'..."

    Credit scores are nothing to do with your ability to pay but how reliably the commercial loansharks can squeeze as much as possible out of you and you bending over an taking it
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    Hacks to help cope with the heat

    No you book a room at that hotel and walk naked from yours an hour early carrying your suite in a bag. Get there and have a shower and get ready and don't worry about getting home as it will be dark and only 36c
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    Hacks to help cope with the heat

    sit in a cold bath eating chocolate icecream
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    Filling grain and holes in burl veneers

    For the areas of dark spots mix some instant coffee in epoxy and apply using either a syringe or a sharp pointy thing For lighter spots then sprinkle a bit of sawdust of that wood into the hole and fill with the runniest CA you can get then when all are set and cured (a few days with this...
  20. Droogs

    How to attach drawer fronts?

    Have a quick watch I haave those sort of days too
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