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Greetings How do I stop Teak garden furniture going grey, please? I bought a large table and bench in the Spring and have given them 3 coats of Teak oil but now the colour of the wood has "bleached out" and is starting to go grey . Putting a cover on is not an option because then the grass...

Greetings I have a 9" (225mm) wide by 3" (75mm) piece of walnut that I would like resawn. My bandsaw is not big enough and I do not trust myself to do a good job with a handsaw. Is there anyone within 50 miles of Ipswich, Suffolk area that could help me out please? Thanks in advance...

Greetings At a recent car boot sale I saw this amongst a heap of otherwise uninteresting, abused and very rusted tools I asked the seller "How much?" He said "As there is a screw missing is two quid ok?" I did not bother to try to knock him down and accepted his price. The etch is almost...

Greetings I bought a wooden coffin plane at a car boot yesterday, however I cannot identify maker It has an Egyptian? [long haired, without crown and a diamond necklace] facing left with the words "Registered Trade Mark" around the sides and top with "Sheffield " underneath At the front the...

Greetings Does anyone have any of Axminster's "own brand" planes Are they any good? I am thinking of buying their 19 (copy of Stanley 92 shoulder/chisel plane) which seems a good deal at £34.94 compared to Stanley's £89.94 Thanks in advance

Greetings My LOML has inherited her father's tool box which includes 5 firmer chisels marked "Stormont Sheffied" Does anyone know anything about this Company - my guess is turn of century as they were originally her Grandfathers but I have been unable to find anything on Google Thanks in advance

Greetings Heads up Friday 5 June 2009 Building Equipment and Workshop Tool Auction at Diss Auction Rooms Roydon Road Diss Norfolk IP22 4LN www.twgaze.com for on line catalogue from Tuesday prior They also have a TIMBER Auction every Friday Might be worth a look

Greetings Capital Crispin have changed address It is now Unit 13 Gemini Business Park Hornet Way London E6 7FF 020 8525 0300 www.capitalcrispin.com They have a stunning range of veneer and I have just received excellent service from them. I ordered 2 sheets of veneer and it arrived ...

Greetings I used Araldite to glue the armrests of my mother in laws wheelchair but the handlers at Birmingham Airport still managed to pull one off. What is the best glue to use to permanently fix it? The tubes are stainless steel. TIA

Divorce vs. Murder A nice, calm and respectable lady went into the pharmacy, walked up to the pharmacist, looked straight into his eyes and said, 'I would like to buy some cyanide.' The pharmacist asked, 'Why in the world do you need cyanide?' The lady replied, 'I need it to poison my...

Greetings A guy is browsing in a pet shop and sees a parrot sitting on a little perch. It doesn't have any feet or legs. The guy says aloud, 'Jeesh, I wonder what happened to this parrot?' The parrot says, 'I was born this way. I'm a defective parrot.' 'Holy rubbish,' the guy replies. 'You...

Greetings Any idea where I can purchase a rule/tape with ONLY millimetres on ie NO Centimetres so that when I measure something I read, say, 300 plus 3 dashes is 303 and not, 30 centimetres, let me see there are 10 millimetres in a centimetre so 30 X 10 is 300 plus 3 dashes is 303. TIA

Greetings John Boddy's site says that European Walnut has very good steam bending properties. I have not steamed wood before and I want to bend approx 1200mm of 12mm x12mm into a tight arc - not quite as tight as a "C". Laminations are not an option. What would be the best thing to use...

Greetings Does anyone know where I might be able to get some Jatoba please. I have tried British Hardwoods, John Boddy and SL Hardwoodsg TIA

Greetings I have been lurking for a bit and have noticed what a wealth of information you all have and the 'bond you all seem to share. I am a hobby woodworker and whilst I have always had an interest in woodworking have only really been able to do any for the last 5 years. Initially in a 9...