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Hi The quality of the foliage, The design including the nebari (Surface roots) Leaf size is important as a tree looks daft if it's small but huge leaves! The dish has to be the correct size to compliment the tree too, A small tree in a huge pot looks bad yet i've seen massive trees in...

Hi all I've been in to Bonsai for over 20 years but this year with the high winds i've had many suffer by being blown off the tables and branches breaking, Also Pots getting smashed but this poor collected Cotoneaster lost a full trunk to dieback and then, The wind blew over some 4"x2" timber...

So sorry to hear about your family losses, I lost my youngest brother a few years ago to suicide, It hit me like a bus 😢😢 John...

Hi Linus I have a Myford 7 and would love a manual for it, PM incoming.. John :)

Hi I bought what I thought were a couple of Farriers files (Rasp side for removing hoof, Fineside for taking down the nails that come through the hoof) at the Bootsale local to me, Was told they're not farriers files but rather general 'Do all' files!! They don't to have teeth on the edges but...

Walnut can have some amazing grain within, That said, Turkish walnut us the best ever as it's so dry, It takes years to mature then has some fab grain, I was told this by a seller of top end shotguns at a gunshow! Walnut is favoured for gun stocks as it's lightweight by compaison with beech, It...

I had to carry my 7 in to the garage on my own as my lads were away at work :cry: It was the same when I traded a woodlathe for this Granville Snior, Removed bits but still almost broke me back!! And again when I 'won' this Startrite bandsaw off the bay, Two big lads put it in to my car...

It's not an English wheel by chance? They put sweeping curves inb sheet metal :) EDIT-Ooops!! I just read through more posts, Obviously not an english wheel!!

Hi Ian I'm at Greenhill, Amie took many trees down around here but did plant new ones, Someone (possibly kids) snapped the trunks off three new ones on Annesley road :cry: They did immediately sprout new shoots though, I reckon they will just take longer to reach a good height John :P

I have a passion for trees, Allbeit little ones!! :D John :P

Unfortunately British Blades has closed down, I heard Martyn had had enough of it! :( John

Hi I have a 25'x10'6" sectional garage, The small side door was broken in to years ago (Very basic door lock was picked) and load of stuff stolen, I got the idea of hanging a set of car ramps from the roof joist just inside the door for them to walk in to the next time they came for round two...

Smashing finds! I get many tools from the local bootsales, Only trouble is that I can't get in my garage to use them until I get around to putting my new shed up! (Which has been in the garage too for six years!! :lol: ) I found this old dovetailing jig complete with all three cutters at the...

Hi all A friend bought a small motor cycle (Midi moto!) that had a stripped thread in one of the bolt holes in the barrel that takes the head bolts, The previous owner had drilled/tapped to 10mm which was too large then to get a bolt through the cylinder head!! He asked if I could make a...

That looks a cracking machine, I almost bought one locally that was cheap-ish at £250, Ended up not buying after an argument with the wife!! :cry: Had to buy a Myford ML7 as a consolation!! It cost a little more though at £380 (She'll probably keep quiet in the future!! :lol: :lol: )...

Hi I won a Coronet Headstock on Ebay that was poorly described as a motor! :oops: I paid £15 for it and don't think I was robbed!! :wink: I knew it was a lathe but wasn't sure what type, The bars, Tailstock and rest are missing but I actually bid on it for the motor an switchgear...

Hi I duid the same when I went to get a sealed window unit made! There was a pile of rubbish in the middle of the floor and a Record three wheeled bandsaw, I asked if it was for sale, The chap replied to the affirmative as they'd just bought a new one, I tried it uin the shop and left £30...

I had a go at cleaning some old coins in a little setup, As an anode I used a piece 15mm copper water pipe that I cut out and flattened, I used a low amperage car battery charger, It did the job Ok-ish The coins had, I believe been underwater for a couple of hundred years so were badley...

Hi If you do decide to weld it then you'll need to chamfer a vee so the weld can fillet in to the channel.. A friend of mine snapped his vice in two, I took it in to our welders, One told me to grind a chamfer on both halves then I left it with him, An hour later he brought it to me, The weld...

It sounds like the tracking controller that's gone, I had a Burgess but gave it away as I had a few Bandsaws (Could hardly move for them!! :oops: :oops: ) John :P