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Seasonal workers have been required much longer than that. Hop picking is a prime example. Women and children in the villages used to supply some of the labour. Much of it used to be supplied by the itinerant Gypsies, who would turn up at the farms each year.

Up to 40 percent off on their own range of chucks.

Axminster are offering reductions on their range of chucks at present, Up to 40 percent, if their pre sale figures are correct.

And the way he treated his employees.

That is a very beautiful plane - but also slightly "steam punk" at the same time 🤔

L1 is I believe the height of the actual profiled section, as apposed to L, which is the full height including the straight bit at the top.

Just a thought, but have you checked out Titmans full range of Roman Ovolo cutters. They only have matching scribes for a few but the range is bigger than it used to be.

Getting exactly what you want is going to be a bit hit-and-miss. When I was working in London many of the timber merchants still sold sash stock already machined. Its only downside was that it was often a bit undersized compared to the existing windows in the old houses I was working in. A...

My old maths teacher would often quote a snippet from Grey's Elegy to the class " Full many a flower was born to blush unseen and waste its sweetness on the desert air" Looking back, I now realise that it comforted him in his struggles. :ROFLMAO:

I believe the minimum number of teeth that need to be engaged in the wood is 3. I've always fared well enough with a standard coping saw blade Though it is convenient, you don't need to use a coping saw. Some folk cope quite well just using a chisel to remove the waste..

I've had Estwing hammers for years. My present one - a leather handled version- has the rather annoying habit of ringing when being used, The claw seems to be acting like a tuning fork. :giggle:

You could have a go at making it. :giggle: If you have a router you could run a 5mm radius bead on some oak and use a knife, chisel and file to shape it. It would be easier to first glue a 11mm x 6mm rectangular fillet of oak to the edge of a board with a paper insert between. Once you have...

All poverty is relative to the cost of things in any given country. Those who are poor in a Third World Country struggle at a threshold of income much lower than in the affluent West. And to an outsider, the streets here, can seem to be "paved with gold". The basic right of any citizen, is...

There is a world of difference between being poor in a fairly affluent country, and being poor in somewhere like India. At least there, there are the ( illegal) options of hitching a ride on the back of a train to get from A to B, building a shanty out of scrap, or stealing electricity. In a...

I think you have a point there regarding the angle of slope. There is a polycarbonate roof on our conservatory - not twinwall/triplewall, but a beefier system with enclosed joists. This has had a few insects get inside but no algae/moss.

Thanks for the reply. I suspect that this is what one has to expect. After all water is delivered to the end of the roofing every time it rains, and if microscopic spores find their way in , then they have their own mini -greenhouses. :giggle:

I've spent a whole chunk of this summer, sorting out the outside of the house (that is, when it wasn't raining) - painting and doing running repairs. I'm now approaching the home stretch, which includes doing some work on a lean-to, we use as a utility room. Having removed the gutter, I spent...

One builds up a collection of different blade types over the years. Triple tooth blades were a real revelation when they first came out. So much so , that I stopped having to bother with scoring blades for veneered boards. There are even ripping blades that are meant to leave a good enough...

Not quite sure if the OP is asking about dimensioning timber stock so it is square, or if he needs to cut a sheet of board square, The various tools shown would seem to imply the latter. Marking board for cutting square can be done with a roofing square, as shown in the second photo, but one...

If it is just acid you are after , then try APC , who sell a selection of acids at different concentrations. You can still buy drain cleaners containing Sulphuric acid such as Blockbuster,. And it is easy enough to buy Spirits of Salts (hydrochloric Acid) off Ebay