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    Latest modern kitchen

    Or a couple of chickens !
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    Latest modern kitchen

    They would look a lot better with a Crystal-Clear-Epoxy-Resin FLAT SURFACE to make the floor more hygenic.
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    Sash window - a bit lost

    When I worked as a Salesman for a double-glazing manufacturer, the foreman in the workshop told me that "You should always use a glass-cutter Very-Quickly - Because the High-Pitched Sound that it makes will increase the penetration of the fracture. - That wil make the final break much easier &...
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    Plywood Choice

    I've had an 8 x 4 sheet of Phenolic-Covered Ply - ( designed to be used as horse-box-flooring) vertically-stored outdoors for 5 years and it is beginning to de-laminate.
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    Who else thinks this?

    I aggree. - If the people who love competetive exercise used their energy on Any Constructive Pursuit, such as building adventure playgrounds or improving access arrangements for the disabled, the world would be a much better place. The main reason for all of the (excess) interest in sport, as...
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    Have I overdone the secondary bevel on this chisel?

    AND time spent at the Oilstone or Diamond-Plate....!
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    Bleached oak.

    Not at all sure - but an Antique Restorer friend "lightens" all timbers with OXALIC ACID. Oxalic Acid Crystals PURE GRADE Chemical Powder ALL SIZES including 1KG | eBay ( N. B. !!! - Add Crystals to Water - NOT WATER TO CRYSTALS ! ) - Then paint it on Outdoors & watch it until the timber...
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    Buying a Tracksaw

    I've been searching for Guide-Rail-Clamps which could be used for Any type of Rail. I use TRITON & KREG currently, but I want to leave my options open, if I can. As Cost is important to me, I've opted for = Mafell / Bosch / Etc Track Saw guide rail clamp feet to fit various clamps | eBay These...
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    Are there any golden rules for making solid and stable tables?

    Especially After a good meal, with wine, & music, and especially delightful company.....if you follow my train of thought !
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    Are there any golden rules for making solid and stable tables?

    First Golden Rule = "DON'T MAKE BOOMERANGS" = If you are ever going to make Anything for some-one else; make extra-sure that it is well designed & superbly executed - so that there is no possibility of it being returned to be repaired or replaced AT YOUR EXPENSE !! - If your client asks you to...
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    Fed up sharpening pencils

    I Love mine too;- even though it did cost £12.99 & 40 Replacement 2H - 0.5mm Leads cost £4.14 ( Including VAT & Shippng.) - They Never Get Lost when you ALWAYS put the PAINFULLY-EXPENSIVE pencil Back In Your Pocket after use !
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    Joke thread

    But the young ones look better !
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    Stanley 13-050 User Guide/Manual

    Some people get all the jam !
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    Replacement firepit bowl?

    https://www.blackcountrymetalworks.co.uk/kadai-fire-bowl-grill-70cm-grill-only.htm
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    Did you see the report that boilers sales are to stop 2025

    The biggest cost in building a house is consumed by the (inflated) price of the land. - If less of our "precious" land was reserved for grouse-moors and national-trust parkland there would be plenty of space for Every-one to build their own home. - It's always the (obscenely) wealthy trying to...
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    Edwardian moldings repro sources?

    If you are completely unable to match it Correctly; you could remove the original and Use & replace it with an Edwardian Architrave from :- https://www.periodmouldings.co.uk/c/architraves/edwardian-architraves/
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    My chiselling accident...

    " You NEED a Workbench " - If you make a good one; your woodwork will improve... https://www.axminstertools.com/benches-vices-storage/benches If you Make Your Own - You Will Have Greater Choices.... If you are short of space, you could make one which can double as a kitchen table ! Spend Time &...
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    electric scooters

    I bought one with a 250 watt motor.....It is Seriously Underpowered...Won't climb anything more than a slight slope...Hills are Completely Out of the question. The DVLA are Definitely Against ant e-anything with more than a 250 watt motor....Because of the Hills problem with the scooter I spent...
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    New scam - Humber bridge unpaid toll

    DEFINITELY = Reporting fraud and cyber crime | Action Fraud
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    Workbench design

    Is that so that any foolish visitor can gossip about your "very fine collection" of powertools in the pub; for alcoholic evesdroppers to think of them as a possible funding source for their habit ? - In wartime careless talk costs lives...In peacetime, it frequently costs livelihoods....!
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