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If you read the label, you will see it's just liquid paraffin with added smell.

My Stabila lives in a purpose made wooden sheath. I just use it for critical jobs. I bought a four foot cheap one from toolstation, I did the measure one way and then the other on their counter before buying. I am pretty sure it was less than ten quid. It’s just as good, but you don’t have...

I would make a box for screws, drill bits or something. Then it can be as rough as a badgers rear end and you will not get too stressed but you will have something to show for your efforts. The fourth corner should end up twice as good as the first (or if you are a impatient like me, the other...

That will teach you Phil! I trust you have now bought her a 4ft crowbar

I have been to a friend’s house this morning, unlike me he still has to work :D He lives on a slope parallel to a road and the gutter drain was blocked with rubbish and the water threatening to over flow down his drive and into the house. His wife had rang him and he contacted me for help...

Raining yet again! Glad I live on a hill. Anyone here flooded out?

Cosman is just a advertorial for cosman overpriced and pointless nik naks.

Assuming you know little about woodwork ( his target audience) I think he is a good teacher and his material is well constructed. But I find him very very very annoying too. At least he does not exist to sell fancy tools and he does point to cheap alternatives. I can forgive him just for the...

Sources of wood: Skips, people will be pleased for you to make space by removing stuff. Always ask though. Charity shop furniture. Friends and relatives recycled furniture and building project waste. Once people know you are interested, stuff will regularly turn up as I think most of us do not...

Assuming you can see the logic in what Mike is saying, you have the answer that you need. Buy more wood, not a moisture meter. Soon you will be like the rest of us and have a stash of wood waiting for a project :wink:

A bench hook is almost a must have and easy to make. I use 18 mm mdf for the base. You can often get an offcut at b n q for quid that would make half a dozen. Mine slowly get so tatty that a second is made and the first becomes a drilling board, glue mixing board, etc etc. As others have said...

Your bank should help you. Initially you need to get a block put on ASAP

Welcome Brian. We would be happy to be rude to you, if that would make you feel more at home.

Maybe it is not a ancient religious complex but just the local prehistoric saw doctor’s workplace

I suspect that you will not need them on an arm, once you see how bright they are.

I was getting worried about my eyesight where fine work was concerned,but now I have fitted these I find I am fine.

I tend to agre with Osvaldd, I have tried Japanese saws several times but my muscle memory means I struggle. Even though I have been using western saws for five decades I still am far from perfect. So I cannot be a r s e d to aquire another unneeded skill

As I can just about see what was thought to be the best quarry (whittle hill) for Charnwood stones from my house, I have looked into the history and geology a fair bit. I have no idea about how the charnley name came about; it’s either a corruption or confusion with some (inferior) stone up...

Good! Let's hope lessons have been learned. Let's get Back to talking about woodwork.

My nephew owns a small gold trading company based in Nottingham. He is a clever lad and now moderately wealthy. Even though I could buy gold from him without paying commission he advises me not to bother. He says I should have got on the band waggon 10 years ago, problem is I had no spare funds...