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I have a Stanley 59 as well. it's good for getting a dowel into a tight space or splicing in a new section of broken chair or table leg. I can get everything to line up if the joint is so badly broken it won't glue back as is. Mine came with a full set of bushes (eight in all I think?) and most...

Labour didn't create the NHS. They merely appropriated and renamed the private system that was already there. From inception, most GPs and all consultants were freelancers who are contracted by the NHS to carry out surgeries on their behalf. All the medicines, machines, ancillary equipment and...

Investigate a Woden X-190 They can be found on that well known auction site for C £20.00 - £30.00 depending on condition. Though pristine examples seem to be reaching £40.00 with the box cover. They come with imperial bushes but will accept 6-8 and10mm drill bits. I have two!

I shall have to bring this up with my local Co-op.

That looks proper tasty. My late mother used to make her own marmalade well into her 80s. Our local greengrocer would order them especially every year as she was the only customer they had that knew how to make the stuff. I remember that sugar ratios, and lemons for the pectin were critical...

It's just been announced that the guy who invented spell-check has passed away. Apparently, he's being buried next monkey.

It just gets worse and worse.

I must admit I've never had any run ins with the police, but I thought it was their job to collect evidence then present it to the CPS who then decide if there is a case to answer? I fall back to my original reasoning. Where was the money the postmasters were supposed to have stolen? How is it...

There is no valid reason why the police couldn't have put this to bed and gone after the real culprit (i.e. the software) had their investigation not been compromised in some way. Even if this supposed organised gang of postmasters were the most frugal and penny-pinching bunch of...

Is condensation a problem? That and insulation are the two issues I have with metal buildings. And maybe the appearance is a bit of a negative. Wood and brick are easier on the eye.

Mine is about the same dimensions but brick. I'll be looking for something like that when I retire and move. I'm 90% sold on timber.

And always the first place the police visited when they were on the lamb.

This whole debacle is shining a spotlight on institutional back-scratching. If the investigating police had done their job and 'followed the money,' they would have quickly discovered that the trail ran dry as soon the money disappeared. Did anyone even ask where were they all hiding it or what...

There is only one way to conserve energy. And that One of my teachers back in the 1970's was a committed communist but thought Ford was a shining example of what he called 'the beauty of big' and was showing the world how capitalism (done correctly) could improve the lives of man. He was so...

At least the Krays was gentlemen gangsters. They always shook your hand first and apologised before duffing you up and taking your money. Those days are long gone. The police, the government, the banks, you, me are being asked to improve and raise our standards on a daily basis. When was the...

Hi, I'm new here myself.

I've repaired and restored hundreds of Ercol chairs over the years. They were spayed with nitrocellulose which was the finish of choice for a lot of mass produced furniture during the 50s, 60s and into the 70s when modified (and sprayable) shellac took over for a while. They came in natural or...

Hi Karl, He was based in Theberton Street. Off Upper Street. I moved around a bit as well. Camden Passage, The Angel and and Essex Road was a hive of activity back then. It was buzzing on market days (Saturdays and Wednesdays). We probably worked for all the same antique dealers that were...

Thanks for the welcome everyone. Hi XTiffy. Similar story here. I started as a mechanical and electrical engineer after leaving school in 1976. Around 1980, I switched from working with metal and wires to wood. A friend with a pine-stripping business took me on while I figured out my next...

Those look pretty good. I would be happy with that. I use a shellac matting agent and white (shellac) polish if I want to produce a light finish. The matting agent can be added to the white polish up to 20/80 and it kills the shine. It produces a nice mat/stain finish. And being shellac it...