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Richard, sorry to see you go. All the very best. Is it a new tree or hydrant? Phil :( :(

Charley is the owner and the host! But when it becomes an open forum like this, one would expect some controvesy and disagreement, AS LONG AS ONE DOES NOT BECOME PERSONAL, you can say anything as long as the language can be understood ........ i could express this better in my own language. :D

Agree with you. Any company, even if they sponsor, advertise etc. etc. should be open to criticism, as long as there is a VALID case. Edit/sensor for bad langauge (cant teach anything new to most of us in any case!) Any good forum will have some conflict, as long as NO ONE gets personal. :D :D

Just got a pressy from friend in US of A. "The Best Jigs & Fixtures for your workshop" by Popular Woodworking Books. some very nice ideas. :D :D

Thanks Steve. Will mount the one like that. Other has to go to far away son and thought chain, screws etc. might be better. Phil :D :D

Tony, NEAT idea! :D :D

Just getting back to an unfinished project. I need to make and fit the hanging bits for the mirrors that I made. Will use some light weight chain. Mirror weighs about 5 kg’s. What would be used on the wood side. Brackets, screws etc.? I have space as follows:- 30mm wide by 20mm thick. Any...

Where do you put the cooler box? 8)

Enjoy it you guys! Have a great one! (it was -2c at home yesterday, BUT only few more weeks, then ......) 8) 8) 8)

Alzheimer’s Test- Count the “F’s” in the following text: FINISHED FILES ARE THE RE- SULT OF YEARS OF SCIENTIF- IC STUDY COMBINED WITH THE EXPERIENCE OF YEARS...(see below) Managed it? Scroll down only after you have counted them, okay? How many did you get? How many? 3...

A man starts work at a zoo. The first day he's given three tasks. The first one is to clean out the fish pond. He starts cleaning away all the weed with a rake when all of a sudden two big fish jump out of the water at him. He swings round and hits them both with the rake killing them . Oh hell...

Hmmmm, enough to make one envious! we started the day off at -2C and should get to 12C. workshop is like fridge, although i am out of action for 6 weeks. had left thumb re-alligned. it is now in permanent thumbs-up position! :D

I am making a knock down bookcase for the youngest heir. Simple construction, fits together with pegs, no screws etc. Needed grooves for the shelves. Made a jig and then routed it out with a top bearing pattern bit. This is the first time in 6 years that I have done freehand plunge routing...

Uploadit was the only one that i gave that address, and the spam started right after that, could only therefore deduct it was them. :(

What about a radio and some speakers? Where will the beer be kept?. Some good bench lighting. LOTS of electical outlets. Carpet - no. Used to have a small piece, threw it out. Now just have some old conveyor rubber strips. A nice high bar stool with no back rest? Wood offcut bin, "sinbin"...

I signed up for Uploadit.org and inadvertently gave my “personal” e-mail address and not the usual HotMail one that I use for all my electronic newsletters etc. Has anyone else had this experience? :cry: :cry:

I have just completed two white oak mirror frames for my kids. Size 910mm x 670mm For the finishing I did following after the T&P:- Orbital sander with 180 grit. Assembled using biscuits. Hand sand with 240 sand paper. Scrape with scraper and Stanley knife blades. Slow, but what a finish! Rub...

I read an article “somewhere” on fuming oak. Wood is placed into a container that can be sealed. Also placed into the container is a dish with ammonia. The ammonia reacts with the acid in the oak, making the oak darker. I fumed some white oak candle holders for about 5 days in an old cake tin...

On the first day God created the cow. God said, “You must go to field with the farmer all day long and suffer under the sun, have calves and give milk to support the farmer. I will give you a life span of sixty years.” The cow said, “That’s a kind of a tough life you want me to live for sixty...

i recently signed up on a site where you can store pictures. they wanted an e-mail address, which i duly supplied. ever since then i get up to 6 e-mails a day relating to C.R.A.P. from some wierd named people! anyone else had this experience? how do i stop it? :x :x