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A catering table will not take that weight. An engine stand will be safer, and more convenient to use, as the engine can be rotated and inverted. this one is available on eBay:-...

You might try to sell them to a plating workshop.

My question is why is wood so expensive? It doesn't grow on trees. you know!

Can't you use 50 x 50 angle iron. Very strong and easy to weld or bolt together. Flat plate across the corners to fit the wheels and support the feet works very well. Bob That's the way I'd do it, too! Also, there's no danger of the machine slipping off the base.

Sell'em on "British Blades"

In the past, I have , several times, sprayed over brushed Hammerite with pure thinners, which has smoothed out the surface beautifully. More than 1 light coats of thinners, applied before the previous coat has completely dried, seems best. HTH!

Like to see them try it with the Major Oak!

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Patrick O'Brian. I enjoyed the " Hornblower " stories, but O'Brian's series of 18 Jack Aubry tales is to Hornblower as a Holtey is to a Stanley Handyman! O'Brian is every bit as technically and historically accurate as Forrester, but also manages to be, at times, laugh-out-loud funny (a crew of...

I know I should have asked before the cold spell hit us, but, tell me guys, how do you wear your sheepskin thongs; fur in or out?

It's an old fennit reamer with attached humgrummit; highly illegal now, and only to be disposed of at M of E licenced sites. As it happens, I own and run the only so licenced site in Europe, so, if you freight it to me, I'll do the necessary at no charge to you as a fellow woodie. HTH!

>Surely someone wouldn't just jump into a microlight and take off with little/no experience? Would they? Orville Wright did.

Thanks! Very handy!

About 10 years ago, I made a box gutter for a bakery which was under notice from the local environmental office because of the water leaks over the ovens. I made a wooden tray which was about 20 metres long, and bought a "Plygene" liner for it. It was the easiest and best possible solution, and...

How much washes off Peter Stringfellow when he goes swimming?

I think it's a Stanley 220; at least it's identical to my 220A except that it has a brass knob where mine has a plastic knob.