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This one is on a box room, so will be shut 99% of the time (and has the added advantage that people will only ever see one face of it!). I don;t think this door was ever painted - that or someone's done a remarkable job of stripping by hand, as the joints are all tight and it shows no sign of...

Thanks all for the replies. The frame is vertical on both sides. On closer inspection of the door, it seems is curves in at the bottom, rather than curving out at the top. I'll try adjusting the stop, and see how it looks. It should mean only the very bottom of the door is out of true, which I...

I’ve got some period (i.e. used!) doors for my house, to replace the current ugly ones. The first that I’ve hung seems to have a twist (though I doubt the frame is perfectly square either). The door is neat to the frame all the way up on the hinge side. On the other side, it sits exactly right...

Great, PVA it is then. Thanks all

Hello, I'm making a couple of trivets for a gift, and wanted to stick some felt ontthe back. Has anyone ever done this, and if so, can you recommend what glue works best? I have some contact adhesive in the cupboard. However, I used this to stick the edging on my worktop, and in spite of...

Would recommend Len Deighton to anyone. A first-rate writer, and with such accuracy to detail you could almost use his fiction as non-fiction. If it's historical stuff you're after, he's written some set during WWII. "Bomber" was very good, and "Winter" is epic - I've read it a few times. Lee...

Lovely work. I recently used a piece of a tree from our garden (only a humble key hook, nothing like your handiwork), but it's lovely to think the donor tree grew only a few yards away.

It can only be in the garage or the house, but I'm d@mned if I can find it. Anyone else have tools that move themselves around? I wouldn't be so cross if the thing wasn't bright orange...

Thanks all for the replies. I'll remove the old one tonight/tomorrow, and stick the shaft in the freezer before fitting the new one. Hopefully one of my 1/4" drive sockets will be small enough - the bearing is teeny!

Great, thanks for the reply, and good tip about heating/freezing (the latter won't be a problem in my garage...) One last question - I can't see any difference between the front and the back. Does it matter which way round it goes? Thanks again!

Further to my recebt enquiry, I have now got hold of a new bearing. However, the new one came without the mounting "shaft". My question is - do these just press on, like car bearings? Will it be relatively straightforward to remove the old one, and hammer on the new one one? I've (hopefully)...

A neat idea for creating multiples

Good idea! Thanks all, for the replies

Can you use an over-long piece, and use loads of pressure on the sacrificial end, which is cut off after completion?

Thanks!

As per the title, do you need to be able to get inside a nesting box? I've been asked to make one, and someone mentioned the need to clean them out? Many thanks

Thanks both for the replies

Hello, Can anyone suggest a supplier for spares for the machine above? I need a new bearing, which Axminster stock, but it's a fiver's carriage for a £2.00 part, and I won't need to order anything else from them for a while. Many thanks

Sounds like you're sorted now, but if that should fall through... I have the benchtop Jet bandsaw that is (or at least was) available from Axminster. From memory, the guides in that look like graphite, but I've never thought to check the actual material. Not sure if they'd be the same size, but...

Thanks all