Recent content by andypa

A friend of mine uses Caledonian Plywood in Uddingston.

Bought this today. It's not something for everyday use. Tried it out nailing 15mm mdf skirting to a softwood stud and works a treat with the supplied 50mm nails. Tried it with some 35mm 18g nails I use with another gun and it's fine with them too.

Skipdriver, I'm no Paul Sellers fanboy, but do you know that he has two pieces of furniture in the Whitehouse? Just outside the Oval Office. Maybe that's why he's been called a Master Craftsman :D The stuff he does on Youtube is mainly for getting people started off in woodworking. He does...

After reading the above I bought the same blade. But!!!!! It's too thin to work on my saw :o However, a minutes work with the arbor washer on a diamond plate and it's fine now. Nice smooth cuts now. :D

I did loads of these stopped chamfers on some exterior woodwork last summer. I used a big 45 deg router bit and cut the stopped part with a chisel using a little guide as described in the following link...

Not sure about this but could uneven feed roller pressure cause this :?: There are 4 bolts/springs that can be adjusted.

I was getting a quote for some DG units at a place in Edinburgh today. They do a thin DG unit with a 7mm sightline for historic/listed/conservation areas. That might help :duno: Also, at another place, saw a modern style timber sash window with 24mm thick DG units and 24mm wide through...

I know that one of the big sash window makers in Edinburgh makes their double glazed Georgian sashes with 27mm wide astragals and uses 4-6-4 DG units. Also, my neighbour has recently had some of his 6 over 1 sash windows replaced. I think they have wider astragals but don't look too bad from...

I've got the older Elektra Beckum version of this. I usually check that the infeed and outfeed tables are both flat (coplanar?) by setting them to the same height and putting a 4ft straight edge across them. Then adjust the little grub screws on the outfeed table if required. Check it...

I've used piano hinges on 9mm mdf. Only problem is getting screws small enough (hammer)

I've had the Makita for over 5 years. Love it. It's so light, but powerful. Original battery is still going fine.

Looks to me like tools for thatch roofing. One looks like a leggatt. :duno:

I bought a set of cheap chisels for a few pounds. They had clear plastic handles which, when left out in the sun, went all soft and wobbly :lol: Anyway, they sharpened up nicely and were used repairing old woodwork full of nails. Every chisel found a nail.(as expected). Job done, now thrown...

Not a townhouse but a detached sandstone villa. Three gables and 2 dormers all have same hammer beam truss design and should look something like this sketch. All that exposed wood not great in the wet Scottish climate! :)