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Any chance you have the logan hand cranked sander in amongst all your stuff?

Planes / Rockets / Spaceships - whatever you want to call them Have a selection of offcut pieces. Some straight ones for the body and angled offcuts for wings and fins (avoid triangles as they are a nightmare to clamp) Show or make some simple examples by adding wings to a 'fuselage' piece. If...

Had no idea - but looking st it now I think I see what you mean. Thank you

Thanks - couldn't manage to find anything similar.

Screwdriver? Not now love, I'm trying to fix the bus!

Picked up some second hand surforms. One of them didn't have a 'cheese grater' style meshes underneath. This one had what I can only describe as metal sandpaper. It looked like a proper surform accessory though with the two clips in the right places. Has anyone used these before?

Welcome Pete - I'm just over in Morden Have you visited? https://solowoodrecycling.co.uk/ http://www.thetoolshop.org/ In Wallington

+1 for citric acid Ebay have tons of sellers offering the stuff Can get a bit smelly if you do it indoors - nothing dangerous and the smell will clear with windows open for a bit...

We have a hospice in our area and lots of charity shops for that hospice. They have recently opened a large donation centre. No limits, no silly rules. Just drop off all- sorts there including electricals. It's really useful to have in the area. You can take a car load and they accept it all...

I agree - much too much work. Send one down to me and I'll look after it for you!!

Welcome to the forum

As for repairs - which part of South London are you? There's D&M tools in Twickenham. They sponsor the big tool show each year and I'm pretty sure they do repairs. Wandsworth - Gatto and Sons and Wandsworth Power tools both do repairs. I've also just discovered RS Tool repairs in Raynes Park...

Welcome to the forum - would love to see some photos of your work

Welcome to the forum

Very happy to hear that things have turned a corner. A journey of a thousand miles has to start with a single step. Hopefully clearing a little space will make it easier to sort more stuff and suddenly you have a room cleared.