Recent content by Barkisland

What a great site Scrimper. When you look at the patterns and early pieces it does make you appreciate how skilled the early fretsawers were; no Hegners 100 years ago! What a wonderful reference you have compiled. Thanks Richard

Another vote for a Silky saw

We pay £50 for our annual Gas Safe certification so that does appear steep to me as a Yorkshireman.

Its the difference between knowing your dung and knowing you’re dung.

The 1960’s vinyl tiles will probably have a similar asbestos content to the textured ceiling finish

Next time you are in France take a trip to Guedelon Castle where they have recently completed building a medieval hall with a green oak roof. It takes one of their carpenters a day to trim up a freshly felled green oak tree (fast grown, tall and straight) into a beam using an axe. I understand...

I’ve just put these up today on a local mill. Three bird boxes and a barn owl box plus three bat boxes. I’ve still got a tawny owl box to hang up in a suitable location.

Is there a time limit on auctions, and do you have to accept the last bid? As the seller you set the length of time of the auction (within various parameters) and the final highest bid is the winning bid. There is an option to set a reserve which would offer less of a nail biting ride...

I‘m a newbie on here but have watched both of these videos (and several more by Scrimper) over the past few days and found them to be very informative. I was lucky enough to pick up a secondhand Hegner recently and am looking forward to learning how to use it. Scrimpers videos are very...