Recent content by Walney Col

I never did try to throw my weight around as the sysop of a free access bulletin board before many of you were even born, but I encountered many who did, it's really disheartening to see that even 35 years on some people are still of the opinion that being in favour with the sysop automatically...

Of course that's the crux of the matter right there isn't it, it's only "easy to understand and working well" from the moderators point of view. Most others I suspect would argue differently. Col.

Thanks Custard, very kind of you to say so. :-) Col.

Just do a google search for "3040 cnc router" and ignore all those with a spindle power of less than 500W. Mine required a bit of fiddling to get it working well (loose nuts type of check) but once running right it's been very reliable. Col.

An awful lot of counting too Jasper my head's still spinning. ;-)

A short video I made of carving a set of kids building blocks with a 3040 CNC router. LNwwIlgdcf8 Col.

I think beech it is. I might be just me but the maple blocks in the link somehow looks a little "adult" :-/ Thanks guys. Col.

Does anyone have suggestions what sort or wood and finish might be suitable for making a trolley and set of building blocks for a 1 year old? I envisage carving letters and numbers on each face of the blocks and my main concerns would be to do with toxicity, durabilty, and how well they'd carve...

Phil Istine? ;-) Col.

I only realised while I was eating them what a truly acquired taste marmite really is. My first reaction was "ooo... these are mild" but I was already eating them by then and you wanted the FULL review so here it is; "WTF?" he thought as he eyed up the suspiciously familiar logo on the...

Thanks Bob. There's nothing hard about making a dolls house. It just takes some careful measuring a bit of planning and lots of patience. Col.

You don't mention a price bracket but Stepmore machines appear to be amongst the best "cheap" ones and they'll build one to your own specifications if you like. http://www.stepmores.com/index.php?m=co ... s&catid=31 http://www.stepmores.com/index.php?m=co ... s&catid=38 Col.

Thanks for the kind words and encouragement lads. :-) I can only work on stuff a couple of hours at a time due to health issues but even so it's been on our dining room table for the best part of 3 months so it was nice to see it finally being played with. Col.

My great grand daughter collected her dolls house this afternoon. :-) _AQP8Lyp15A Col.

I didn't doubt it AES and thanks again. She has no idea why she's coming to see us but her mum and dad have seen videos and or photos of every step along the way and the plan is for one of them to video her seeing it for the first time and being told it's hers. :-) Col.