Recent content by Davy

A nice piece of timber Like the bit on the top left of the 2nd photo It is like a bat (the flying ones)

So have now no idea where my dad got the design for his from The guy that owns the house has only been in it for 25 year and it was him that got it made off of the original to put in the house My dad got his design 10 year before that Down in Cumbria for motocross so will get you to give Nicolas...

Went to see the bed at "Windy Hill" today... What a lovely man the owner is and turns out he is the Chairperson of the Mackintosh Society. The bed he has is a copy of the original, built to the exact millimetre. My Dad's one is very slightly different and the guy said this will make a huge...

what Thanks for that Brian about Instagram What a help that was Had to wait until my daughter got back from work late Saturday night to find out more about it Today i was at Kilmacolm trying to find any tradesmen who had worked in "Windyhill" The house was up for sale 6 years a go for £3...

Thanks for that

Thanks for all the replies It is good to know that Hill House is now open Was sure that i heard on the radio that it was not going to open again this year In the last 30 seconds my wife has found the exact bed at"Windy Hill" in Kilmacolm a house that Macintosh designed which is a private house...

About 35 years ago my dad and his friend managed to get to measure a Mackintosh bed at Hillhouse Museum that had a connection with the great man in Helensburgh. Someone had asked my dad if he could build them one for a relation that was coming over from America on holiday. My dad could have...

Cheers Andy The only thing i could come up with was a fancy sanding block!

Any idea what this is? NOT SELLING as full of woodworm, just wondering! (Last post on this thread here)

Sorry Noel i never noticed your post until after i replied

The mods have removed the pictures saying that i was trying to sell tools which i was not really trying to I did not join the forum to do that Will be starting a new thread on another matter which was the reason i joined Need to go and collect a piece of furniture first which might be a few...

Have went round it with a magnifying glass No name on it at all apart from the blade -Thanks

Thanks for that The blade has the number 5 stamped on it and the infill has also the number 5 stamped on it It does seem to be a quality product going by how heavy it weighs

Was thinking that myself that the blade could have came from anywhere with the makers name on it Due to a new arrival in the family taking up room in my shed as the wife will not let her live in the house i am now struggling for space will probably end up selling them sometime Where would be the...

Forgot to say the wooden part is not original Had to make a new one a few year back