Recent content by andrew_2

I think there's an original upstairs floor in Leeds Castle, Kent, that has been laid with butterfly keys. I say "think" because I visited a long time ago, so I might have got the wrong castle. But I remember being amazed and impressed at the work. You could always give the castle a ring - give...

I bought the replacement cast brass longer aduster yoke from Flinn Garlick - was about a tenner each I think. You need to cut and file a bit to fit, but I didn't need to open the mouth on either the Stanley or the Record... although I probably ought to do the Stanley. Neither of the factory...

Thanks Robbo! And thanks Phil, that's a nice way of putting it!

Sorry, but what's a fingernail grind in easy terms? *edit* just realised what a stupid question this is. Apologies.

Thank you! That was a really good film. Fascinating stuff. I liked how he tweaked the brass back in that jig thingy. I have a warped tenon, so I'm going to give that a go. Nothing lost!

I think my solution is slightly better. I make up passwords by randomly hitting keys and then saving them on to a removeable USB as text files. The USB is backed up elsewhere because I'm paranoid, but if it's not on the computer, nobody can steal it. I had trouble with passwords and paper with...

My dad's pal had a 1930 something MG TC. It got woodworm.

Just saying... My desk is 750 deep and I have a 27 inch monitor on it, which is a very nice size, but a strain on the eyes if I get too close to it, so I tend to sit back. The sketch shows 2 x 24 inch screens, which I presume are monitors, so 400 would be fairly close up and personal.

I don't see why some posters are so dismissive about HomeGrownHeroz's table photo. Similar things sell for quite a lot of money in the trendy shops in places like Shoreditch in London - reclaimed pallet furniture and the like. The look is deliberately crusty, but the furniture can be solidly...

I think you're right, toolsntat. I don't think mine was a bad plane - it did what it was bought for and I didn't have those problems as far as I can remember. But I've spent a lot of time faffing with it and I may never use it again in reality, so on consideration, I have just now ceremonially...

Wow. They look amazing.

Don't understand - do you mean using a countersink to soften the start of the thread in the knob? Would that be the same as going round it with a needle file?

Hi all and thanks for the ongoing comments. Sorry to say I gave up on it for the moment. It's on the shelf in bits looking forlorn. In reply though, david.tamlaght, the threaded rod looks fine. I did take it to the tool shop and the guys couldn't see anything wrong with it either, except for a...

A close up way to do it if you have a small printer like me, is to run off detail drawings of just the parts you need to mark out, say top view and profile, slice through the drawing and use a marking knife to mark off all the lines you need from the paper direct on to the wood. I just prick...

Yes, sorry - might be cross purposes here. All I'm saying is that rods were common practice in my job. What I meant about precise drawing skills is that you could not hand over a sloppy drawing to a maker. You would get murdered.