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That looks like a roof that somebody decided wasn't going to blow away, easily. :unsure: We have robustly constructed roofs in this part of the world, as well, with large trusses and sarking, being commonplace. I don't really associate pantiles with Scotland. It does seem to be an east-coast...

Our local Farm Cooperative, is now stocking "Hotmax" logs in 20kg bags. They seem to have improved since last year, and are a much higher density. They are a darker brown on the outside and don't break up as readily into piles of sawdust. :giggle: They're a good interim measure for when the...

I'm not quite sure what exact size screw you are asking for - do you mean an old size 3 inch No 6 , screw? As this is very thin you are going to be limiter to about 1 1/2" long

I did ask their mums first.............. and there was no objection.:giggle:

I remember as kids in London, that we were encouraged not to use the equivalent "ain't", because - " Ain't, ain't, in the dictionary, ain't, ain't"

On these Islands we are a group of people divided by the same language. i took me years to realize that the Irish names of Shamus and Sean were just their English equivalents of James and John, spoken with a strong Irish accent. :giggle: You can even get to Eamon from Edmund if you tune your ear...

I used to make chairs with octagonal tapered legs. before I had access to my lathe. They were planed on a sloping cradle that was passed through the thicknesser of my planer, taking several passes to form each face. The round tenon was cut with a1" dia. hole cutter, with the leg clamped to...

Bit of a joint effort, this. It's some stocking-fillers for the grand children, this Christmas. The wife made the "snazzy" bags for each of the whistles. The red whistles are Padauk and the black ones African Blackwood. To ring the changes, one of the Blackwood ones has Nickel Silver ferrules...

Why not 6mm, oak veneered MDF? You should easily be able to rout the mitres down the edges. if you clamp it to a thicker board. Mind you, you could use sheets of iron-on veneer. If you rout out a small rebate at each corner of the newels and glue oak fillets in, this will make the corners more...

Quite amazing really! I'm getting distinct Eastern European vibes from this video. It isn't as extreme as some of the Russian ones I've seen.............. The guy who converts his Lada to run on steam, or the one who builds a fully functioning jet engine in his garage. With the Russian ones, you...

The motor on my metalworking lathe is hinged in this way , likewise the one on my woodworking lathe - a union jubilee. Whereas, the sheer weight of the old motor is sufficient to keep the belt tensioned on the woodworking lathe - this is not the case for the metalworking one. This has a long...

Though I enjoy the programme ,what world do these restaurant chefs, and private chefs service?. There seems to be a never ending supply of them from Michelin starred establishments. I think it only goes to prove that there is another class of people out there with large disposable incomes that...

Looking on Ebay the prices seen to be a lot cheaper for the automotive ones in a 16oz spray. There is a marine one for about £37. 00, but the others are coming in at about £23,00.

I like the photos, I take it that the first two are of a bending/clamping jig of sorts. As a fellow amateur, about to embark on building a Hurdy Gurdy, I've spent an inordinate amount of my time making jigs, moulds and clamping devices, without having yet started on the instrument itself. I...

This looks to be interesting. The way I understand it, it seems to be a a final protective coat to go on top of an existing paint finish, imparting a gloss , so, more akin to a wax- polish in this regard. Are you using it to enhance the shine of an existing epoxy coating? In which case it is...

This will give quite a quite a characteristic look to the whole project. I believe there was a product in America, called "Beaver Board" used for walls and ceilings that made use of this type of fascia cover strip at the junction of each board. And it does impart a certain look. :unsure:

I have purchased various items from them including a small router without any problem Their stock is basically what others are selling, in different guises Not sure I would purchase some of their larger machines, simply because many of them don't took man enough for the task. They do make an...

I have an old masons mallet , round like a carvers mallet, with a large head and tiny handle. It has a dovetail insert at the top made of lead to give it a bit more heft, though I'm not sure it needs it. :unsure:

I have made a couple of this style of gate, Both the stiles (the curve and the straight) are usually cut, side by side from the same piece of wood - the smaller stile nestling inside the curve of the other,. The straight parts of the cut can be accomplished on a saw bench if you have access to...

A lot of what we do in the workshop, is work out solutions to particular problems and derive satisfaction from this. What the OP has done is produce quite an elegant solution in the form of hole cutter. What snookered him from the start, was the non standard size of the hole and the fact that...