Recent content by MikeJ

Thanks for the answers and suggestions. Looks like I'm going to go ahead with the oak. As far as the glue goes, I've used both Cascamite and PVA in the past, though I do need to get some new. My current PVA is ?? years old and the Cascamite even older! I'd wondered about an oil fiinish, I've...

Hello people, I'm in need of some advice. I've been asked to make a wooden sign for my mother's retirement cottages. There is a block of granite which is 80 x 48cm for the sign to be mounted on. I've got some air dried oak which can be used, but I'm not sure if that is going to be a wise...

Hello, I've got a cheapy scroll saw from B&Q, I've got mine screwed to the bench top through a piece of rubber carpet underlay. That made a lot of difference.

mmm amazing what you can do with numbers! A bit more to explore there another time. Thanks for the link.

Certainly looks like you got a lot of repetitive work to be done! Must be a case for making several jigs. It is an impressive unit though, hope it'll keep things tidier in the end!

Found ours had cut out yesterday morning. Its our first winter in this bungalow. The outlet pipe is lagged and at a shallow pitch over a long run. I guessed that it had frozen solid. Not even going to attempt to thaw it. There's a second plastic pipe at the bottom of the boiler with a stop end...

Hello, my 1st post here too, been lurking for a while! Found much of interest. I've been using pallets for a few years to make odds and ends - bird boxes, planters, letter trays. I'm amazed at the types of wood that can be found and have been unable to identify many of them. (Well ok...