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Many of those small businesses have also moved with the times and have an online presence. The likes of Proops who used to be in Tottenham Court Road, now seem to be exclusively on- line, as are Stobarts ( the woodworking book publisher) who now are based somewhere in Wales. I purchased...

Lots of the tool shops in London do seem to have closed ditto the dedicated wood yards. I note that some of the big players are still around - Buck and Ryan, Tysack' etc. There used to be a good tool shop in Croydon - though for the life of me I can no longer recall the name :unsure: There was...

Possibly Lauan ( Meranti ) can be very lightweight and ranges in colour from pale fawn to dark red,

The main problem with any slate is how long they could be expected to last, I reroofed my extension 14 years ago with composite slates and they seem to be holding up quite well. They usually loose the surface film - showing white porous spots, though there is a paint you can use to dress the...

Or even the death of Socrates. Democracy doesn't always get it right. :)

Perhaps a little experimentation might be on order, Maybe try a warm caustic soda solution to see if this will have an affect on the deposits. Though, make sure there is no HCL present.o_O

I would have understood a cover roof to be one of those temporary roofs erected over a building whilst the actual roof is stripped and replaced. I've only ever worked on one site where this was done, as it is an unaffordable luxury in most cases. Perhaps this, coupled with the new roof equates...

Could the deposits be silica ? The usual suspects are calcium and magnesium Which I believe can be easily shifted with acid. Not being a chemist I have no idea if silica is as easily dissolved in the same way.

Yet another ferrule set. This time in Nickel Silver. These are turned from an 18mm rod. A bit wasteful of materials, as most of it ended up as swarf. but OK for a one-off.

You might find it easier to use the single bevel type, like the Crown one. The one I use is the small single bevel Japanese type. I don't find any need to use them with joinery, where most of the work fits together straight off the machines. If your interest is in cabinet making, then there is...

Thanks,.......... wondered if it could be something other than a bird. I will have a listen and see if I can match the sound

Possibly..............I'm fairly clued up on the usual sound pheasants make. It was one of the ones I first looked into without being able to confirm it. Some birds do have other calls. there is one the chaffinch makes around the time of rain

I'm puzzled by a call I often hear coming from one of the hedges surrounding my garden. Up until a few days ago I seem to have misidentified it, as one of those contented sounds that my chickens make inside their hut. However, as we are now down to our last chicken, and I was stood beside it the...

O.M.G. what a load of useless items were produced It is a wonder any of us ever went on to do it as a living. :LOL: Amongst my invariably, brown-stained, and French-polished offerings ,were a teapot stand and a match box holder.

Ah, yes I see. Tom DycKhoff I know of, but Sophie Sellu was an unknown. I see that she has a successful woodwork business but her stuff seems to be more small items, rather than cabinetry or joinery. I believe the modern trend in teaching establishments has been to adopt modern methods of...

It both is and isn't about woodworking, A lot of it is about the contestants and their " backstory". As with many of these type of programmes there will be many hands assisting, in the background except these bits won't make for entertaining T.V. Which is why we won't see them The guy with one...

You won't get a colour match to your old boards unless you use old wood, new pine is a lot paler and turns a darker colour over time. hence the need to use old floorboards for patching - where the boards are on view. You probably have redwood boards, though whitewood was also used. As for...

I grow my own, not for smoking, but for the flowers. In the same vein I also grow opium poppies - I can't stop them - they just keep self seeding.:giggle:

About 50mm should be fine. Probably a lot easier if you make your tenon round ( a spigot) That way the mortise will be easier to drill out. For the tenon, start square, then shape to octagon, then from 8 sides to 16. And then clean up to a round.

You could just moor a nuclear submarine up, and use a couple of jump leads. :LOL: