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Boat Building Woods Tropical species A project to identify species of lumber suitable for boat building (excerpt from US Forest Products Laboritary ) Ocotea rodiaei Demerara Greenheart, Greenheart Family: Lauraceae Other Common Names: Bibiru, Sipiri, Kevatuk (Guyana), Beeberoe, Demerara...

Greenheart is an oak used for marine environments, as already noted, and old Salmon/Pike fishing rods. Scot of the Antarctic's boat "Discovery" was braced with 24" x 24" Greenheart, against crushing in the ice. The boat can be seen as part of a visitors centre at Dundee's Discovery Point, it's...

Once loose flake rust clean you might want to apply a coating of Hamerwrite's Kurust, or any alternative. The afore mentioned acts with the ferrous surface to form ferrous ? (must be a trade secret as I can not find what it is) but sometimes it's called called black rust, which is a good rust...

These days much of the imported Scandinavian softwood windows are finished with a micro-porous stain, white is quite common, just like ourselves they used to use paint...bosshogg :)

Oh yes, you just have to adjust the depth of the sash bars/jambs etc. to accommodate the double glaze units, or if you are working to existing windows, sometimes stepped unit have to be employed. However you get better performance through well sealed lights to frame and sealing frame to wall...

Redwood, the hospital in our town has the same windows today that were fitted when it was built 1839. They have been repaired over that time, naturally but that's good value in anyone's language...bosshogg :)

Don't worry scaffold boards are fully seasoned (they have to be before use on site, H&S regulations) but if they have been on site they will be surface wet. If you stand them up facing the sun and a good drying wind, whilst protecting them overhead, they will be fine. Then bring them in to a dry...

An alternative is to use a hot air gun (paint stripper) and an unfolded 3' rule, or something similar, to rub on the edging...bosshogg :) P.S. it's the manual way of this http://www.edgecoinc.com/edgebanders.cfm?wh=no&type=1

Unfortunately there's a bit more to it than just replacing cells size for size, unless the cells are identical. First the obvious, cell size must be the same,as must be be the chemical composition, fortunately in all power tools , the size in question is always "sub C" unfortunately these are...

Here's one port of call http://cpc.farnell.com/batteries_power-tools Hope this helps...bosshogg :)

I think you have answered your own question re the width, in a way. You say planning rules, determine 4'. You also say your present shed is 8' wide, and has rotted away at one corner, given that it takes (some years) to rot means that your 8' wide shed has been in its position, and produced for...

nice one mate...bosshogg :)

+1 to bobs reply. You could try one of these room dehumidifiers, replacing the crystals once a year (after winter) should not be too expensive. here's a link...

I believe that wealth proliferation, is as befalling to mankind as nuclear weapons are...bosshogg :)

I believe you missed out "Hungarian goulash" as this is all the things you mention above... Welcome aboard Rob, pity about the machine freaky side :shock: , too much like like production in my view...bosshogg :)

Nicely put, Personally I would go with just a door blank, for all the hold-fasting your likely to do over time the wear of the legs on the bench top should be minimal. All chopping (mortises etc.) should be done over a leg position so as to transfer the energy of the blows through them. I have...

If this is a radial cut veneer, no matter what wood it is, it will be difficult, if not impossible to match in rear wood. Radial veneers are cut from the log as it is turned, and as such no other cutting will produce the same grain, yes you may be able to match the wood, but it will always look...

Hi Mark, can you tell us what the bench is mostly to be used for, planing, chiselling, assembly? If for instance you use your bench for hand planing and chopping lots of mortices, even if a lot of what you do is achieved with power tools on the bench, then you'll probably want something like...

These guys supply them, http://www.bullerltd.co.uk/section/343/ ... fAodlSE39Q seem to remember fitting them for one of the national home builders a lot Sorry didn't realise I hadn't posted the link :oops: ...bosshogg :)

Had rabbit in a restaurant in Valldemmosa, it was served in a tomato sauce and I seem to remember it was something of a house speciality, seemingly George Sand ate it regularly when she stayed there, or something like that...anyway it was delicious, eaten al fresco with a glass of wine, I got...