Recent content by stuckinthemud

Conversations like this I find massively triggering after asking, on a cycling forum I belonged to,(I have been a long distance cyclist and motorcycle rider) and following a situation where a large group of club riders created a particularly difficult situation for a large number of other road...

Anyone know where I can source a self-coloured (black/grey) striker plate to receive a latch 60mm from the leading edge of the door frame?

I always prefer old tools, but, you have to choose carefully and expect to sharpen.

Marcos was one of my favourite manufacturers, Frank Costin is probably my favourite engineer, perhaps even more than Colin Chapman. I even owned a late incarnation Mini Marcos for a year or three. 1275 powered it was both fast and quirky - I loved it.

Going down a rabbit hole, Nieuport-Astra were using multi-layered laminations set at 90 degrees to build record breaking racers. The curves on that fuselage are amazing,

So I spent some time searching on line, some arguments over whether all those rivets are copper or aluminium, the gorgeous wheel covers are a much later addition (mahogany riveted to aluminium base apparently); the coppering of the underside is later too. The “skin” is mahogany over “something...

More a question about the bodywork really

It’s Friday evening and getting late, idle thoughts time. I thought I’d read up a bit on the “tulipwood” Hispano-Suiza and was surprised to find it was 1/8” mahogany strips riveted to stringers (https://silodrome.com/hispano-suiza-h6c-tulipwood-torpedo/ ) I wondered, if one were to build a...

There is an adjoining room

Was more thinking of noise insulation rather than thermal

Ok, so, studding. I have put up a few (literally, I have built four over the past 2 decades) . The framing out and door lining I understand but I normally don’t bother plastering over the plasterboards, just using lining paper as a quick fix. My better half has been known to change her mind...

What if I strip off the bark and sapwood ?

There is a standing dead cherry tree near me, one large bough has been felled, showing some nice spalting. With potential for introducing mould, fungi and insects, I don’t really want to put this in my timber store to season, do I? Any advice on what to do? This includes don’t touch it with a...

Trunnels were still in use in the early18th century. Cheap, effective and don’t rust, also they don’t react with tannic acid so good for fastening oak planks. Easily replaced in service. Lots to like for a shipwright