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And not just the Brits:

Germany - EC Emmerich (ECE) and Ulmia are still going strong,
Japan - is there a word for steel kanna? and
What woodworker has not attempted a Krenov style plane?

GMC = Genuine Makita Copy.

Bet that is what the guys with wooden planes said in 1855 when Mr Bailey started producing metal planes.





Reece Plumbing have bathroom tap handles that look like that.

Maybe a crazy idea?

Could you bodgie a car window winder mechanism?

Glue rarely grips well to old glue, so you would have to scrape all glue off both the dowels and the dowel holes, thus reducing the former and enlarging the latter, and creating a sloppy fit. There...

If I was the quarantine man at Heathrow I would be duty bound to confiscate that suspect import.

Good morning Michael and welcome to the Forum.

To my inexpert eye that looks like a dry glue joint that may have been caused by:

Too parsimonious in application of glue, and/or
Uneven...

The British government is going to need a bloody big carpet for this one.




No. There are still ten of thousands of hard working postmen struggling to deliver the mail and Amazon packages who...

Quite so, Yvan.

Lets hope that they sue both the Post Office and the senior executives responsible for the fiasco.

All good, Triodz.

I use quite a lot of recovered timber which is usually old growth. As a rule of thumb, old growth is usually better than regrowth and both are almost always better than...

It was like robot debt on steroids. Faulty computer software and arrogant and stupid managers. "The computer said you done it." Many sound postmasters had faulty accusations that they had stolen...

Makes sense. Thanks.

Thanks, DJ, fixed.

Hi, Matt

I know English boxwood as a single species of plant - Bruxux sempervirens - which usually grows as a dense evergreen shrub, often as a hedge or topiary specimen

The leaves and bark in...

Did anyone pick the finishing technique?

He seemed to spray it with a lacquer, then hose it off (???), then finish sand it, then apply more lacquer. Or did I miss something?

Derek is due back from New Zealand very soon now.

One of my favourite designer/makers is David Haig who, coincidentally lives and works just outside Nelson, New Zealand.

He has just published...

Your mention of dyna bolts implies that your wall is brick? I wonder if those bracket holes are too close together for drilling into masonry?

I did floating shelves at our previous house drilling...

Some really good advice above.

Personally, I would never consider using cypress sleepers as it is a low quality product intended for garden use rather than making furniture.

Secondly, I would...

Interesting analysis and supposition, Martin.

The price of lithium batteries has dropped by over 80% in real terms over the past ten years.
...

Paul, if I may, can I rephrase what you have said and then pose a couple of questions?

First the cost accounting:

Nothing competes with solar during the day, and
Only solar competes with...

And that is where the real strength of the Forum lies.

$145 for one bit !

Welcome to the Forum, Deedad

These guys in Boolaroo might be worth a phone call:
Plywood Timber Suppliers | Direct to Site | Newcastle & Hunter Valley
You might find that they only sell by the...

Sure is. In Japan paulownia is a prefered species for furniture and is also used to make exquisite lacquer ware products. Cheaper stuff has papier mache core, best stuff has paulownia core, and the...

Good Morning Josh

I have done a bit of steam bending and curved laminate fabication an offer a few comments.

Kiln dried timber does not steam bend very well - commercial kiln driers rush, dry...

Fully agree. Just too much friction. Using them in a drill press reduces the friction, but still not a good tool to use.

Have not seen the Ripper TCT Hole Saws but have taken note of them and...

Hole Saw

None ofmy holes saws will drill 60 mm depth - so you would probably need to drill from both sides. Such a lot of friction at depth would make a drill press almost mandatory - with a lot...

Mine, too, I took a similar approach to Derek, but used a sheet of pegboard as my spacing template to accurately drill dog holes on my MDF assembly benches about 20 years ago.


Pegboard
...

FineWoodWorking Magazine has an interesting video by Michael Fortune on sharpening drill bits.
Sharpen Your Own Hybrid Drill Bits - FineWoodworking

Has anyone tried his technique? Comments?

It really is.

When you treat people like that, you destroy your own credibility and staff move on. Talented people find moving on to be the easiest. When the school reopens, assuming it does,...

Enjoy your holiday in the Shaky Lands, Derek.

Three weeks to think about your chairs, and do nothing!

Looking good Toni; nice job.



Strange, I have never actually had this happen with wipe on poly - WOP. My experience is that WOP is touch dry after about half an hour or so, longer when cold...

I first went to Japan in 1968 and K's were certainly dominant, especially as commercial vehicles, as Japan then had relatively low private vehicle ownership.

We were last in Japan in 2019, not...

Just another tool. Also country background; On my twelfth birthday, like my brothers, cousins and most of my friends, I was given a rifle - a Lithgow 22 single shot - the girls were asked if they...

And that little guy can actually be quite large.

GMC = Genuine Makita Copy
LVMH has major counterfeiting problems (*),
More Rolex watches made in China than Switzerland.


Intellectual...

Hi Brian

I was not familiar with Whitechapel locks and hinges so I tried to have a peak on the above website, but got a message "Domain name available for sale". Oops!

Bit of googling and I...

Even earlier than that.

I can remember when my late father bought a new fangled electric drill system or kit or whatever it was called in the early 1950's:

Black & Decker, then a quality...

The Electra Beckum BAS500 that Rustynail has is a trade quality product rather than a consumer model aimed at hobbyists. Wellworth exploring.

If you have 3-phase power, then it is also worth...

I am equally nonplussed on the problem of timber names, and the issue seems to be getting worse, not better, with creative marketeers.




Possibly not the best example, Ian, or maybe it is a...

The same thing, minus the worm holes, that makes it oak or ash.

I'd settle for the last six slices!

Are you being ironic in suggesting that they have any policies?

That all makes a lot of sense, Ian, the classic form follows function argument. I just hadn't thought it through.

The lineage of Uncle's chest from the Seaton is evident, plus a bit of evolution....

Thanks, Rusty.

I worked for a while in a civvy job in the army in the late sixties, and was well aware that a lot of stuff came back "unofficially" from Vietnam. One AK47 finished up in a museum,...

Like you, I also use CAD - I have a slight preference for Rhino 8 or Autocad over Fusion 360, but use all three - and also use CAD to design how to make something. Forces me to really think through...

Really?

The AK47 and the M16 are both fully automatic assault rifles - aka machine guns - and I thought they were always illegal in Australia, except for the military.

AK47 = Kalashnikov =...

Was that gorgeous tool chest made by Jim Kingshott during his apprenticeship built to a "standard pattern"?

The reason I ask is that a great uncle of mine who lived in the Midlands of Tasmania...

Never heard of anyone buying an AK47 to pop off a few rabbits.

Never truer than a few years ago when the gangland shootings were occuring in Melbourne.

But the media worked itself into a fenzy: "What are the Police doing?"

Seems to me that we had a...

After watching Matt's recommendation - the videos by Jim Kingshott - I stumbled over this - a bit slow in parts, but worth persevering with - same passion and craftsmanship.
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