johnnyb

I've started using toupret glazing putty. Not quite traditional but in many ways better.

Yes courses have always been like that. Fine furniture and boxes. I think people have a reel playing in there head and this video is...

I also use burnt sand mastic on stone buildings. It's seems old fashioned well it is old fashioned but it's a great product. Both...

I love the traditional square iron dowel fixed into a mortice in the frame and leaded into a stone cill. Few nails into wood plugs. It...

Ps I'd love to run a make your own door course. Do you think there would be any interest? Suppose you'd do make your own frame first...

You neglect to say what tackle you've got in your workshop. 2 inch unsorted redwood deals(9by2) for the door rails/stiles and 3 inch...

Here's the part finished chair

The steel in anchor chains is normally wrought iron and this provides the soft backing in(top) Japanese chisels. Bear in mind quality...

It depends on the accuracy of each method as accuracy on a mitre has to be perfect. So most mitre saws are off. Even when adjusted there...

My child (6) has been saying there " making a chair" in dt . He even pieced one together from a cornflake Box in front of my eyes! So...

"Do your best and caulk the rest" is the skirting mantra...

Those taper bearings need to have the correct clearance to allow them to float. The surfaces need to be good enough to maintain the oil...

It's definitely possible to do without damage because I did it(about 19 years ago)

Have you correctly tightened it up. Just shooting the breeze. No idea how it's done but I did swap a belt on one years ago which...

Great stuff. You only need one side to allow movement technically thus halving the work! Let us know how you went on when you manage!