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Someone sent me a joke email ( which I share with you now) and then, as seems to be the tradition with us folk, the secondary detail becomes the main point of interest.
Have a look at the joke,...

Dust collection or in this case dust removal, using a centrifugal fan works very well in certain circumstances. (A warm climate being one of them)
Having observed the very fine layer of dust lying...

Ryobi is a dirty word as far as I am concerned.
I designed a project using their tiny biscuits (R3) and jigged up for production only to discover when my stock of biscuits got low that I cant get...

Mike R

Sorry to take so long to reply, my computer has been in for a brain transplant and I have only just got everything back in and running again.

Being a parochial old bugger it never...

Having recently entered the digital camera world I am now in the throes of making up slideshow CDs and/or DVDs.
After purchasing forty bucks worth of shareware that does an excellent job of making a...

Hmm, early days.
Wish you luck but with FWW and Ubeaut already sparking along nicely hang on to your day job.

Too late, most of them smoke and have already been in hospital to have sports injuries fixed.

I rest my case

Point taken Ernot, thankyou for the congrats I just hope they are still deserved in, say, twelve months time.
As for encouraging others, well lets get controversial for a moment, lets get a good...

I've just quit smoking my beloved pipe.
It all came about quite suddenly and I am left with five or six packets of Blend Eleven pipe tobacco and about 3 kilograms of home grown tobacco.
The Blend...

Well done. Could you let us in on how you create the patterns in the sails?

Having tried various smaller sections of aluminium and steel angles over the years I discovered that angles can do strange things under pressure. Eventually I bought myself a 3m length of 100x25...

Now now Neil, your the alchemist, dont you know what the little < & > are for?

I've often wondered what denatured alcohol was and after following this thread I did a Google on methylated spirits and got

http://ptcl.chem.ox.ac.uk/MSDS/ME/methylated_spirit.html

Here it...

If you are on a tight budget and you don't mind a challenge, Fine Woodworking did an article on full extension drawer slides made with wood.
It was in the August 2000 issue entitled 'Full extension...

When I first had my bandsaw I used to take the tension off the blade every night.
Then I would leave it because I was going to use it again the next day.
Then, unlike the blade, I would get slack...

Thanks for the pic AlexS, this confirms my suspicion that there is something missing.
I have established that Jasons don't make chairs anymore but a trail of 'might be able to help you's' led me to...

David

Wouldn't it be cheaper to get some spectacles?

Ray

Chatting about your problem with my beloved in bed this morning, yes you do this when you get to my age, aforesaid beloved pointed to a cabinet and said 'Do you mean like that?' and Lo there was a...

Okay Greg,
I will dwell on that for a while, now what about the last three questions?

I,m repairing a friend's chair and have run into a problem.
There are a couple of bits of machinery that have got me stumped as regards what they are supposed to do.
There is a flat bar, the one...

Chisel out a small 'crater' round the end of the screw shaft and grip the exposed end with pliers or suregrips and unscrew.
Works for me.
Bought some stud extractors about thirty years ago and have...

Greg


I have long been intrigued by your nation's refusal to join the rest of the planet and use the metric system. Back in my youth I admired the American way because, as a Pom, we used quaint...

Well well well!

So endeth another quest. From now on I will stop trying to be smart by buying large cans to save money and frigging about decanting into smaller ones.

Much obliged Marc

Don't give up Greg, we blokes seem to wander off the subject all the time.
Cramps don't arise from salt deficiency its dehydration. Dehydration is fixed by drinking water but if you sweat too much...

Good effort Geoff

I have been lucky so far but your colour problem prompted me to think of trialing the finish on one's stock for the important bits before embarking on actual construction.
I'm...

This is the funniest thing I've read in months.
Go ahead guys - check it out.

Marbles? Marbles?
Dearie me I have major problems. I have two lots of marbles the first lot are in a tin in my workshop; the others are are somewhere in my head but I cant find them.

I bought the...

I've seen various tips for preventing varnish etc from skinning over in the tin, none of which seem to be particulerly effective.
I decant new stuff into smaller containers which confines the...

Not Midland either.

Changed the sound thingy that tells me when an email has arrived to a very loud bell sound. My computer is in my workshop (playshop) so except when I'm routing I hear Ubeaut telling me someone has...

Stuck my thumb in the router once, completely mashed the tip, blood and flesh all over my work. Doc siad there was nothing he could do with it so he wrapped it up and sent me on my way. My thumb that...

Thanks guys,

Yep Cullity Timbers have what I want and yep filling is an option which occurred to me after I posted my question.
I intend to go down the filling track because I've already passed...

I'm making a bedhead panel, my client wants a veneered plywood laminated up round the edges to appear to be about 40mm thick with the plies visible. All to be clear finish.
My problem is with the...

Re Bob Wilson's comments about FWW website, I have to agree. Trying to subscribe or renew an FWW subscription online if you dont live in the US is a bit like trying to extract teeth.

How such an...

How about a Diahatsu Charade, got an upright gas stove in the back, regularly carry 2.4 lengths inside with the back down or 3.3 through the passenger window resting on the wing mirror (not RSJs of...

That reminds me, I have to get another cask of plonk for lunch (two hours late here).

I have only recently gone onto Broadband and coupled with the fact that I dont have any machines running I am...

That was a quick response, dont you ever do any work?

Ray

I agree it wouldn't be suitable for wet areas but my application is really a dry one and in slat form for BBQ tables, I am just wondering about humidity and whether it would tie itself in knots.
The...

I have a quantity of bamboo flooring offcuts and am thinking of using it for patio table tops.
A quick wander through websites suggests it might withstand some exposure to the elements but it is...

Try non ferrous metal merchants Yellow Pages

Hmmm....

I suppose I could move all the machines out in the garden but this doesn't appeal.

I will look into safer storage for imflamables though.

Had a hose to a dishwasher burst once. It...

Davo yes I supposed it does get a bit nippy in Perth but on a really cold day its not icicle weather and I have a half kilowatt heater shining on my bum anyway. My blower/sucker system is only on...

Where do I find out what the symbols on the left side of threads list mean (envelopes,cameras etc)?
Is there any way of flagging messages as read?

Ray

Your right Mick.

I gave this some thought before my first spray job and it was with some trepidation that I pulled the trigger. There weren't any explosions as is borne out by the fact that I am...

Dust collection or in this case dust removal, using a centrifugal fan works very well in certain circumstances. (A warm climate being one of them)
Having observed the very fine layer of dust lying...

Spent the last 50 years of my life modifying my tool box. Well maybe that's a bit of an exaggeration I cleaned the workshop a couple of times as well.

I always think wall mounted toolboxes are a...

I have to rebuild a chair with a seat covered with what I think is woven reed. I'm looking for some knowledge on the material and how it is worked before I make a fool of myself.

The pattern...

Interesting discussion going on here guys, keep it up, I'm learning lots.
My system (about $400 worth) gets used mainly for blowing dust etc, I have noticed the little transparent chamber never...

Laminated two 100x50s to make 100x100 once. The wood wasn't fully seasoned and warped, the PVA allowed the joint to creep rendering my 100x100 unsuitable.
The lesson? PVA allows creep so put the...