Recent content by Chris Brunton

My xmas present for our 1 & 3 year old grandchildren 🥰

Morning Duke, Have a peep at this... (y)🛶

...still putting the bitumen on to waterproof it at the mo - and a couple of little extras like a hand carved cleat to cover the calico at the end of the thwart... then the top speed is how fast I can fall in, or how many circles I turn in a minute!!! I'll add a photo when it's properly finished...

I've just made a boat... in the last 2 days! A tiny bit more to do - finish the bitumen (maybe a few more coats, and add the gunwale laths). I'll be on the river Lea in the next few days (y)

A request from my sister for her street's Community Garden

If you're ever in the Hertfordshire direction, I've loads of Ash, quite a bit of Hornbeam (plenty in Herts!), a bit of Field Maple, Apple, etc. ...and Hornbeam is the English equivalent of Hickory. Apple or Hornbeam were used as the teeth for 17,18,19th Century cogwheels for watermills &...

Good stuff :-)

I have a Robland 260 Universal machine. The thicknesser table 'squeals' dreadfully as I lower the table. Can any member advise me how to access the underneath of the machine to grease or oil the screw thread please?