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He does but I've noticed that some of his repairs are cheap and cheerful, and don't really do much. Others are truly astounding, and one wonders how such a young man had time to garner such skills. Some of the jobs are plainly done over weeks, and we only get shown what the producers think are...

Yep in the seventies we had teachers who would fling the the board rubber at us, and lift us up by the side burn. You never messed withe games staff, they could always mete out their punishments on the rugby field, as they used to join in the game. Weird one that we never thought much of in...

Elm. The piling of the old London Bridge were elm, they lasted hundreds of years. Nelson ships were oak above the waterline, but elm below it.

Thanks G.

Great work, G. Love the design, love the mix of old and new tools.. are those Lidl chisels in there? Did the paint take a long time to dry? It looks so good I fancy trying it on one of my projects.

I use it to hang it on a nail.

I've got the makita one, sounds exactly the same base as you have. The makita base does have adjustment via a thread and nut, so you can make the base looser or tighter... does yours have such an adjustment, and if it does, would it help?

If it was me, I'd start with a scraper and see how that went.. I assume the top is veneer? Can't really help about finish, to many options and you might not like what others suggest.

Settee on a sat evening cos Dr Who was so frightening. Our holidays were at grans farm in Ireland with a tribe of cousins. We has to fetch water everyday from a pump about 500 yards from the house. We had an old wheelchair, and a galv milk churn. I can still remember the taste even now.

Remember green shield stamps, ice on the inside of windows in the morning. Making a parachute out of a bed sheet to jump off the garage roof, never worked. Playing soldiers with air rifles, shooting at each other, sometimes we'd wear a coat for protection. The rich family in the street went to...

Phil, thanks, I don't yearn for large bowls or anything, but the notion of electronic speed control definitely appeals. Anyway ill need to be producing better stuff on the present lathe than I am at the moment to warrant spending any money on a better one.

Bought an ML8 towards end last summer, made some things, mostly i'm 'happy' with them, but only one I am proud of, so far. No way am I putting pics of my poor efforts on here to be compared with the fabulous output of others. I am learning as I go, though a big project in the garage means that I...

I got a Trion, its a workmanlike tool, I'd recommend it, my only niggle with it, is that it has an on/off switch on the side of the body grip. I much prefer the trigger design.

Here at no 23, its always been a Pin Push. Inherited from my father, old as the hills, and I assumed a tool that no one ever uses now. From this thread it seems they are more common than I thought, and that people actually use them.

Walking on sunshine, video killed the radio, star walk like an Egyptian, something about the rains down in Africa, romeo and juliet, hundred red balloons, Is little drummer girl a song as well as a book?

Pet shop boys The eagles

No probs at all Murray, I've learned a lot from people posting answers to your questions. As for my finish, I kept the varnish inside near a radiator for a week or so, I thinned it a little with white spirit. It went on like a dream and the finish is light years better than what I had before. I...

One more vote for screwsline. They're good people to deal with. You probably don't want to hear this, but I have a handful,of exactly what you want, or maybe close to. I got them whilst dismantling old pews in an 1850s church. Sadly though they will all be used on a project I have on the go ATM.

Thanks Droogs, I'll have a crack at thinning it and following your advice, All the best

Folks any advice would be appreciated. I've given a walnut slab 3 coats of yacht varnish, by brush. Sanded down between coats. The finish is glossy but very orange peel like, visible brush marks etc. The varnish is not exactly new, and it is fairly viscous, though it is easy to brush on. I...