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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...

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.

My neighbour has got hold of a very old and tatty 12inch Whitehead Junior Thicknesser, It's 240 volt and despite its looks it fires up when switched on. The belt cover at the side is missing and no doubt a few other odds and ends but try as I might, I can't find any information about the machine...

Has anyone replaced the rubber coated outfeed roller on their JPT 310? The rubber coating on mine has worn down and is starting to break up. I`ve got a brand new roller from Axminster, (they have them in stock so I assume this is not an uncommon problem) but on examining the assembly of the...

I`m just about to order the Jet JSW-34LX spindle moulder,(plus a couple of other goodies!) from Axminster. It will be getting quite a bit of use in the manufacture of doors and windows etc for the renovation project I`ve got over here in France. Being a newbie with spindle mouldiers I`m...

Can anyone advise me on the minimum thickness a double glazed unit has to be to go into an exterior front door? All the research I`ve done today tends to suggest that it`s 24mm (16mm gap and 2x4mm panes). The door I`m making will be 45mm thick, it`s going into an existing frame in a glazed...

I`ve just had a request from a friend to build a ramp from her back door onto her patio. Her German Shepherd`s back legs are giving out and he`s struggling to get over the threshold of the UPVC frame and down onto the patio. The ramp will need a non slip surface and that's where i`m struggling...

Just spent an hour with a smile on my face watching James May on BBC 2 building Airfix kits. Boy did it bring back some memories, those kits in the plastic bags were 1s3d when I was a lad. I was quite impressed with the kids as well Dex

After completing my latest project, a router table based on Norms design, I no longer have a need for my Record Power RPMS-R router table. I`ve had it about 4 years and it is still in excellent condition and there are no parts missing. As its the old model it doesn't have the gas struts to...

I`m contemplating buying the woodpecker unilift. I`ve been on to rutlands who seem to be the only company in the UK that supply them, they are out of stock and couldn't give me a more accurate availability date other than it could be 5 weeks, it could be 6 weeks it could even be as long as 8...

On the Uk MSM home page at the moment are 2 items, 1, Winning-line up a look at the flash cars driven by footballers (picture of some bloke and a Bentley) 2,Afghan deaths milestone, Two more fatalities push the number of British soldiers killed in Afghanistan to 201. (picture of some blokes...

Just got home and found my latest water bill from United Utilities on the mat. It would appear that taking into account the best information they have about me and an increase for any planed price changes my bill will rise by 26.4% next month!! I don't know what information they have about me...

I`m trying to source a piece of white laminate sheet to complete a blackboard/wipe board I`m making but up to now have had no success. Can anyone point me in the right direction, in the South Lancashire/ Gtr Manchester area. Thanks, Dex

I`ve been asked by my sister to make a blackboard and easel for her 2yr old grand daughter,(boy oh boy do I feel old!!). I`ve got some beech that's been under the spare bed for a couple of years (where else are you supposed to store wood!) and i`m thinking of using that for the easel frame but...

I`ve been viewing this site for a few years and so it`s about time I actually contributed to it. First a brief history of myself, Left school in 1973, always wanted to be a policeman but was advised by my dad to get a trade first,`not engineering, that's had it. Get in the building game where...