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You mention that the church is a listed building, perhaps a word with the listing people as to what timber and construction they would accept would be prudent. Rather than spending time and effort making the door and frame only to be told that it is not a suitable replacement. Dex

I second the suggestion for a Sedgwick, in your price range you should be able to pick up a very nice 2nd hand model. They’re practically bomb proof, give an excellent finish and spares are still available. Built to last.

Hi Stuart Back in 2005 a member of the site called Argee posted a how to guide on using a worktop jig that can be viewed as a web page, easy to follow instructions with some useful tips. Unfortunately, my computer skills are somewhat from the stone age and I don't know how to create a link to...

Could you borrow a Festool Midi/Maxi from somewhere? I've done all my floors with a Dewalt ROS and Festool Midi. Great for keeping the dust down. Can't help with the lending though, the middle of France is probably a bit too far to nip over to! Dex

Still got my original box from 44 years ago in the days when the first few months of your apprenticeship amounted to sanding components prior to glueing and sweeping floors and making stuff for yourself that you would need in your future, ( a cut off panel pin on each corner of the bottom of the...

On the PBS America channel tonight, tomorrow and Thursday at 19.50, Ultimate Restorations. The first program is about the restoration of a steam locomotive built in 1891. The second is the restoration of a WW2 Lysander aircraft. Program three is the restoration of a schooner built in 1885. I've...

Froggy, If you're buying some Danish oil in the UK would you be able to pick some up for me and my neighbor? I'm just down the road from you in St Etienne De Fursac. Dex

I had the same last week, binned it straightaway. Had a couple of PayPal ones as well about unusual activity on my account. Seeing as how I've not used PayPal for years they got the same treatment.

A sharp handsaw will cut a half inch dowel in about 2 seconds. By the time you've made a sled to slide in the mitre slot of your table saw and set it up you could have made a bench hook and cut dozens of dowels. If you're working with wood then you will inevitably need a hand saw of some...

I once had a packet of 10 Philips head bits confiscated because they were classed as "builders tools" but my tin of soldering flux was OK to take on board. I just couldn't be bothered to argue with the poor, sad lndividual telling me this.

Just watching Ultimate Restorations on PBS America, they are restoring an old schooner the timber craftmenship is outstanding. It looks like it's repeated at 23.25 to night, well worth a watch.

I give all my wood shavings away to my neighbours for their composting toilet otherwise they would have to buy it in. Even living an eco lifestyle as they do comes at a cost.

They are very popular here in rural, (and I mean very rural) France. I have a Nissan X Trail at the moment but would take a serious look at the Dacia when I need to change it.

I don't recall any mention of the constitutional issues that would have to be faced if the vote was to leave being made by either side during the campaigning. I was at my dentist's this morning here in the middle of rural France, we ended talking about the decision to leave the EU and his first...

This is turning into a screenwriters dream. Who would you pick for the main players (Jimmy Crankie has already been cast).

I wasn't for out, but I had a gut feeling that the leave campaign would be successful and it was. OK,, I will accept that as disappointed as I am. What I now find is totally incredulous is that, considering the sh-t storm that has been generated not only in the UK but in Europe as well, apart...

Jacob, Just watched the clip of the bretexer, I assume that the young man with her was her career!

Here's a thought, the Tory party's hundred thousand or so members elect the new PM. Not wanting to make the same mistake as Gordon Brown the new PM calls a general election. The Labour Party is dead in the water, the Tory party is still universally hated, in steps Mr Farage still riding high in...

You appear to forget one thing - they sell us nearly twice what we sell them. They will not readily give up that market. According to Peter Lilley, who helped set up the single market (or as C. Moore in The Telegraph called it - the single regulatory area) we would pay an average tariff of 2.4%...

The first inside page also states it's a European Union passport. Perhaps issues like this are still on the leave campaigns," to do" list. The devil as they say, is in the details. If you were a member of a committee of let's say, a golf club and one of your members attends a committee meeting...