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Great to hear of your progress Nick - how about a limited edition of your hand-made helicopters in air ambulance livery? Take care.

The power of the back-story in marketing is quite astonishing; no criticism - just open-mouthed, slack-jawed admiration at the level of brass neck required to carry this off. A wooden crate to bolt on your bicycle rack - yours for $95 - act fast, there could be a rush on these. Maybe a...

I spent a cracking week with some friends in the Ballycastle area in the early '90s climbing and diving, Hell's Kitchen sticks in my head as a classic route. After a few successful days I was goaded/flattered into trying my luck on an "easy" E3 - I needed more than a little bit of assistance...

When I first used the Titebond liquid hide I tried out a sacrificial half-lap joint in some scrap 19mm x 38mm PAR softwood. I glued and clamped the joints and left them; a few days later I clamped one end of the joint in my bench vice and swung my svelte 90kg off the other end, the lever arm was...

The Only Handplane You Need? - I'll get my coat, and hat...

Nice work on the canopy - I agree it's a shame about the conflicting styles of the gate and brickwork with new arch - surely you could talk them into a matching pediment and gate...

I hadn't actually got around to watching that clip - I used to climb a lot to quite a high standard (the older I get the better I was!) on vertical and overhanging sea cliffs, together with some major mountain routes, so I'm comfortable with heights and the sense of exposure that comes from...

I've never set foot in one of their stores, so I can't comment on the irony potential of this, but if it supports Robin Wood's endeavours it can't be all bad. Furniture Village- Encounters of their last kind Unfortunately all of the URL's on their page are poorly structured, if you click on...

The inimitable Fred Dibnah shows how to ladder a chimney - sweaty palms guaranteed! Toward the end of the 2nd part where he's grinning over his shoulder and saying the brickwork sounds a bit hollow is quite mesmerising.

I saw a tool caddy project he posted the other day; looks to me like he just wants a couple of day's away to play!

Thanks for the advice guys. Yes it's the doors/drawers that surround the oven that have suffered - the rest look like they'll clean up pretty well with some degreaser, I'm planning to use some Virosol for that. I like the idea of trying to fill/patch to start with and see where that gets me -...

Edit to add - Warning: after reading Lon's post below I should probably have posted a warning - it relates to a family letting go their treasured labrador, if you've been through anything similar recently this will be emotional. When you've got to let go, this has to be the way to do it; more...

I was struck by the lack of consensus in TV aerial alignment - missed the UFO!

A friend is going through some hard times and wants to improve her kitchen on a minimal (basically non-existent) budget. It's a ~20yr old Magnet kitchen that's in surprisingly good order, except the outer door 'skins' are peeling away in a couple of places revealing the MDF cores, the skins are...

Posted here as it seems that the denizens of this sub-forum are most likely to be interested. While wasting time I noticed that (as of yesterday 15th July '14) there were 2 places available on the Chris Schwarz tool-chest course at Warwickshire college on 28/29 July.

That's a lot of stitches in 17" x 12" - very impressive!

These Photography then and now shots are excellent - click the image and drag your mouse across the image. The concept is "Two photographs taken from exactly the same viewpoint at different times in history", some of them are really haunting. Apologies if already posted, I couldn't find a...

Very good - what's the medium?

My local auction house charges 19.5% for buyers and 15% for sellers (both plus VAT) - the sellers % can be negotiable for a number of reasons including regular sellers and special lots. If you buy online through http://www.the-saleroom.com/ the buyer pays an additional 3 %. Interesting to read...

Amazing Spaces - Shed of the Year Thursday 24th at 8pm Who knows? It might be entertaining - I quite like the look of the bottle igloo.