Recent content by kevanf1

Little late in seeing this post but I do note a fairly recent entry... If you use acid for rust removal (brick cleaner is quick & cheap but aggressive) then a good idea is to rinse the tool out in a sodium bicarbonate (washing soda, not baking soda which will work but it's expensive). Washing...

Branded as JCB (JC Bamford) the digger excavator company based up the road from me in Leek, Staffordshire. Presumably because JCB are a proven company offering quality machinery somebody in the marketing department thought it would be good to have their name put on a set of files. To be fair...

I'm considering (actually I lie, I am going to) upgrading my metalworking files. I have settled on getting Bahco branded tools as I am impressed by the quality. To me it's like cutters and pliers and I don't even look at anything other than Knipex for them. I'm just not sure whether to get...

Cheers Colin. I've been given another compnaies name in Uttoxeter as well, it's a well served place for timber stockists that's for sure :) Thank you.

Hi everybody. A little follow up to yesterday appeal for hardwood stockists. A member of Walsall Freecycle Cafe put me onto a timber yard in Walsall (West Midlands). Fletcher's of Queen Street, Walsall can get me either beech or oak in pretty much whatever size I want :) It's a bit pricey...

Hi guys. Thank you for both the welcome to the forum and the advice re:wood suppliers. I shall check them all out over the next few days and let you know what I find. I'm very much an amateur woodworker and at the tender age of 44 I'm jsut discovering my love for working with wood. I did the...

Hi everybody. I wonder if anybody can advise me on a real problem I've found. I live in South Staffordshire and for some reason we seem to thin on the ground where good timber stockists are concerned. I need to build myself a new workbench. Ok, no trouble.. but I want to use beech as the...