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When we have steak it’s grilled on a slightly dished oak board that I turned on the lathe. the board is just given a quick wipe with kitchen roll whilst still hot after use.

a hand full of wedges and a lump hammer will split pretty much anything. Wooden wedges are surprisingly good once you have a split started.

Just saw into very short logs. Would be quicker and safer

Well this was me until this week, if I am honest. The place were we got the oven and hob are a local company, well known their customer service. About a year ago I looked in there when I wanted a telly and they were 3 times the price of tesco, where I bought. So when her majesty said she wanted...

Don't think that they have a Aldi in tunbridge wells. Waitrose is down market for them.

I used to work in nuclear and a homer was something entirely different, due to the well known dillegence for the job as displayed by Mr Simpson.

Aldi Jaffa cakes are by far the best.

Currys are useful. You can see in the flesh, so to speak, what you want to buy and then get it elsewhere. We have just bought an oven and hob. Went to currys on Monday to see lots of options, then went over the other side of town to a local company with a much smaller showroom and bought both...

Unless they have changed, wickes used weird measurements I assumed to lock you in to their range. I'm doing a howdens at the moment and am impressed. Don't know what the lead time is as it was me putting back the delivery dates. Ask them. Also they will do a design for you foc.

Would the thing using oak galls work? I think custard would know.

Sorry to hear about your dad. except for the bore gauge ( 2nd picture) all have a use in a woodwork shop. I would be careful how quick you dispose of these, particularly as they are not worth much when you sell. using my dads tools is something special.

A foreigner was engineering slang for a private (non work) job. was sort of a perk of the job and some employers turned a blind eye so long as you did not overdo it. This was when loyalty by both parties was considered a valuable commodity. Died out once the bean counters took over and staff...

Agree that it is a shame. I used to visit quite regularly when I worked close by. nice folks, guess they are retiring.

My ts came with a plastic push stick, it has only ever been used for a template to draw around when making mdf push sticks. I always use two.

That was a malicious slander!!

3 hours!

I am still trying to work out if the buyer meant what he said or if he was being ironic.

😀 I am fitting a howdens kitchen at the moment, her majesty talked to howdens designer and I never quibbled the list, except for crossing off knobs, handles and taps. Which were three times the price of toolstation/ screwfix.

Ok, so I know exactly how long a mm or inch is and how to convert between them. So tell me, exactly how long is a gnats?

Phil Pascoe specialises in selling blunt chisels 😱