Recent content by Phil Pascoe

I remember reading that a problem at the time of the Indian Mutiny was that beef fat and pork fat were used in the making of shells so offending both Muslims and Hindus.

From what I read OSB is reckoned to be better than ply - it takes the adhesive better.

Pedantry.

They would probably have to charge more than the lathe is worth for it to be economically viable.

I was serving a dozen or so newly qualified doctors in a bar one night (20 years ago) and commented that I was surprised most of them smoked. They said it was fine, it did no harm so long as you gave up by the time you were thirty.

In epdm you probably wouldn't have needed to do it again. :)

Mine, done a few weeks ago was £414 (materials only). 11'6" x 8". That was all adhesives, trims etc. I did pay about £50 more for heavier rubber. Better to regret something you have done than something you haven't. Rubber4roofs. I'm 70, I don't do jobs that are likely to need redoing in my...

Email Ian at https://www.tuffsaws.co.uk/ he'll probably know.

https://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/ I ordered £45+ worth of belts, discs etc. yesterday and I've got them already. Excellent service and some very good prices as well, they deserve a plug.

The trims are xpensive but worthwhile. They stop the rain dripping of the sides and create a drop into guttering at the back.

Epdm. Jfdi.

Look under "clearance" for Norton sanding discs. https://www.thepolishingshop.co.uk/clearance-stock-and-specials

" the grain is OK but nothing special ..." - precisely why carvers use it.

It's surprising how many things that just seem to look "right" approach that ratio.