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I hadn't even thought of that. I'll ask the architect who designed the flat. Mind you I can't see much of a problem with solid wood doors. I'm thinking of using ash because I like the look of it and I like its solidity. Is that an OK wood for a door?.

That post is proof that I needed to ask the question. I've never even heard of a door liner - although I now guess it's the wood that's in direct contact with the wall. My current, inexpert plan of action is this: remove the existing door and everything associated with it thus leaving a...

Thanks for the quick reply, Andy. It's a modern flat (1994) and so the brickwork will be those pale grey breeze blocky type things. I've got to zoom off out now but will be back tomorrow with some measurements. In the meantime: we're talking internal walls of which a cursory glance indicates...

Hello All, there are a couple of doors in my flat made from man made materials which I'd like to replace one day with wooden doors I've made myself. There seems to be plenty of information around about making doors but not too much on putting a frame into the gap to take the door. Can anybody...

I would imagine that few if any of the internet gurus have had formal training in giving presentations and so, being "undisciplined" they can indulge their evangelical instincts, go off topic, become unfocussed etc. The shining exception to this IMO is Peter Parfitt whose presentations are...

I wonder if the lack of side dimples is simply an oversight and that it might be added some time in the future?

This is sad news for all the reasons already mentioned. On a personal note, I'm hacked off because I'd decided to use the money from my change tin, once it was full, to buy a set of Clico augur bits complete with tool roll and now I've missed the bus (it's a big tin and takes about 18 months to...

A while ago I bought one of these letter and number stamping tools: http://www.fine-tools.com/schlagstempel.html because I thought it would be nice, having made something for somebody, to stamp their initials and the year on it. The tool worked well although the bit holder causes the bit to...

That seems pretty conclusive for which thanks. As I said, I've only got the one board with the heart in it (I had followed advice and cut it out of all the others). So just for experimental purposes I'll plane this remaining one, maybe try to make something simple with it and see what happens.

Thanks for the replies, gentlemen. Jacob, a couple of the pics in the link you provided show a central plank cut with the middle of the tree in its centre. I take that as implying that such a piece is indeed usable. Therefore I will plane my rough sawn piece flat, keep an eye on it and report...

I've been told that if a board straddles the middle of the tree i.e. a look at the narrow edge of the board reveals a cross section of completely circular growth rings, then you have to saw the middle out which leaves you with two narrower boards from either side. This is apparently because a...

I love the transformation, expecially of the gauge. I reckon you've achieved your objectives exactly as you wanted to.

I had to laugh when I opened the thread and saw the phots: I'd just been fiddling about with and cursing a couple of large, hard backed files (as in filing documents) which are sods to store due to their wedge shape. So I thought, "What a happy coincidence. AndyT has obviously come up with...

I think it's easy for the experienced and thus skilled to forget what it is like to be a beginner. I ordered my Maguire workbench about 6 months into my woodworking career, having become frustrated at chasing a workmate 1 1/2 miles around the room every time I used a plane bigger than a block...

I've started filing one of those screwdrivers that are made for taking planes apart so that I can use it for split nuts on my saws. Everything's going fine except my widest needle file is a bit too narrow at around 3 mm. It looks like I need a 4 mm diameter file to finish the job off but my...

I got an Maguire Artisan workbench over a year ago (due to an unexpected excess of funds) and it is simply tip top. It's the definition of down to earth no nonsense quality made to the highest standards and there's no higher praise which I can give than that.

Er ... you're not going to like this but it's "droll". :D

I'm surprised that he took on no apprentice, having worked so hard to build up a body of skills to take plane making to his level. It's not as if the notion of passing the torch to an acolyte who has met the master's standards is a new one and then the name can justifiably be carried on...

Yes, you are of course quite right. I'm aiming my remarks essentially at the scandalous nature of art world hype, the rotten foundation of which to me seems to be a widespread inability on the part of many of its participants to even confidently state what they think art is. And in terms of...

I agree with that. In my opinion the whole thing can be demystified if we start by making a distinction between art and craft. If you were to ask most people in most trades to define their trade they would probably come up pretty quickly with a no nonsense, straightforward answer. Ask anybody...