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Looks nice. Is that based on the method shown in Peter Thorne's book, "Secrets of Ships in Bottles"? I made a couple of these using that book in my teens when my eyes were younger and fingers smaller!

Hi Ian - welcome to the forum, and thanks for such an informative first post. The links in your text have been caught by our SPAM trap, which will disappear after you've made a few posts.

Your wish etc! :) Yes - I know the cross bracing is going in the wrong direction on the bottom door, but I didn't realise until it was too late, and having secretly nailed the t&g to the frame and cross brace I didn't feel inclined to muck it up further. I don't think it's going to move...

This Wagner L607 may be of interest to someone. Nothing to do with me - I just happened to spot it. I bought one on Ebay about a year ago for under £30 - cost new was nearer £300! The L607 isn't suitable for rough sawn timber, but I phoned Wagner in the US and their technical dept...

Thanks for all your kind comments. Yeh - but you would have built an airship hanger for the same price as I paid! :D No electrics, but I could easily run an extension cable up the garden. The main aim was to clear the double garage of mowers, barbecues, etc so that I can use it as my...

We've been needing a shed for some time, and the brief I got from my client (SWMBO) was that it needed to be large enough for all the garden equipment and that she didn't want to have to look at it from the kitchen window. Given that this looks over the back garden, and that I wasn't going to...

A man gets home, runs into his house, slams the door and shouts, "Honey, I just won the lottery! Pack your bags!" The wife says, "Great! What should I pack for? The ocean or the mountains?" He says, "I don't care! Just be out by the end of the week!"

Sorry grinding One - "I was just obeying orders" has never been an excuse. The Allies didn't accept it from the Germans and Japs at Nuremburg, and it was clear that the court in the Calley case didn't accept it either because he was convicted. The point that I am making is that in both the...

The US is in no position to plead that convicted mass murderers should die in prison. Have a google for "My Lai massacre". This being a family site I won't go into detail about the atrocities committed by Lt William Calley, but nuff said to say that he was responsible for leading a platoon in...

I usually use bidnipwhich allows you to amend or cancel a maximum bid any time up to 3 mins before the end of the auction.

Great piece of work Alan. And I bet you really enjoyed the project! :)

Hope it works well for you lurker. My SWMBO is a difficult customer to please, but she rated it well. If you can get a corner room, they are quite large, especially for a capital city. We went to the "Pain Quotidien" just around the corner for breakfast. Fresh bread and Croissants baked on...

He's called it off! http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/motorsp ... 186319.stm

I agree that the recommendations need interpretation. There will always be someone to relate a bad experience, and of course there are the family/friends/coersed staff who will praise it to the gills. I find the best way to use it is to read the best and worst reviews - often if someone has...

We stayed at the Villa Mazarin a couple of years ago. Its very close to Notre Dame and all the main sights are walkable or an easy metro ride away. Hotel was quiet, and rooms well appointed. No restaurant, even for breakfast, but we went to a lovely little place around the corner so that really...

Thanks gormoth, and welcome to the site. The spamulator has trashed the link you posted but that will clear after you've made a few posts. Here's the link http://www.gr8spares.co.uk/index.php?_a ... t&catId=31

Chris - this may appear to be a flippant answer, but it isn't meant to be! Given that you have a 2 year landscaping job to do, why not buy the right trailer for the job, regardless of price within reason, then sell in 2 years time and get something which is suitable for the long term lighter...

Sorry for delay in responding - been walking in the Welsh Borders! Certainly by leaving it 6 months the rawness of the new decking has weathered off, but I think the greatest improvement has come from applying 2 coats of decking oil. I didn't apply it immediately after building it because...

A couple of coats of decking oil, a few troughs cobbled together from some left over lengths of decking, and a bit of planting by SWMBO and the job's complete.

Another of my favourite threads. Are you using a special blade on your TS for this hollowing out method Martin, or just your standard one?