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    Some nice Hemp-Lime studios.

    There's a YT channel Make, Do, Grow with a UK/Aussie couple renovating an old farmhouse in Portugal with a lot of info about hemp plaster and its benefits.
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    Mystery item - tester/microscope

    Interesting - thanks for the update . . . . if you get a run on customers to buy please let me know, I want to sell mine too :)
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    Builder Depot - Birch Plywood

    Caveat emptor! If I buy Birch plywood I go to the supplier and examine it before paying! Check for number of plies (IIRC 18mm has about 13) and whether surfaces have "plugs" (oval repair patches) and how many knots there are, and their size - although there are grades (B/BB etc) the...
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    New wax finish needed

    Look at Fiddes or Gilboys waxes - I like both of them
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    Sold Antique plough (or plow) woodworking plane by AMES

    Sold for a tidy sum (y)
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    Sold Antique plough (or plow) woodworking plane by AMES

    An antique wooden plough plane made by Ames (research suggests 1830-1850) - in good conditon for its age with no woodworm. Complete with blade (probably needs sharpening). It's unusual having an inlaid (ivory?) gauge strip marked in inches to set the side rail. It's stamped AMES (the maker )...
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    Value of an antique plough plane

    I have acquired, with some other tools and items, a plough plane which I want to sell but have no idea of the value - so any guidance (or offers!) would be appreciated. It's stamped AMES (the maker ) and also has two other names stamped on it - R Broadhurst & W Hope - assumed to be previous...
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    Spray can/ aerosol nozzles

    Not what you're asking . . . but why do your nozzles clog? I'm sure you probably know this but for most rattle-cans - when you've finished spraying, hold the can upside down and press the nozzle until the material clears and you just get a propellant coming out - that seems to keep nozzle...
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    Wide alcove shelves

    The LH side is really "floating shelves" - you can buy them ready made with the wall brackets - have a Google. The other option to get over the hole alignment issue is to make the shelves as two parts laminated together - using a router to cut half-depth blind slots in each leaf to take the...
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    Beginner Pine Timber

    Would that be Nick's Timber in Gloucester - I used them years ago when I lived near Cheltenham - usually better stuff than the DIY sheds (although the long-gone MaidaVale timber in Chelt was the best place)
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    Just seen this

    Interesting but that looks like a big cutter for a small router?
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    How good are Howdens kitchens?

    Gosforth Handyman and The Restoration Couple on YT have both installed ready-built (not flat-pack) kitchens from the same company recently - both seemed to be very good . .. can't rememember the name of the company. Have to say I don't like Howdens - not impressed with the products - but more...
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    Types of MDF for bookcases and kitchen cabinets

    @petermillard has some YT on pros and cons of MDF of varying types
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made

    Nails which are "cut" from metal - rather than being like an extruded wire with a head - a couple of types I can think of: 1 A sort of rounded shape, but not smooth - often decorative for oak doors or chests - see Cut Clasp Nail Pack 2 A flat rectangular profile, traditonally used to nail...
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    Remote control for extractors

    Ditto - been using for about 3 years with plugs: 1) Record dust/chip extractor 2) Small fan heater 3) Radio - preset to the channel I want to hear Simple, cheap - it just works.
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