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Point taken re the epoxy, Sergeant Wilson :LOL: . But surely bronze would be okay?

Here is a question, asked with complete naivety :unsure: - Could a nut not be cast around the threaded spindle? Maybe some form of reinforced epoxy or even bronze?

All taxation is "a slice of the action" Where wealth is being generated it has to be taxed for the benefit of nations. America is going to have to get to grips with its multinationals companies, so that they are not stripping the wealth from other countries. If large multinationals continue...

I believe Russian scientists experimented using bags of cement. Though that could be a myth.:ROFLMAO:

For really heavy- duty, but affordable ones Vevor are good. I used some last year for slide out kitchen units on a camper-van, conversion.

Ah ... Rugby - .a game played by men with odd-shaped balls. :LOL:

A nice tidy bit of joinery there. I have struggled in recent years with knotting, The knots just seem to bleed through irrespective of how long I leave it to dry, or how many coats I apply. I've recently resorted to using aluminium primer as the knotting solution. I treat the knots with it...

It looks to be some form of staining. which can stand out on pale timbers. I remember purchasing a large quantity of Maple for a customer's kitchen. The entire batch even after planing showed staining where the stickers had been placed during seasoning. It looked like a stretched out bar-code...

Funnily enough, back in the distant past, before the days of dedicated wood turning chucks, Axminster used to sell 4-jaw, metal-working chucks for wood turning. From time-to-time, I still use the one supplied by them which has both sets of jaws. I note your 3-jaw chuck has an outside gripping...

There are firms who offer this service, Though if you're looking at 1000 units+ it might not make economic sense.

I suppose the obvious answer is to have them delivered, or even get yourself a sturdy roof-rack. But, as already suggested, a new hard-point saw will make short work of chopping the end off a sleeper.

I have experimented a bit with hollowing tools and have a few in my kit. One of the originals, if you can master it is the ring-tool. Sadly I've never quite got the hang of it. The commercial versions that followed on from this were a form of ring tool with a limiter to minimise catches I have a...

I have successfully made large scrapers for bowl turning, from O1 tool steel, Not as hardwearing as HSS, but a lot easier to temper in a domestic oven. I've also made some small beading tools from the same steel. This is easily purchased as ground flat-stock in an annealed state for hardening...

Having and maintaining lots of stores, was always going to be a policy fraught with risk. I have dealt with Axminster from the very early days. Their familiar logo, in all its changing forms, is on much of my workshop equipment Because I lived in London they were to all intents and purposes ...

The roughing gouges for spindle work that I have are fairly wide and meaty. Which gives one a lot more confidence when roughing out large chunks of wood. The largest is 35mm wide and the other, which feels quite dainty by comparison, is 30mm. The only other observation I would make, is to let...

I would have thought that as long as a high enough proportion of the population are vaccinated then it will be effective overall. There seems to be a fixation that every single person must be vaccinated. There will always be those who for sound medical reasons cannot be vaccinated, just as there...

BEWARE ... old Artex contains asbestos The last thing you need to do is sand it!

Would African Blackwood perform better?

Snap ! ... I have the same saw that I inherited from my old neighbour. I don't know about it being a "bone saw". Mine I understand to be a junior hacksaw of its day, which I understand to be around about 1900, The Studley Cabinet has a slightly different one though just as flamboyant in it's...