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Do you mean there are workshops that DON'T have the little blighters?

From talking around among foresters and botanists in general, Fay and Gus are the prevalent form. But since all these names were standardised by a Swede (Linnaeus), presumably using whatever was the contemporary form of spoken latin in Sweden, anything could be "correct". Why is the OP interested?

Two different beasts, but for me, both Utility and 1940s ex-military stuff takes some beating. Simple but robust designs, generally careful selection of timber for each piece and, apart from the idiocies of "fashion", perfectly useable for several generations.

+1for luton with tail lift, though the drive Lowestoft to Lancashire is a right PITA. Just one caveat - I'd booked one to move a pellet boiler, drove the 25 miles into Ab'dn, filled out all the paperwork and only then did the guy notice I was over 65 (or it may even have been 60) and "we don't...

Think theres some confusion here (or it coul be my addled brain) . The OP was asking about ripping off a (big) strip from an already milled board, not actually abou the initial milling, which is another can of worms entirely. The thing described is just a TRACKSAW, although one bigger than the...

Was going to suggest those (honest!). Have a couple of ancient ones under my toolchest which sits under lathe bench and moves something like 60kg in and out easily. Probably less than an inch deep. OK, they are on concrete, not carpet, but should work unless you have very thick high quality...

Thanks, mate. Seems an obvious addition when you think about it. If you've got a lot of straught line cuts, it's probably well worth the 'bay price. All the sheets are cut now, so probably won' t be getting one, but will remember it in case the need arises. One suggestion for the OP that hasn't...

Oddly enough, I spent the afternoon of the original post cutting roofing sheets with a Bosch 4.5" angle grinder in dim Aberdeenshire daylight and asking myself the same questions as the OP. Would definitely second the comments about sparks! But still wonder - does anyone make some sort of...

+1 from the frozen wastes of Aberdeenshire. :D

Thanks for that suggestion. Looks a bit pricey, though, for one job, so will probably just rely on the Scottish sun. But it will likely take more than a year up here unless the latitude changes!

Though I say it myself, the grain match I got is actually pretty brilliant! Just happened to find a bit of some tropical hardwood (it's definitely not cherry!) with identical directions of interlocked grain, so at least don't need to learn graining as well. You are probably right that taking...

Acquired a quite nice small oval sidetable in a mahogan-ish wood, with a deep 35mm diameter burn on the top. Patched this with small piece of nicely grain matched red hardwood which looked to be an acceptable colour match before fitting. BUT, once in place, and scraped level, the colour is...

Very good for making formers for metalworking with softer metals, as it's blooming hard. Not sure about its tensile properties.

Welcome to this particular madhouse! One thing you might find very useful is to join a woodturning club. I'm a bit further south (Formartine) so can't advise about the North Coast, but there is probably a club somewhere along there. There are a couple in the Huntly- Inverurie area, but they'd be...

Pretty sure there have been jaws for that chuck on the 'bay recently. Chap who seems to have a lot of chuck jaws of various sorts; there was at least one with that single screw fitting. But from memory, it was probably the same size as the one you already have. Longish shot, but might it be...

I was going from memory, not measurement, on the sizes. Of course, there may be smaller "collets" which didn't come with my chuck. If I remember, will take a pic of it tomorrow.

What was it about ?1950s? UK toolmakers that they nearly all used that iffy red paint? Arcoy, Wolf Cub accessories, Coronet........ and probably a host of other more obscure ones.

Do you do tutorials on Sketchup???? I'll be your first student!

..... and some kind deity has even turned that ready for you!

Regarding delivery, our "local" supplier of Hobbyweld in Elgin (50+ miles away) does actually deliver for free. Very helpful guys, too, but obviously a bit far for most folks! +1 for learning on MMA. Once you can weld something like 1mm steel cleanly with that, Mig is simple. But if you...