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Some good use of tricky space there, and all very crisp. The amount of mirror wouIdn't be my choice either, but I suspect some of doctor Bob's customers are fonder of their own reflection than you or I :lol:

I thought it was you Pete. Thanks for the idea.

Strong and collaborative - I like that. A definite change from Brexit talk then :lol: . I'm sure I've pinched both those ideas, but I can't remember for sure where from - the Reuleaux triangle someone on here I think was suggesting for making a compact table, and I think I might have seen...

I find Custard's chair a bit strange. That darkening looks pretty uniform, unlike a patina from use and handling. I can see how that could come from airborne pollution like smoke, but otherwise are we sure nothing else as gone wrong in refinishing or subsequent care of the chair ? The ash...

Fed up of talking Brexit, time for a bit of woodwork. I started this stool at a Christmas meet at Wimpole Hall. As is traditional, it has taken a while. I thought I could make a stool to keep in the shed at the allotment for rest and contemplation breaks. The wood available was ash - this is...

I had a closer look at mine. I'm sure it is a poorly made replacement V cutter - it is too prominent for a start, sticking out a long way beyond the wooden threads. But the give away is the tap, which is a symmetrical 60 degree triangular thread profile. Interesting design on the tap - it is...

I have a 7/8 tap and thread box; like yours, the thread box cuts an asymmetric thread. Taking the V cutter out, it is not symmetric - I presumed it was just badly made, and set it on one side to make another cutter when I get around to it. With the asymmetric thread, it presumably will only...

A lot of companies make it very hard to find their phone number now, at least one that will be answered by a knowledgeable human. Try finding a number for British Gas, aside from the automated bill payment line. I could sort out my Aged P's account using the only phone number with an actual...

Beech and sycamore are traditional choices for food contact, but not spalted, that's halfway rotten already ! I've used goblets made from ash and sycamore, with melted beeswax impregnation as mentioned above. Not for hot drinks. Whisky and other spirits slowly strip the wax. Red wine...

What a lot of nonsense you've been told ! (and I'm not referring to comments by forum members here, just to be clear !) This is sound : Don't mess with adaptors. They are usually cheap junk. Fit a proper plug. If sold in the UK it should have come with a UK plug. The only point I'd differ...

I've got the stay set version of the 5 1/2 with the narrower 2 1/4" iron. £15 from ebay ! I'm not selling ...

I thought vertical axis turbines like the Savonius rotor are more tolerant of turbulent flows - they don't need to turn to face the wind. But the output power varies with the cube of wind speed, so unless there is some storage, you might have to work only on windy days :D I can't figure how...

A friend of mine found somewhere with 24" elm boards for chairmaking. IIRC they came from Scotland. Perhaps Dutch elm disease doesn't like the weather up there.

My son is 16, he is on the traditional academic subjects, but when we looked around his current school before he started there, I was impressed by the range of things they had to offer for those not following that route. Ok, no woodwork(*) and metalwork, but product design instead. But if you...

Look, I spent 5 years at Oxford Uni. Lots of socially awkward people, but it would be more than a bit harsh to describe them as failures ! In the right place, and with tolerance, they prosper. The world needs the oddballs. They are the ones that think differently and achieve. IMHO, it is...

SWA=Steel Wire Armoured As well as depth of burial to avoid damage, it is usual to bury it in a layer of different material e.g. sand, under a warning tape.

That is what I was meaning by overcut half blind dovetails in my earlier post. I thought Jacob might try that way. It is ugly though.

Interesting to see thoughts on hand work methods that could be done quickly. There was some study of hand cut dovetails in Mortise and Tenon which showed overcut half blind dovetails, which I see you haven't gone for, although I think you mentioned it in the past. To hand saw the tails at a...

That is quite a result from that starting point ! Excellent recycling job =D>

I suspect many of them would be judged to be at the high performing end of the autistic spectrum. As thetyreman said, few people are gifted in every area; the payback is in other areas. In any case, I imagine being that far out of the ordinary makes friendships and school life difficult at...