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Thank you for the explanation! Some cool looking things can be made with stabilised wood, but I always felt it was a bit "wrong" to be infusing the wood with plastic. On the other hand I suppose you can salvage bits you couldn't use otherwise (thinking of people making pens out of the most...

I must say, I'm overwhelmed by the responses! I'm used to forums that don't show much interest or turn up their noses. I think I have to clear some misunderstandings up. (I'll put quotes I'm referring to into spoiler tags to try and keep some half decent formatting.. Helplessly overthinking...

Don't worry about sounding negative or not, I've been told a lot and, yes, people are (usually) right. However I'll be way less unhappy if I try and fail than if I don't try. :) A few years ago I got it into my head that I wanted to start making kitless acrylic fountain pens on a previously...

Hello everyone, First off as a warning - there probably will be a lot of questions from my side. And by the looks of it a slightly unstructured opening post. __ I somehow got the idea that I need to make a chessboard and figures as a present. No fixed date, but I suppose if I'd manage to get...

"I'll be back here In a few months" I said. 😇 Andy, you were absolutely right, the blade locks up nicely now. I do still have one issue with it though, shavings still get stuck at the blade, after one or two passes it won't cut at all anymore. I'm sure this is a easy-ish fix, but I don't want...

Will do that and will be back here in a few months! Suits me well too, I'll need this one for a coffee table project but I don't yet know how to tackle it. I've got the legs but nothing else and roughly know how it should look. A few more months of thinking won't harm. :)

Yeah, I realise that now! I was trying to get it to 'stick out' the same far everywhere and then forgot about actually checking how far it's really poking out. However, no matter how far it did stick out it 'retracted' again and again. Did sharpen it today, as best as I could with what I've got...

Hello! New here and fairly new to woodworking really. I never enjoyed it at school, but I recently realised that the reason for that probably lay by the teachers I had, not the wood!.. I started turning acrylic fountain pens a while ago and really started to enjoy making things myself. Though...

Getting a vehicle registered in Cyprus sounds about as fun ans getting it done here in Switzerland.. I remember my mate trying to get a moped registered that had a frame number that was 'one digit too short'. No chance. He ended up selling it again. In retrospect we should have punched an...

I think I'll have to look into that carefullym because I'll need the logbook for the registration here in switzerland! I had always been under the impression that a number "belonged" to a car as someone once told me that years ago, never gave it much more thought.

Not wanting to hijack this thread* but I've got a question regarding to number plates in the UK. I recently bought a vintage motorcycle with it's original late 30s number (three letters, three digits). It's currently SORN and the bike is being exported as I type this. I've been wondering for a...