Recent content by Wend

Ah, one thing I forgot to mention is that I'd like it to resemble a book when closed and standing up on end. If I understand your suggestion correctly, then the back cover of the book would look like a wood frame with an inset plywood panel, which wouldn't have the aesthetic I was going for...

That looks great! So if I understand correctly, your grain direction is parallel to the shading stripes on both pieces? So the two pieces don't have matching grain direction, but it doesn't matter because you covered it with gold leaf so it isn't visible? My plan is to have the wood visible...

Hi folks, Inspired by something I saw in a charity shop, I'd like to make a book-shaped box, and I wonder whether anyone could give me some advice please? The idea is something like this, with the red piece shaped to look like the spine of a book, the orange and green pieces resembling the...

I only have about a 17cm gap in the centre. I think I did consider a turnbuckle, but thought that it would occupy too much of the gap, and then it wouldn't really look like a chain. Using the two eyebolts means that most of the non-chain is hidden inside the wood.

Looking at my order, I believe I used: https://www.steelgear.co.uk/product/stainless-steel-short-link-a2/size-4x16mm https://www.steelgear.co.uk/product/stainless-steel-a2-round-body-lacing-eye/size-4mm https://www.steelgear.co.uk/product/stainless-steel-long-shank-eyebolt/size-m6x80...

I've never used one, but I wonder whether this would work?

I'm not sure how they compare to pack costs, but when I recently wanted 1 sheet in a variety of sizes I was pleasantly surprised by the price of Starcke Matador from MJ Sealants

I realised that of the DIY chisel set (1/4", 1/2" and 1"), I was using the 1/2" by far the most. Sometimes that is for precision dovetail work etc, but often it was just to make something roughly the right size or shape, kludging together some kind of jig, or to remove a sharp edge. So what I...

I'm told it was 1959/1960.

Thanks all! I expect I'll make a thread on it at some point, but I don't think it'll be too exciting an instrument. I'm curious to know how it will end up sounding, though!

Hi folks, I've had some reclaimed stair treads sitting around for a while, and thought I'd try making a simple lyre out of one. That got me wondering what sort of wood they're made of. Has anyone got any thoughts please? Here's a complete tread: and I cut a bit off the end and planed it a...

I recently needed to make a hole for a new toilet roll holder. I started off trying to centre-punch a hole and use masking tape with a small masonry bit, but had problems with the drill bit wandering and tearing the masking tape up. What I found worked very well was starting off with a brad...

Hey folks, With Christmas just around the corner, I took a break from making tool holders, and tried to use up as many offcuts as I could making an advent-calendar's worth of little things for my wife. But the most exciting to me started off as an offcut from the garden a couple of years ago...

I don't know if Google might be showing you different results to me, but none of those seem to have the short narrower section that would fit inside the pipe.

Hi folks, A bit DIY rather than woodworking, but I wonder if anyone knows what this kind of door stopper is called, please? Our patio door used to have 2 of them, but one has disappeared and the other was in the process of disintegrating - a process I accelerated in order to get it off...