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Boat Building Woods Tropical species A project to identify species of lumber suitable for boat building (excerpt from US Forest Products Laboritary ) Ocotea rodiaei Demerara Greenheart, Greenheart Family: Lauraceae Other Common Names: Bibiru, Sipiri, Kevatuk (Guyana), Beeberoe, Demerara...

Greenheart is an oak used for marine environments, as already noted, and old Salmon/Pike fishing rods. Scot of the Antarctic's boat "Discovery" was braced with 24" x 24" Greenheart, against crushing in the ice. The boat can be seen as part of a visitors centre at Dundee's Discovery Point, it's...

Once loose flake rust clean you might want to apply a coating of Hamerwrite's Kurust, or any alternative. The afore mentioned acts with the ferrous surface to form ferrous ? (must be a trade secret as I can not find what it is) but sometimes it's called called black rust, which is a good rust...

These days much of the imported Scandinavian softwood windows are finished with a micro-porous stain, white is quite common, just like ourselves they used to use paint...bosshogg :)

Oh yes, you just have to adjust the depth of the sash bars/jambs etc. to accommodate the double glaze units, or if you are working to existing windows, sometimes stepped unit have to be employed. However you get better performance through well sealed lights to frame and sealing frame to wall...

Redwood, the hospital in our town has the same windows today that were fitted when it was built 1839. They have been repaired over that time, naturally but that's good value in anyone's language...bosshogg :)

Don't worry scaffold boards are fully seasoned (they have to be before use on site, H&S regulations) but if they have been on site they will be surface wet. If you stand them up facing the sun and a good drying wind, whilst protecting them overhead, they will be fine. Then bring them in to a dry...

An alternative is to use a hot air gun (paint stripper) and an unfolded 3' rule, or something similar, to rub on the edging...bosshogg :) P.S. it's the manual way of this http://www.edgecoinc.com/edgebanders.cfm?wh=no&type=1

Unfortunately there's a bit more to it than just replacing cells size for size, unless the cells are identical. First the obvious, cell size must be the same,as must be be the chemical composition, fortunately in all power tools , the size in question is always "sub C" unfortunately these are...

Here's one port of call http://cpc.farnell.com/batteries_power-tools Hope this helps...bosshogg :)

I think you have answered your own question re the width, in a way. You say planning rules, determine 4'. You also say your present shed is 8' wide, and has rotted away at one corner, given that it takes (some years) to rot means that your 8' wide shed has been in its position, and produced for...

nice one mate...bosshogg :)

+1 to bobs reply. You could try one of these room dehumidifiers, replacing the crystals once a year (after winter) should not be too expensive. here's a link...

I believe that wealth proliferation, is as befalling to mankind as nuclear weapons are...bosshogg :)

I believe you missed out "Hungarian goulash" as this is all the things you mention above... Welcome aboard Rob, pity about the machine freaky side :shock: , too much like like production in my view...bosshogg :)