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Out of interest, where did you get the carding cloth from? Someone at work was interested in getting me to make one but I could only find the supplies in the US

My 4 Nova chucks all have a safety screw to stop you removing the jaw slides from the body but it's very easy to remove it. I don't even know where the safety screws are for my chucks since they were removed years ago. Aside from that, I've never been convinced that it's much advantage to have...

I wonder how well they'd convert to ripping chains for our alaskan mill (ground to 10 degrees). We currently have 2 chains which we switch over part way through the day when the first gets blunt but even 2 chains are ready to be sharpened after 3 or 4 hours of slabbing oak. Having 4 should take...

We buy our chains from the local dealer and they come boxed but I couldn't say if they've been made to length in store. I'll ask next time I'm in

A quick google reveals that these used to be sold as Piranha chains. There's a discussion thread about them here. Experience there seems to be mixed, with some good and some bad. For the price they're certainly worth trying. As for chains snapping - I know of 3 occasions at work in the last 5...

I've known of people brushing their dogs, collecting the hair and leaving it out in woods for birds to use for nesting material

This seems to be the same but unfortunately it's not identified. I googled insect grub switzerland red

Find what they're feeding on, pick some and put it and the food in a jar with air holes. Then wait for it to change. Or just ask your neighbours or people in the area

I recently processed some spalted beech logs at work with Northumberland Wildlife Trust and rather than just turn the mountain of blanks myself I thought I'd try to sell them to the local club members. The trees have been down either 2 or 3 years and the logs were left long. I had a day...

My last lot of sanding discs came from here. Rhynogrip discs. I used to buy strips and cut squares but now prefer discs - I find that I can sand up to a foot or feature more easily without worrying about the corners removing too much.

From the bark I'd say this definitely isn't cherry (too many lenticels), although it is a prunus species. The pink tinge in the one with fungus bark looks like some damson I've turned.

I find that holly spalts wonderfully so usually usually cut it long, seal the ends with wax and put it in a bin bag for a while, although not a particularly well sealed one. That way you don't have to worry about the green staining as it's hidden in the spalting. I've had success just leaving...

What diameter is it? Sycamore generally doesn't get scales and tends to have smooth bark until it gets to a fairly large diameter - generally greater than 30cm. Some better photos would be good, particularly of the larger pieces

very nice, but I'm sure that's not ash - not open grain. Beech I think from the grain in the light strip, although there's a general lack of beech like flecks in the rest of it so could also be sycamore, which sometimes has similar figuring to the light band

Hmm. A quick search suggests that the fuel is the same and from the same refineries but each bulk buyer (supermarket/garage) puts in various additives, so performance could differ between different brands

Just what I've heard from several sources.

Are your starting problems caused by old fuel? If you don't use your saw regularly the fuel mix could be going off. Ready mixed fuels such as Aspen and Stihl's own version are much better - I had a can of Aspen which was fine after a couple of years of being open. It's also not as much of a...

Whilst you could use a bowl gouge I generally wouldn't recommend it, particularly for someone who has just started out hollowing. They usually have a lot of cutting edge and the potential for a catch is higher then with a spindle gouge. If avoiding the wing is the key to avoiding a catch then a...

Odd. Out of the 20+ hard drives I've stripped down to salvage magnets they've all had just a single pair of magnets except for a very odd design which only 1 magnet. This is with regular 3.5" and laptop drives.

I have several tools I use for hollowing: Munro tool - expensive but cuts well on wet wood and leaves a reasonable finish. Can get clogged sometimes (more so on dry wood) but easy to clear out. Sorby sovereign hollower - similar to Munro but overly complex head, and wider than the Munro. The...