Recent content by Jim Linn

My solution is to get a catalogue of the other Axminster stuff - carpets. This will bore you shitless, which will speed up your visit. This means you might find that you can get in and get out before temptation to read the real catalogue strikes.

Got October's issue yesterday.

Well, I'm glad (if that's the right word) that this is happening to others - I thought it was just me. I subscribed in July and haven't had an issue yet. However, an email enquiry got a response expressing concern that I hadn't got October's issue, apology, and a promise of October's issue in...

A man's in his living room when there's a knock at the door. He opens the door but there's no one there. He's just about to close the door when he sees a snail on the step so he kicks it down the garden path. Three weeks later there's a knock at the door. He opens the door but there's no one...

Holy jet engines! It worked!

Steve and Mike, Thanks for all this - I now know why my Axminster Victor 26" crosscut handsaw's tip vibrates as it comes back. This is one of the saws I've been using to practice sharpening on. I've had reasonable success with this sharpening business, but now I can get a hammer out, start...

Yes I will, but I don't know how. I've got pictures on this computer but how do I get them to this topic?

Steve, Can you explain for us newbies what the problem is with your saw and how you propose to fix it?

I've just finished building a workshop and art studio in Crewe. The council here were quite helpful. I first put in a planning enquiry in which I specified I wanted a woodworking workshop and an art studio in two separate rooms on one level, made entirely of wood. I included a design. I was...