Recent content by Rogerthedodger

Yes Jason thanks. In the intervening years, I have discovered SLH and will include them in my inquiries . I just thought it made an interesting post script to the original post. RTD

:D Epilogue First off - Check out the posting dates!- especially if you have read this thread for the first time. Point number 2 - I never did buy the table tops - read on. Two weeks ago (note today's date) , my daughter played in a netball tournament hosted at a local school. In the break...

Smashing. That has pretty much summed it up for me - thanks people I accept that they are good VFM but for this task, I'll pass and look for some reasonable price cedar. I really want it to be a one piece side. As a matter of interest, did all youse who had some from Corby collect them...

Ah it would appear that my source is not unknown. with that in mind is it still a good deal? I want them to make observation bee hives so first class joinery is a secondary issue (good job too) Also, now that my source is sussed, is the timber quality a known issue ? I did not expect 600 to...

Wizer thanks i understand the cup issue. These are old school lab tables and I don't have them yet. Might not go ahead with purchase if I don't have a positive route to prepare the stock for assembly. Mrs Dodger has said that if any more timber enters this house without an assembled article...

Thank you so far. I tend to use a mask and visor anyway. I find that the tropical hardwood dust affects my eyes. I googled iroko and most of the hits describe it as a teak substitute. Hells bells :shock: wizer - I realise that yours is an option but it is more work for me (I don't have a...

hello all i have the potential acquisition of 600mm wide 25mm thick iroko (ex seasoned clean tabletops) . i need to resize stock to 18mm thick and 316 wide for a new project . My problem is that my planer only goes up to 260mm. My location is south london. Is there anyone who can plane the...

Hello Lee If ever we English thought we spoke a different language to the North Americans (lumping in the Canadians - which I appreciate is as subtle as calling the English "Scots" - incidentally, you can get away with it more times that way than the other way around!!) is when you select the...

Right - Honestly time - thought i'd own up to the disgusting revelation that I have not touched the planer since the last posting on this subject (7 months?) But then again, it may help to update on the progress I have made today. Firstly i took the advice from a referral thread on the...

yes thanks - that has been my style in the past. i was hoping to move away from that this time by being more adventurous with my joints. However you can't have it all ways and there may have to be an element of compromise between practicalities and idealism. regards Roger

thank you all for the posts so far. i have had a look at the links as suggested and there is plenty of material both excellent and gross there! spent the day at Chessington world of adventures theme park today as my girlie had a baker day off school. There is a wealth of old wooden buildings...

hello again thanks for the advice jason - much appreciated. I have already toyed with this idea of plywood lining/cladding . The advantage of cladding the walls was that it reduced draughts and increased the annual usage beyond warm summers. The disadvantage was that it negated the visual and...

:( well now you have got me even more worried!! :shock: :shock: :shock: as regards to the "greenness" the timber has been sticked dry in a workshop for over two months. the chap who sold it to me bought it for exposed beams in a clients roof. his comment was that it had dried out well?? How...

hi everybody I am building a "wendy house" with a difference. to cut a long story, I have decided to use oak framing and green oak boarding. Maybe a tiled roof or wood tiles rather than battened felt - something different for daddies little darling that is a bit more "hansel and gretel"...

Roger you are a funny man We've had some pretty cold nights recently and if you warm your workshop up ?? I could ask for advice on how to heat the garden but fortunately the planer spends the nights in the house proberbly warmer than me! :D Back to the drawing board? Lord Nibbo: Thanks...