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The Repair Shop BBC2 6:30pm Episode 1 The Repair Shop, Series 1 Episode 1 of 15 In the repair shop today, three cherished family heirlooms are brought back to life. Furniture restorer Jay Blades and horologist Steve Fletcher tackle a timepiece with huge sentimental value for its owner Jane...

My son came across this in Thailand today and is trying to work out how much it is worth and how to get it back here. It is afzelia burr approximately 1m high and 50mm thick. Postage estimated at £150. He's going back tomorrow to negotiate a price and would like some sort of estimate of it's...

Looking at the Sieg C4 engineering lathe and Arceurotrade are a third less for the machine and the accessories. I've never dealt with Arc before and wondered if their after sales care was as good as Axminster. It puzzles me how the price can be so different.

http://www.acs.org/content/acs/en/press ... dings.html

Just got a renewal quote for my house and contents insurance of £438. Went on moneysupermarket and got a quote from the same company for the same cover of £108 which of course I took.

Not sure how many got this email offer but if anybody wants a copy pm me your email addy and I'll forward it. Doesn't include power tools. Just my luck I bought a load of kit last week.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BN-34JfUrHY

As an antidote to the handmade series here's a slightly more interesting short; https://vimeo.com/126545288

BBC4 tonight at 9pm making a glass jug and a steel knife then Wednesday at 8pm a windsor chair.

I got this from gumtree as part of a lot of spalted conker blanks. As a beginner turner I have no idea what to do with it. My thoughts were to either sell it but have no idea of value or species, or cut it up into spindle blanks to use myself. Any help would be appreciated.

I came across this in a local auction. It has FORDPRESS34 written on it and has a heat control knob . Any information would be helpful as I have found nothing on google. Sorry about the small photo, there is a water pump sitting on top.

I've been thinking about getting some magnetic tool racks but saw these today in Wilkinsons for £2, a lot cheaper than Axminsters £15.

Plenty of errors but a good learning opportunity

As mentioned in a previous post I picked up most of a freshly felled sycamore tree and I'm working my way through making it ready to turn bowls. But there's a lot. About 40 4" thick by 8" square and 100 3" thick by 6" square. Far too many for me. I'd be happy to share out some of it for the...

I'm planning to go this Friday and was wondering if anybody from Newcastle had a rough idea how long it takes to get there and what time things properly start.

I've just picked up a load of sycamore logs and would like some advice on getting them ready for turning. As you can see there's quite a lot. It was felled on wednesday and has no cracks or checks yet.

More powerful vacuum cleaners (above 1600w) are being outlawed by the EU http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-28878432

Got a quote for my renewal so decided to check the interwebs. Five minutes of comparison sites later and a quick phone call my insurance company knocks £90 off the renewal price.

Just picked this up from Screwfix and after setting it up tried a test run but noticed that the beds aren't parallel so I can't see how this would wwork properly or am I misunderstanding something?

...making a workbench when you don't have a workbench to make it on.