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Chasing the scream is a good read

I’ll vouch for Landylift, maybe it can be broken down to smaller parts.

Wait, your garage returns the left over oil?

Nice work! I’d be interested to try an inverted jigsaw. Where did you get the black extraction hose ends? I’ve got one but can’t remember where it came from, it’s useful and I wouldn’t mind having a few more.

I’m pretty sure that’s not the excel from Coventry, they do the Holzkraft / Holzstar range of wood machines.

Wrapped in wet rags, wrapped in cling film then left under a piece of flat ply with a couple of heavy tool boxes on top (increasing weight slowly) 48hrs... successful so far, will have to see how it dries out I suppose

Perhaps these photos demonstrate it better: The front of the tread was nailed into the curved riser and the flat end was morticed into the RH stringer. Only the rear corner of the curved end was morticed into the LH stringer and the riser dropped. The kerf cuts sound like a plan to...

This cheered me up - one of my favourite YouTubers... Bit annoyed he did it in 3 days, I was going to say he obviously doesn’t have kids until he pulled out a packet of baby wipes.

Thanks Ian. Not quite cupped along the length, I didn’t describe well. The damage hasn’t been done naturally, rather one corner wasn’t quite secure and the whole thing was under strain if you stood on it left foot first at the rounded corner. I’ll try to get a better picture. Good idea on...

During the course of refurbishing a staircase I’ve removed the bottom tread as it was moving. The stairs are just pine (it’s a 50’s council house) and pretty well built but were let down when the installer didn’t support the bottom riser properly from below and over the years the tread has...

You’re most likely right, it was a semi-tongue in cheek response.

Buy a chineseum set from Poundland and then heat treat them properly when done?

Mark at Exel CNC in Burnley.

Don’t use the bench grinder, it’ll clog the wheels. Power file would be ideal if you rig something up. I’ve also seen brass turned very successfully on a wood lathe using scrapers / parting tools, if you have access to one. (I’d bet on early instruments the tooling would have been handheld...

Great, I’ve got plenty of that. Does it sand OK? Not something I’ve tried before.

This article cites a couple of UK sources https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/guitar.com/guides/diy-workshop/how-to-spray-a-1950s-style-cherry-sunburst-finish/%3famp

Slowly getting there... For the small cracks, is this stuff worthwhile or is there a general purpose epoxy that would do the job? https://www.wood-finishes-direct.com/product/bona-mix-fill?gclid=Cj0KCQiArvX_BRCyARIsAKsnTxNbaskS8DXU-eE300oS9Sa7ZhEahnhAvzi_5n5nnWrBW1qMQ-00IewaAjhvEALw_wcB...

Quality grading https://www.specialisedpanels.co.uk/birch-plywood.html (Scroll down)

If it works, it works...

There are different weights of hose, you’d be amazed what you can pay for the stuff. I’ve only seen really bad stuff actually tear, even with a lot of abuse, that looks like soft PU so it should be fine. It should really be used (as mentioned) for minimal short lengths as it causes a lot of...