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What about making a chair-shaped toolbox which you can use at a table when you're in the house, and carry out to the shed when you want to be there!???!!! That way you won't have to hi-jack some cupboards (which in my experience is costly, family-wise).

I will ask the Trend folk who might know about the Elu 97 (or was it a 96?). I doubt anyone sells those small Elus because they are still popular. Wood-wise in the shed I think it will be best just to use British wood, and go to local sawmills!!! Nick

The FSC is really interesting. We should applaud the use of FSC timber and paper. However it was set up to give tropical countries the opportunity to prove that their timber is sustainably managed. Unfortunately it has North American, Scandanavian and Eastern European countries that have huge...

I agree, Ironballs on all your points. The Forestry Commission sent round a press release today about new infections to Lawson cypress in Scotland. I suspect we all underestimate the possible consequences. I'm not trying to be particularly strident, rather the opposite. I think there are so...

Don't know. I'll see if I can find out. So what's the difference between a Bosch product made here and one that is designed and owned by a British company but manufactured overseas? Let's have 1000 words by tomorrow morning, Stiggy.

Good call. I'll ask. I rather like the potential for this story. It could raise all sorts of twists. I'm pretty open-minded about where things are made, but I do like the idea of countries retaining their skill base.

Could be, but I was thinking of a slightly more modern model, with the threaded body for rise and fall. I suspect they were made in the USA. Thanks anyway. I was once taken around the Hitachi factory outside Dublin, but that may not count for a number of reasons! It was the only time I've been...

An oil-filled electric radiator is usually declared the best for woodworking sheds. As I've just put a load of old British hand tools into my 8x6ft shed, I think I need to be buying one now before it warms up! I'm keeping my limited edition Clifton No.51/2 in the kitchen at the moment! Cheers Nick

I am trying to equip our tiny British Woodworking shed only with products made in Britain. This means a Coronet Imp bandsaw and a host of hand tools from Sheffield and beyond. However I was wondering if the early Stanley routers (without plunge), were made in Britain. Does anyone know? If that's...

This is how timber framers do it. I have a photo of an offset punch for producing huge timber frames and will try to find it. Nick

Entirely my fault. Apologies to everyone. In a senior moment I thought I'd come up with something very clever and didn't think it through. Many apologies to John Lloyd, it wasn't his idea, I just added it at the last minute without giving it enough thought. Someone said this is an example of...

I've never had a problem, but a) I may be on a special freelist and b) I've no idea when the publication date is! Hope no one's had too many problems with our subs service. If you have, apologies, and do please tell me.

Not sure if there's been a thread on this before, but what does anyone think about the new-style Popular Woodworking, combining the old mag with Woodworking? Mine arrived at the weekend. Cheers Nick

Sorry. I'll stop. Nick

Fair point, well put. I'll bear it in mind. Thanks. Nick

It does matter. You're either willing to stand up for what you believe in or you're not. I happen to have had to fight so hard to get my mags where they are now (and there's lots more to do) that I'm not prepared to bow to petty comments. Negativity is too easy. But we'll probably meet one day...

I know that, Jake, and I didn't do it lightly. I've never broken the confidentiality of a PM before, and though I know that I have possibly jeopardised the privacy of any PM I now send, sometimes one has to be willing to break the rules. I decided that your unwillingness to accept my olive...

Tough. I detest anonymity.

I'm not a vindictive man generally. I thought sending a free copy of British Woodworking to Jake might be seen as a hand of friendship. He has refused to accept my offer, not once but three times. Strange. See some of you, I hope, at Rycotewood. That's not spam, just a friendly greeting. Good...

Oh, and I forgot to mention, my vision is for something British, not American. Nick