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Have a watch of ' The repair shop' on catch up. Will Kirk has a concoction that he made up to clean the dirt off wood. I can't remember what he used off hand. Clean it well, THEN you can see what you have/want to do. Another question is, how much woodworking experience have you got. that will...

I've got a fitted canvas cover that goes over my engineering lathe, mostly to keep sawdust off it. That's all. But my workshop is a single garage attached to the house, so not cold in there.

Like most on here. I don't do a lot of welding. I just got a pack of 6013 electrodes from Screwfix. They come in a plastic box. Kept in my dry garage, They always work when I need them to. No special precautions taken other than to put the lid back on. And join Mig-welding.co.uk. great people on...

More like the contracted company making more profit by recycling it themselves.

Update on this. I scrapped that Idea and did something totally different.

Robert Sorby Sovereign Handle - Turners Retreat (turners-retreat.co.uk) like this type of thing? If you need someone to turn it, I would expect the cost to be more than that price

This will give you 4.5'' of quill travel. BUT, It ain't cheap. Depends how much you are selling your lamps for I suppose. NOVA Viking DVR 16" Bench Mounted Drill Press - Turners Retreat (turners-retreat.co.uk)

Not made, but fixed. I volunteer at a repair café. near me. Kirsten Ramsey, (of the repair shop) eat your heart out. This came into the repair café on Saturday. It was one of the poppies from the art installation at the tower of London in 2018. I fixed one as it had all the pieces. This one had...

It takes as long as it takes. If it's not a paying job, Then why put yourself under time pressure? Some people will knock it out in 5 minutes, some a lot longer.

I make all sorts of stuff. This has woodwork AND metalwork in it.

Last time I did a job outside the workshop. (Fitting a child gate at my partners daughters house). I just threw some tools in the back of the van, I mostly got it right.

The first question that should be asked is: Is it listed. If so, then EH/NT should be your first phone call. If not listed, phone them anyway, they may advise what paint/treatment, you need to apply. As has been said before, B&W was Victorian. Oak will go silver if left with no treatment.

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you are a few months too late. Les Skinner from Bootle has just retired. I know, when I went to see him years ago, He uses Oak staves.

If its only occasionally, HSS with plenty of cutting oil and a slow speed.

Firm not insured? screw them over for the cost of your tools

If you want to make brackets, you would be better off with an arc welder. For anything over 2.5mm

Rowen woodlands products wood sale is on the 27th February at St Josephs tea rooms 10-3.

The way I approach these jobs is to Put a centre punch where I need the hole, drill a smaller maybe 3mm hole Putting 3-1 oil on the flutes of the drill. Get the speed of the drill as slow as you can get it. then up the size to 6mm, plenty of oil again, then the 10mm. You will need a vice to...