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Agree, fitted one recently and although I have no objective/measured data it certainly makes the whole garage look and feel cleaner. I run it all the time I am in there, normally in speed 1 but if I am generating fine dust I turn it up.

Thanks, that jecofil looks interesting for all kinds of things. I think I've got a small bottle of very old shellac in a drawer somewhere so if I find it will give that a go first as its a one-off job.

I made myself a copy Alexander Girard coffee table using crown cut oak veneered MDF, bottom half of edges routed at 45 degrees and sealed, finished with several coats of satin finish acrylic varnish. Looks pretty good has been durable for family use and I would certainly use it again. For the...

The story A friend gave me a length of "mahogany" (of some kind) c. 40 mm thick, 250 w and 1m long found in his deceased fathers garage when he was clearing out. It must have been over 40 years old and he thinks it might have come back from the USA after his father returned from a few years...

It won't get better by itself. Strikes me that the cost of not fixing it including various port and medication and likelihood of being unable to work is much more than the cost of fixing it. If there is a dental school nearby, I remember the Manchester one from years ago, they might help...

Next time, buy an oven with black sides and floor ... doesn't show as much :) One thing that might work, having got it decent, is to fill a roasting dish with water and cook it for a while. The steam will/might depending on what it is soften some of the thick bits and you can scrape it off as...

I saw the post early, thought about it, and decided there wasn't enough information (like a picture) to comment meaningfully. My sofa has little square legs, if I wanted to raise it I would unscrew them and fit longer little square legs. If its on victorian style casters I would make some...

All good information here. Thanks. I had a go at sharpening while waiting for the order to be sent - they were having a week off. It helped and I might repeat of I am short of ££. I did it on the saw, using a diamond file across the bit of the tooth suggested in the first video. The diamond...

Reawakening this thread. A long piece from the perpsective of a delivery driver - I know that delivery company systems are often to blame but we should perhaps be more patient with the final link in the chain. I don't know how people like Screwfix can deliver stuff to me for just £5 unles...

https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O1175155/cabinet-de-curiosite-cabinet-kuramata-shiro/ Just like your sketch. Seriously though, the V&A website is a brilliant source of ideas. Go to vam.ac.uk, pick collections from the drop down menu, tick filter with images and put in a search term, in...

Toolstation do a mixed pack of similar stuff, I use it a fair bit especially finishing tight curves in small things. Lasts well enough and can be washed out to revive it a bit. Easy to cut with scissors. They call them contour sanding pads.

Cut the blade but leave it full length. Fit a T handle to each end. Dig a pit. Roll a tree trunk over the pit and send one of your family down below. Stand astride the tree trunk, lower one end of the blade into the pit. Then the 2 of you make planks. Or not.

I wasn't thinking of dirt, more the effect of 100 years of fumes reacting with the wood but you are likely correct. I wonder if it was fashionable to stain it when the houses were built? It might be interesting for the OP to find out if neighbouring properties are similar.

Stainless Steel, that's posh. I used bent wire coat hangers to make toasting racks on all sorts of things. Really good job, tempted to find similar myself. Where do you get paraffin these days? Used to be every corner shop but I don't remember seeing it for a very long time.

I wonder if they have been stained or if the dark colour is a result of age and coal fires. It looks a lot like the oak panels I remember from elderly relatives houses years ago. By coincidence I've just been re-reading a book called "better than new". From a BBC programme that pre-dates...

And I thought there would be a simple answer. Will send them a sketch as suggested, can't do that via the ordering bit but there is a customer service email, and at the same time I might ask if their website was designed by a UK carpenter or an American glazier 🤔 Thanks all.

I've had a few bits of greengage from neighbours tree pruning, so it's sort of cheating. Hard to do much with it because some heartwood is often as soft as a soft thing. As it dries out, the white bits can go a very nice rich creamy colour, the dark bits lose some contrast but don't change...

Some kind of plum/greengage family?

Your first post sounded like you might appreciate a few ideas, sorry to intrude. Good luck.

I don't know Wakefield very well, but the position close the A1/M62/M1 makes it good for access and distribution so I can see why property is hard to come by. Economic delevlopment seems to focus on Wakefield First. I had a quick look at their website and under managed workspace you have to...