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I was born in Nuneaton but didn’t spend much time there can honestly say the term treacle town doesn’t go amiss there

The amount of planes I have the number is so high I’d be dead a long time ago

My body feels like it’s over 60

Well it’s small so it’ll fit in my bench well then leave tools in the lid I’ve also measured cafuly but mostly carving tools as well as delicate marking gauges and the best planes I have

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That’s a true story though but rather funny look at the old days of aprentiships

Joke you say My engineer friend said when he did his apprentice there was some right blinders that went on one story was in the mornings the blokes would hit the toilet with a *** a brew and a paper as they’d be paid to dung lol anyway one of the aprentises would come and take the bets for the...

Just a side axe good for carving etc and detail work

So rust blasted stuff it is. I’ve decided to make a small traveling box to protect my tools as I haven’t the wall space for a hanging one and like the option to remove them easily if needed at my main workshop. I’ve turned the garage into a mini hand tool workshop currently much to my partners...

I know well pretty much every person who’s a tradesman I know has had there kit stolen it’s soul destroying and makes my blood boil

Started on it now

Bet they look grand nice thing to keep that

How’s it looking now what handle did you go for

Yes that’s one of Paul’s in the photo but not the one he has plans on must be an earlier one he did as an odd job box but I’ll put more draws in mine

I remember visiting Birmingham museum before all the covid rubbish and there was this cabinet past the ww1 exhibit of a few bits of the industrial past one thing that caught my eye was a metal riveted hand made tool box must’ve weighed a bit but was very nice to look at real craftsmanship. Years...

My engineer friend said when he did his apprentice there was some right blinders that went on one story was in the mornings the blokes would hit the toilet with a *** a brew and a paper as they’d be paid to **** lol anyway one of the aprentises would come and take the bets for the horses well...

Well there’s fine art and you can go on and then teach fine art it seems lol you need to think of what people need and fill that gap people need fences people need there hedges cut and off the back I’ve done more I could make some lovely furniture but people would rather buy cheap ikea generally

That’s interesting I’ve got two cousins both Oxford and Cambridge in there studies got masters each as well one works for a betting agencies and the other teaches finger painting to little kids go figure and me the thick one although I did get a degree but in design because my health was bad...

I just Ment more about the change from city and guilds to gnvq courses but am interested in the old joiners the Americans seem big on it with folk like Larry gain but house builders and carpenter types don’t seem well remembered I guess as long as the door closed and locked probabley no one...

Anyone familiar with robin clevet think he did a more traditional course