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It would be nice if we could globally do better than Easter Island did in managing their timber resources. That went well didn't it ](*,)

Wouldn't saw blade choice be another useful consideration, whats the best ripping blade for stuff this thick?

Thanks for that Mike, you saved me buying a used one far too small.

Hi, I'm looking at a Kity 439 as my first thicknesser but I'm not sure what size chip extractor to look at. I don't have a lot of big stuff to extract from so it will be pretty much on the thicknesser all the time. Any advice greatly appreciated.

How about scaffold tubes for the corner posts into the ground on pads, fixed to a 4x2 bottom and top rail. Then, screw your scaffold boards vertically into these 4x2 rails. One vertical course spaced at approximately 6" apart to suit a full board width from the corners and then overlap these...

I'd like to see those results. There is a lad, Matthew Cremona, that has built his own mill in Canada and some of the slabs he gets from old trees are incredibly beautiful and addictivly interesting to watch as the cut reveals whats inside. About 3.40 minutes in...

For consistent results, use a hammer and bolster. 8)

Custard

Marble is as diverse as wood, either take it to a specialist marble company to have it identified or assess how hard it is yourself. They all cut differently but if yours was designed into a coffee table top and survived okay to date, it is a stable, grain/fault free, hard marble. I would...

What makes it go off though? I wonder if a biocide would work, I have ceramic glaze mixes that are over fifteen years old which show no mould growth at all due to an addition of a little Detol as a biocide(trade secret there) even though there is a fair amount of Carboxy Methyl Celulose...

I once had a load of rusty old mackerel feathers nicked from a shed. They were hanging across the inside doorway drying out, (about six sets of six). Someone had broken off the padlock, opened the door, then ran off with my feathers??? ignoring all the tools and other goodies??? Funny thing...

Nope, definitely not for cutting holes in tiles.

Coopers 'Tap Hole' cutter?

Hi Tim, regards the floor Finnish. There is a way of getting a very smooth rock hard surface onto either concrete or a thick or thin bed screed. Once you have poured the slab and its at the stage where it is just starting to stiffen up, either dust it with straight Portland cement which will...

Podraig is walking past the barn, spots Shamus dressed as a Chippendale gyrating around a large Massey Ferguson "What the feck are yuse up to Shamus" he says Shamus, red faced and perspiring. " I has a fierce lust upon me fer that new barmaid, but she doesn't seem to notice me at all. I went...

This should be part of a book Custard, it really should. Passing on and explaining skills in simple terms with such clarity is a rare gift. Very professional, thank you.

Thank you Custard, after an horrendous day, your thread has me restored. =D>

Multi bevel shovel sharpening jig :D

A tiler would Jacob 8)

On a lighter note... A bloke has been struggling to learn hand sharpening all day and is stressed, sore, almost blind with over concentration and mentally and physically exhausted by it all. He gets in the bath for a long hot soak and re considers his options. A little later his 5 year old...