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    Engraving

    That is small for a die grinder with a tungsten bit, even the smallest ones are still a sort of short cucumber proportions, Dremel type tool ( lidl or aldi will do if they are ins stock, or any version, the branded Dremels are dear for what they are, and not much power ).Power carving with a...
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    Engraving

    Normally you wouldn't carve in "green" but, it can be done, Chisels and gouges have to be extra sharp ( scary ) and you'd want to avoid any seriph type faces ( too awkward to work in green wood unless you are experienced )..Another approach would be to use a die grinder or rotary tool with a...
  3. M

    Engraving

    Thought of hand carving ? Green Oak isn't the ideal material to be letting a router near, for something as precise as lettering, nor a CNC. Burning the letters ( with a large red hot iron so as to get some depth ) on the other hand.
  4. M

    Grass

    stuart
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    Medieval crossbow replica

    You can also ( may involves taking them apart ) measure force with a pair of bathroom scales, "reworked" to measure pull as opposed to push.Imagine that you attach the bow to the wall and pull the cord towards you .You then place the scales between the cord and the bow (with the "read out" of...
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    Grass

    stuart
  7. M

    Grass

    A Zappa fan ..good man that man :)
  8. M

    Grass

    Pass the kutchie round the left hand side, and I'll have some mint choc chip ice-cream if you are going to the fridge. Cheers :LOL:
  9. M

    Viceless workholding

    Tom, tell your dog , that I said to give him /her a biscuit, and do so. Random unexpected food treats are good for animals, and the giving of them and the pleasure we can see that gives them, is good for us. Mike
  10. M

    Have you noticed....

    That wouldn't be a problem, I'm not in favour of everyone having a flying car, just me. As I said I've been waiting for mine.
  11. M

    Have you noticed....

    Don't you remember, their mothers carried them around until they were about 5 years old, their legs can't do anything other than kick a football.
  12. M

    Wall bed/Murphy bed hinge help please.

    I've been thinking of that way for 24 hours, but couldn't think of a simple way to explain it ( and got sidetracked by Jacob over in baldkev's grass thread ) ..I agree, that ought to work fine. Pete, I don't think any cars in the UK in the breakers ( unless they have some US cars ) have those...
  13. M

    Grass

    No..it was your mortgage..or was that groundhog day . ps.you know that alien is green not orange don't you Kev ?
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    Grass

    There was a kid at one of my schools back in the 60s similar, stubborn as a menhir, couldn't let things go,always had to have the last word, especially when wrong, actually stood once saying "lah lah lah can't hear you" we called him "Billy no mates" back then.Could have had mates, bright kid...
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    Grass

    They used both methods, in combination, and separately, depending on season and exact locality ( Egypt , the political entity, being a big place at the time(s) ( spaning a few thousand years, and with a pretty big empire ) , bigger ( longer along the nile , and wider in some places, narrower in...
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    Grass

    How does one plane if one has ones fingers in ones ears singing "lah lah lah"...reminds me of "flat earthers" etc.
  17. M

    It must be windy....

    :cool: the board software said "Oooops" Windy here too, with hail..SWMBO is out in it visiting her charges ( old folks etc ), walking, with umbrella , she will not be happy when she gets home, small and slightly built , she gets blown around on days like this.
  18. M

    It must be windy....

    Harriers can do that too. :cool:
  19. M

    Grass

    OK. :)
  20. M

    Have you noticed....

    Stuart
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