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Evening all (hammer) So daft lad here has been building some gates for Daughter No1. They're pretty solid to be fair. The master gate will weigh approx 90kg and the slave gate approx 60kg. Both are two metres in height. So what is a gal to do?? Steel posts or good 'ole wood ? Much love. :D

Rob you have a pm about your purchase. All the best Allan

Hi all. I have three unhandled pigstickers for sale. All in good condition. There's a 1/4", 3/8" and 1/2". The 1/4" is a W Marples. The 3/8" is a Rogerson and the 1/2" is a Warburton. Some photos. I would like £15 for the three. That's a posted price to UK mainland. Payment by...

WHAT!!!! Who??? What???? Why????? When?????? For the love of god!!! https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=GmLNoHMnvEA Sorry, rant over.

Hi all. For sale a Record 169 bench stop in good condition. No longer needed as I went a different way. What you see in the photo is what you'll get. I would like £7.50 or very nearest offer. That's a posted price to UK mainland. Payment by Paypal gift please.

Hi ladies and gents. I'm selling my Stanley 271. It's in decent condition, there is some tarnishing here and there but overall it's good. Here's some photos I would like £30.00 (or very nearest offer) That's a posted price to UK mainland. Payment by Paypal gift.

Hi ladies and gents. I'm selling a good condition Stanley 50s. It's in it original box, there are some marks and knocks. It comes with a few straight blades but no specials or profiles. To be honest I bought it and have done nothing with it except make sure it all goes together, I haven't...

Well hello there lads and lasses :D Yup, the daft taff has come to infect the turning gang :lol: I've done a few little WIPs on vices and clamps etc, so now I thought I'd do a quick one on a wood work project :roll: So what are we doing??? Well there's a little clue up the top there...

If you liked "Project Noxom" and loved the sequel "Project Dogs of Wonderment" you will adore "Like a tail/inset vice thingamajig,,,,,,,,,,but not fitted into the tail of the bench, because there's a wall in the way". Good working title, no? :lol: Yes folks the daft taff is back again, good...

Well today's fun and games took part in Abertillery, the land of my fathers and mothers actually. It's a small ex-mining town north of Pontypool. I don't get up there much these days, well not since grandmother died in 2015. So today was actually quite a nice little treat. One of the biggest...

And he did :D My boy (son in law actually. But we're family now, right?) works for an engineering company up country and the latest job they're on yielded all this lovely timber (softwood), machinery packaging material. This is only half of what he brought down for me, the rest has stayed...

Just putting it out there that my local Morrisons had these EVA foam tiles in at £10 per pack of six. They cover an area of 1.2 x 1.8m or 2.16sqm. They have a "chequer plate" pattern. Laying these has been one of the best improvements I've made in my workshop. Good underfoot and saved a few...

Can you want too much? My Granny used to say "You want too much, look what happened to Mrs Meek's boys. Both in Cardiff (prison) and that's because they wanted too much. See what wanting does????" To this day I have no idea who Mrs Meek is. I wouldn't know her sons if they tapped me on the...

Baby Cohen arrived today, my newest grandchild :D 6 pm on the dot, 7lbs 6ozs and absolutely perfect Days don't get any better than this.

I managed a day off today, a full day off :shock: Previously at chez n0legs n0legs "woman! do you know where Robbins Timber is?" (The good woman being a local) GW " I think it's at Ashton Gate, why? n0legs "It appears the mother country has let me down and I need to go to Bristol for...

You know The Ten Commandments? The one about "thou shalt not covet", or something like that? Well I have sinned and I did "covet" a Moxon style vice, but at £130 plus for the hardware kit, well to put it lightly it could stay there in the shop :shock: So not being the type of guy to give up...

Okay just for fun :D When you close your eyes and you see using your "minds eye", what colour do you see and can you change it? :lol: I see a deep dark blue, the good woman sees a rusty red. I have managed to change the colour (yes I do posses enough mental capacity to concentrate) to...

Hello all. On another current topic a joke has been made referencing the "in/out" subject. The humour is not lost on me, nor do I expect it will be lost on many of the other members here. However I do hope that comments made along these lines in future will be :- 1, Few and far between. 2...

Made me chuckle :lol: http://www.southwalesargus.co.uk/news/1 ... ef=mr&lp=6

I need a decent substitute for walnut, if there is one. I'm not worried about the colour, I can sort that, it's the grain and figure I'm more concerned with. I need to make a picture frame for No1 Daughter :roll: and like always it's a short notice deal :cry: The biggest section size will be...