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  1. jim1950

    Is this scots pine?

    I vote for pitch pine, panelled a room in a large county house with reclaimed Pitch pine a few years ago looks exactly the same
  2. jim1950

    tool maker id

    Please can anyone tell me who this maker is? This is on a nice 2'' firmer edge chisel I've been asked to sell for a old joiner. Thanks Jim
  3. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    thank you
  4. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    look up Percy Lambert on the net off the top of my head he average speed for the hour long run was just over the 100
  5. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    I take your point but look at it again 100 miles in an hour and go tell the Brookland museum it got it wronghttps://www.talbotownersclub.co.uk/history/landmarks-and-key-people/percy-lambert-100-miles-in-an-hour
  6. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    "small **** syndrome" interesting, I find most people say that about things that don't interest them. We all have things that interest us and not others, my car reminds me of going car race with my dad as a kid and looking at all the cars you could never afford and of one of my ancestors the...
  7. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    check out how many drive cars to the Nurburgring, don't ban the tool when its the tool driving it
  8. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    my standard car legally purchased in the UK will top 170mph yes not legal in the uk but I can drive to Germany wear it is so why ban it?
  9. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    do you end personal responsibility and ban every thing that can harm, a friend in the late 60s killing at less then 40mph on a scooter, a group of us was racing around Battersea park and yes your right to call us d//k heads, do we ban scooter? I could put it that a family member was killed at...
  10. jim1950

    Speed Limit

    speed limiters, in car tracking for pay per mile all very 1984, in the 1970s I had a ford 100e was lucky to get to 70mph down hill the firms van was faster I got done for speeding many times move on a few years I've had fast cars my car now over 170mph,( don't mean I try to do it,) not had a...
  11. jim1950

    todays mystery object

    thank you, just looked that up and I agree
  12. jim1950

    todays mystery object

    Can someone please tell me what this is? It's been around in different workshop's for year's, it first turned up over 30 year's ago in a chest of draws in for restoration it keep's heading for the scrap bin but I always think I must find out what it is.
  13. jim1950

    Cars that make you smile

    got a 2006 Maserati quattroprte duo select (the cheap one) for my 73th birthday last year can't help but smile every time I drive it But in the back of my mind is my dad saying to me "any fool can own a car like that its keeping it on the road" I've had other fast cars v12s, cosworths but...
  14. jim1950

    How to become a qualified skilled carpenter

    I agree, started my apprenticeship in carpentry and joining 1965 done 1 year probation then signed my indentures in 66 then 4 year to get my C & G ordinary level passed with distinction then 1 more year to take advanced level again passed with distinction, after all that I've never been for a...
  15. jim1950

    wood id please

    thanks
  16. jim1950

    wood id please

    just picked up this from the side of the road marked "free please take"
  17. jim1950

    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    had to do a lot of this type of repair when I was an apprentice in the 60's, it was seen has a punishment if you hadn't toed the line, I must have been a pain the arse. But done well will last for years
  18. jim1950

    Hi. Theatre set builder here

    Hi, never done sets but made some furniture for films and stage my two sons both worked at the BBC on sets for a time
  19. jim1950

    looks like it's time to turn

    I would say this is Cherry ( yesterday middle pic ) but if you know better please say
  20. jim1950

    looks like it's time to turn

    Hi all, just taken delivery of this lot, all free a friend just needed the space back first pic is mainly english oak and 3 large slices of sycamore 16''to 20''dia., second pic not sure yet and the last, a nice well shaped bit of sycamore. I think I've got a bit of time at the lathe
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