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John, I think a lot of this depends rather on which bits you enjoy and which bits you want to / are capable of doing yourself and which bits youwould ratherbuy At one end of the spectrum various people have mentioned Hornby (amongst others). You can buy just about everything you need, rolling...

First port of call before I even started any of this was Part K of the building regs. [mods: note I'm talking about Part K here not Part P :-)] which is from where I get my design contraints. I have spoken to the Building Control Officer for the area and he has told me that I can put in...

Since recent discussions have revealed that there seem to be many people on this forum that work with wood professionally I thought I might pose this problem here. I need to replace my stairs in order to increase the headroom a bit and to get something a bit more contemporary. This is not...

That was the assumption I made even if Bridgewater with an E is the canal oop Narth and Bridgwater without the E is a town in Somerest. ;-) Andrew (Who was brunged up in them parts)

Just a couple of suggestions to startwith. D&M Tools in Twickenham is probably a good place for Tormek jigs. They are not too far from the M25 and a couple of junctions around from the M4 so easy to get to Somerset from there. I am not a turner but Yandles in Martock not that far away (a...

A reasonable dusting in Cambridge this morning but nowhere near enough to stop me getting into work :(

Thanks all, Since this is mainly to be used for building large pieces of furniture then maybe a large would be the best option. I hadn't realise that Lee Valley was only mail order, I'm sure I saw someone advertising them in FW but must check. Ordering ahead shouldn't be a problem provided they...

I have decided that I need a shoulder plane of some description and since I am in the fortunate position of having a trip to the States coming up next month thought I might investigate getting one over there. It should be below my personal allowance for bringing back with me. I have heard a...

Interesting that the microscope that this guy is using to photograph the blades looks to be the same one that Pete W recommended to Alan for photomicroscopy recently in this thread over here. Andrew

Ahhh, I get the idea. But I thought that one of the Multimaster's claims to fame was that because it vibrated and didn't spin it specifically wouldn't cut skin which is why it was used for removing plaster casts from limbs.

That's cheating :lol:. If you are allowing woodworkers who are famous but NOT for being woodworkers then shouldn't [ex]President Jimmy Carter get a look in? December's FW has more details. Surely more people know of him then Norm. There might well be few others as well if only we knew. Andrew

For those of us that don't have a television care to elborate. Andrew

Wouldn't you need a rhyne down there?

There is a good description that pops up on uk.d-i-y over here Andrew

BG, that sound like the way I will be doing it. Have you used the Osmo wax. I hadn't come across it before but it looks quite good. Is it easy to apply? Matt, probably not enough room in the shadow gap because it was a skim rather than a full plaster so its not that deep. Besides for 5 channel...

Neil, You are right of course. I was assuming that the £354.92 that Pitbull quoted was the total price including VAT. So, yes, strange that the tax should be less than 17.5% but that's customs for you. Andrew

What about ordinary iron-on edging strip. Its quick to apply and will provide a seal if all you are going to do is paint it. Available either in melamine or wood. Andrew

It's a question of maths. If you buy in the UK tax as a percentage is only 14.89%. Looks like Parcelforce charged Pitbull 18.18% Go figure. Andrew

Why do I find myself sitting here looking at a map on the wall and wondering just where is halfway between Nottingham and Oklahoma. Andrew

Chris, this is definitely the design intent and having paid the plasterer extra to put the beading in I am not (yet) going to cover it with skirting. It is a bit experimental at the moment but where I have seen it done it has been very effective. There are a lot of photographs in architectural...