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You wana think yersel lucky mate! We have to walk at least 300 yards up the road before we get this view :shock: Pyreneese panorama 1 by John, on Flickr And, the other day we had the noise of a couple of WW2 medium bombers flying around on a real bombing mission about a couple of miles...

I suppose that I am about to find out just what I have when I come to pack it all up for our move back to the U.K. There's lots in there that I just haven't used for an age? I'll see if I can log it? It should be an interesting exercise..

I have had a few fails when I've been turning bowls with a recess and the chuck is holding with ourward pressure. I got my brain cell turning over about it and came up with the idea that if I had the recess, BUT with a dovetail tennon within that recess then instead of outward pressure I would...

You and me Bob and I had admired them quietly for a while. Then one day I was visiting my friend and he asked if I would like them? Does a duck swim? :shock: They are so tactile on their own, never mind in use. If you have a job that they don't quite fit then you can turn them to do so, but...

My main chuck is the Axminster K10 chuck with a set of O'Donnel jaws, full size medium and little. How big do you want to go because I have turned up to 18" on that chuck with the big jaws. I also have the 24 place indexing ring fitted. Very useful fow more than just indexing. Lazy Susan all...

A pepper spray in the bedside cabinet! Legal in France? Probably not? But I would rather face the gendarms with it than a thug without it ! I have one and I would use it if I have to!

I bought a OneWay jig about 18 months or so ago. It's just like that and I love it even although it's more expensive than that one!! :mrgreen: That one looks good and if I had seen it first I would probably have had one toot-sweet!! Just to be correct, it's a gouge sharpening jig init 8)

They don't ignore our alarm because if it is triggered it sends a message to Securitas who phone the home number. If that's not answered they phone my mobile and I have to give a password. If the motion sensors are triggered there is a flash camera that takes 5 flash photos. They are transmitted...

I swapped both our kitchen and my workshop door for the Yale anti bump locks and when we leave they go with us and the old ones go back in. The French wouldn't know what they are and would probably chuck them anyway. They are the only Euro cylinder locks in the house. I have never seen keys...

Hi folks, does anyone know where I can get a couple of these made IMG_1422 3 by John, on Flickr They are the special wheel nuts that go with the SAS Guardian caravan/trailer wheel clamp. The one above is for a normal caravan sized wheel stud with a 9/16" UNF stud (I think) but my trailer has...

That would depend o the knives? We have had 6 steak knives, Sabatier, they are almost sharp enough to shave with and drop through steaks. You get what you pay for me-thinks?

My first diesel was a Citroën BX est 1900 diesel and when I picked it up the garage kindly gave me 1/2 tank of petrol!! It never did run well after that and the actually replaced the engine with some reject from somewhere in Peterborough who refurbished engines??? As for the Bugatti? That's...

As I said, they are not that difficult. JUst make sure that you are accurate with the marking. I use a Forstner bit and drill a fraction over 1/2 way through and use the bit to take out as much wood as possible. If you make a simple "V" block jig for the drilling if you are using a drill press...

These are beech but would look really lovely in yew Candle sticks spiral-01 by John, on Flickr They are not as difficult as they may look.

It's only just cracked the mid 30s here so far, but it looks to be doing the same today. Too hot in my workshop at the mo and no rain forcast. I think I'll have a cool down in our pool a bit later? But at least we haven't seen a lot of the Grumand Tracker water bombers based at the Carcassonne...

It's all due to global warming mate :roll: :roll: And the sea level is dropping. NASA said so 8) 8)

Then you almost certainly would not cause a lorry to move over into the next lane by carefully moving over yourself. If all were like you and me then caravanners would have a better name me-thinks :mrgreen: :mrgreen:

I have used it countless times and if you can be bothered to do it properly there is no problem. But if you are stupid enough to do otherwise then you are an accident waiting to happen anyway and shouldn't be on the road! As a matter of interest Bourbon, have you towed a caravan?

If you are then I hope that you ain't driving over this Saturday! It's called black Saturday for a very good reason! https://www.thelocal.fr/20170727/france ... y-on-roads If you are then all I can say is good luck and bring pleanty of bottled water with you. Last year there were over 200km of...

THe Caravab Club taught that when you are on the motoway or dual carrigheways and a truck is coming past that as it starts to get closer you ease very gently out to the white line. That way the truck will move over to the right to allow room. As it gets to the back of your rig you ease back to...