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Why should only the joke thread be sacrosanct? Surely any diversion into politics, on any thread should be stopped as well? .............. Or maybe we just have to accept that all human interactions can be messy and unpredictable - as well as pleasant and life affirming. Perhaps we should " go...

I would also select Padauk for no 5.

Nevererdovit! .......... Probably some form of mattock :unsure: Is the book a translation from another language?

Thanks for the feedback folks. I've had a look at all of the suggestions. Was initially thinking of the Bosch, but some of the reviews I've read don't fill me with confidence. Glue guns direct site looks quite interesting, though I have to marvel at the price of some of their machines. Will...

I've had a few of these in my time, and I can't say that I've been impressed with any of them. Whether taking an age to heat up, the glue-sticks not passing through with the action of the trigger, or giving up the ghost entirely, just as I'm about to use them for the first time in ages. So...

Well, that tidy -up lasted all of eight days :giggle: Been finishing some sets of whistles and its amazing how many bits-and-pieces, I need when working on them. From sets of reamers ( to enlarge the holes for tuning). hacksaw, abrasive paper. cloths , tung oil, various adapted dowels ( to...

I have used matt lacquer in the past though I'm not sure it's something I would use on a regular basis. One of the downsides - if one can call it that - is that the object doesn't look like it's been finished. giving rise to the annoying question " What are you going to finish it with? :giggle...

Well, you could just stand things on the bottom stair treads. My partner does it all the time. Apparently, is so whoever is going upstairs, can take the said object/ objects, with them. :giggle:

I think 'herding cats' was always going to prove difficult - if not impossible. :giggle:

I use a home-made metalworking lathe, that my son was given. Though, judging by how it has been built the components have to have been made at the makers place of work. It certainly has its idiosyncrasies and shortcomings. Funilly enough, one of them was the motor, which I have replaced adding...

"O God, give us the serenity to accept what cannot be changed, the courage to change what can be changed, and the wisdom to know the one from the other." :)

It's puzzling how something that is fairly common is so hard to find. I have looked in vain, online, in the past and not been able to track any down. Brass - no problem, but steel/stainless steel, well, If the evidence of my eyes wasn't telling me otherwise, I would say they didn't exist...

'Forged Flower Snips' Lee Valley sell a pair almost identical.

Is this not the basis of all insurance? Put in its simplest terms everyone pays into a fund and those that have to make a claim can also take out of it. It would only work if a limited number make claims, , Hence, the many paying for the few.

All insurance is a gamble. Except the insurers are hedging their bets by finding out about the risk That way they can maintain profitability. The thing is, you now know about your heart murmur - that information is out there - so, this is the new reality. The question to ask is - would it be...

I think that @paulrbarnard is right in sounding a note of caution here. Shoddy electrical work can easily lead to death, or harm - as apposed to something like shoddy painting and decorating. There is a hierarchy of trades, that are capable of causing the most harm, and the insurance market has...

I have in the past used rebar with the bottom sleeper drilled right through, The top sleeper then need only be drilled 3/4 the way through, before being slotted on the top so water cannot easily get down the hole.

The screwdrivers that @Adam W. shows are known as London Pattern Screwdrivers.

I would have thought brick cleaner would do it. This is usually a dilute hydrochloric acid, Spirits-of-salt, as used for cleaning loos is the same thing - though this will probably need diluting further. I re laid a slate floor for a customer, and used a lime mortar for bedding them in, and for...

George Ellis has this shown in his book Modern Practical Joinery, Though don't be deceived by the title , as this was published in 1902. :giggle: In this he calls it a Screw Mitre Shoot. Charles Hayward has it listed as a Mitre Shooting Block in a much later publication.