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Earlier on in July, I met up with Matt from WH at Pete Sefton's bash in Upton-on-Severn, where I asked him to evaluate some 3M sandpaper with a view to getting some in as a stock item, but in the meantime Matt has sent me, completely unbidden, a couple of sheets of extra-fine, foam backed AO...

The 'Mask Cabinet' has been put on the back burner for a mo' while I was making this little cabinet. The reason is that Derek Jones sent me a selection of LV knife hinges to evaluate for F&C and by a remarkable piece of timing :-" they're exactly what I need for the former job...so I made this...

Some time ago, DW posted this linkie and SWIMBO has informed me that it's saved us a small fortune. Cheers John =D> :occasion5: - Rob

I usually read Boris's quips in the Telegraph and this one's particularly good - Rob

Something that I was given in Japan... I know what it's called, but do you? Fairly hard, interlocked, small tree (as you can see from the growth rings) and the image hasn't been Pshopped...that's what it looks like - Rob

The toms are now up to 6' high in the gh (as are the cucumbers)...how do I stop the damn things from getting any bigger?- Rob

I picked up on this little snippet in the Independent and then this piece appeared this morning as well, which is slightly worrying, to put it mildly. Whilst the situation in Syria is becoming progressively messier by the day, the use of CBM's could really change the situation...interested to...

My pond has turned into pea soup :( However, on Sunday what I did is to completly strip the UV, hard wire all the 240v contacts together (they were a bit 'icky') renew the earth contact, clean the quartz cylinder, fit a new UV tube and starter. Thus far, every thing is hunkydoodly...but how...

Here's a good one from the Beeb. My BMI is 23 and I'm like someone from Papua New Guinea :shock: :lol: - Rob

It's good! :mrgreen: (hammer) - Rob

Following one from Dougless's walnut box on the General Woodwork forum, I've just been waiting for the wood to finish it's second conditioning in the 'shop before I start construction, having been machined oversize a couple of months ago. Once it's ready, it'll be skimmed through the p/t to...

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I had a really great day round at Mike Huntley's bi-monthly Japanese tool bash yesterday and what made it even better was the the weather, for once, was glorious. One of the guys brought along a couple of hybrid pull planes, made aka JK fashion but with cut down, thick blades from an old woody...

See here :lol: :lol: - Rob

Puzzled I am, over a very simple little thing...attaching files to emails. Easily done I know but I've got a slight problem and it's probably something to do with the way I've saved stuff. So the routine is to open a new mail message, click the 'paper clip' and attach Word/Excel docs in the...

It's my baby brother's 50th coming up at the end of June so there's going to be a fairly big Bash round at his place. This is a little something from me to commemorate the momentous occasion. It's a fairly straight forward box in oak: ...through dovetailed at the corners, with a solid...

I'll shortly be having the opportunity to get hold of a nice set of Japanese kitchen knives. I'm not too concerned about the knives I eventually get hold of as there's going to be a vast selection, but it's sharpening them that's causing a bit of concern at the moment. I'd be interested to see...

Following on from a recent thread about glues, I bought a big tub of Cascamite at Axminster the other week and have just used it to glue up a small dovetailed oak box with mitred corners and an inset oak panel for the top. In this hot weather (long may it continue [-o< ) it's been a pleasant...

Jim, could you provide me with a linkie for the place you had your name stamp made? TIA - Rob

It's not often these days that I get a chance to gloat, being a hard-up, impoverished pensioner :-" :-({|= but today's a bit of an exception because I've been and bought some wood...but not just any old wood: ...these are three, 25mm thick boards of prime English Walnut :mrgreen: Not only...