Recent content by JanetsBears

It will only get worse when it arrives - start printing out templates and preparing wood while you wait! :D Chris

Bah, amateurs! I had to move my 480kg lathe from the garage, where Axminster dropped it off, into my workshop, which involved moving it over a step. Just took my time and thought about it for a month, planning a group of mates to help, but then I did it alone. :wink: Chris

How can I unread something? :cry: Chris

Very nice, although I especially like the cat! Happy New Year all, Chris

I just hope for your sake that she's not reading this - your contributions would be sadly missed! :D

Yes, might do something like that for my mother. She'd probably enjoy it even if she didn't remember where it came from! Chris

Personally, I'd use a scroll saw and do them freehand one at a time. If you do a stack you have to do them slower anyway, and you've got the problem of keeping the stack together as you cut the pieces, and you need to keep the different jigsaw's pieces together after they're cut. With a fine...

I was ASF, not 5 or 11. I was a fairy so spent most days playing bridge or darts while the heavies ripped the aircraft apart and then rebuilt them. I wasn't interested in aircraft in the slightest, I only joined for the electronics training, but it was fun when we managed to get 25 of them in...

Now there's a smell I've never forgot from my time at RAF Binbrook, burnt Avpin fumes! Chris

Excellent, your apprentice is doing a great job! Chris

With this and Ted, both of which I really like, I feel inspired to give it a go. Now all I need is time and a bit of effort :D Chris

Thanks, it's painted with cheap acrylic paint from 'The Works' or similar (stole it from my wife's craft room, shhh) with a couple of coats of spray lacquer to give it some protection from sticky fingers. The letters and numbers are painted just on one side so the little one knows which side...

Sometimes, the most basic of things give a huge amount of pleasure. Made this for one of my granddaughters who's starting to learn the alphabet and she loves it. Now we're both having fun playing with it and learning :) Chris

Looks pretty damned good to me. My brother-in-law would love something like that for his birthday so I may be asking for the pattern before next May :) Chris

That's far better than any VW ;) Chris