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For a scriber use a flat sided tungsten tile cutter. You will have squares for your woodwork, just be aware that swarf will embed itself in in brass and wood if you don't keep the job clean. Junior hacksaws are not needed. A reasonable quality 4 1/2" angle-grinder with 1/16" slitting discs...

Well the sight you all missed was the 8 C47 Dakota's trundling over my workshop on their way back from Normandy this afternoon, they flew over at about 300' a wonderful sight and the sound was awsome. The Harvard and the Spitfire were quite nice, but Spit's are quite frequent visitors as they...

If you have been to Blackgang you have seen the dragons. Of course we believe in Father Christmas he lives in Seaview with all the other celebs we take no notice of.

You could try a wire cup brush in a grinderette?

Not so many these days as the scrapage scheme culled quite a few, and the roads are now salted, and if that don't get you the pot holes will. Cars lasted longer here because we were too tight to buy new ones and they don't get stressed as they have only got a maximum drive of 25 miles before...

Some of the items were returned to the MOD, others sold off. If you remeber seeing it My Self propelled Bofors gun ( Morris C9/B) is in storage at another site waiting to see if it will reopen under new managment, along with other Island owned lumps.

The Tank Museum shut last year

Those from the Mainland who move here tell me there is more to do per square mile here then on the north Island. I quite enjoy my Tax free Morris Minor, and my MOT and tax Free Bedford truck, so long live old bangers, you pay, I play.

What do you want to do on the Isle of WIGHT?

I've got fox cubs (6) in my wood store, so far all they have achieved is to play with the brush head that was lying about, leave a surprising amount of bread in return, and a strong smell, but one did sniff my foot before it rushed off. My lakeland Terrier is completely disinterested!

Having no knowledge on the subject what so ever, but as I understand it the idea is to apply pressure downwards, forwards, and sideways all at the same time. So what is the reason the handle is not fixed on the diagonal corner of the body of the plane?

Dogs can be easily traumatised by loud noises - he probably needs lots of attention, consolation, and perhaps a treat or two to take his mind of his terrible experience...... Sounds like the opening line from a personel injury lawyer making his case for a massive compensation claim.

The plain answer as with all the consumption problems, is a planned and sever drop in population, say 1% per year for the next fifty years. With the demand gone house prices will drop to the point abandoned estates can be cleared and high density housing thinned out. The modern timber frame...

Unless you are fitting machine parts together I don't think it would matter that much. The wood doesn't know or care what system you use, but as you are based in Germany I would presume finished stock comes in metric. If you are preparing your own material from the rough then you can par off...

Cheap twin blades if I am in a rush, or a 80 year old safety with full soap and brush if I want to do it proper. I did use my late father-in-laws safety, but I lost it on holiday, gutted.

Anybody near you likely to use steel bandwrap on crates etc, they might have some to sell. If you don't need it in one length find a sheet metal shop that will shear a sheet up for you..

When I was a lad the last batch of wooden 37' RNLI lifeboats that we worked on had the keels shaped by adze. This was done by the two oldest boatbuilders in the company who still had the nack. As a plater apprentice I wasn't supposed to gaze upon such things, but I did in awe and wonder -...

Oh dear, my local hardware shop used to stock adze handles along with sledgehammer shafts and pickaxe handles, they were just in a galve dustbin. I haven't bothered to look for years, just assumed they were still there. Now I need a handle for my adze, as I found the thing the other day.

A few have gone by on the bay

I would start looking for spare bulbs!