• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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    Help and guidance sort: hand planes renovation 🙏

    Very much appreciated @AndyT ... what a transformation. Re the grits... yes, I was thinking (from previous experience on something else) that coarse grits would scratch and I'd have a heck of a long job trying to remove them... The quick tidy on the block plane was some fine sandpaper and a...
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    Help and guidance sort: hand planes renovation 🙏

    Really appreciate that Mike 🙏 😀. I knew I'd seen something and 'bookmarked' in my mind there was yours and others... then misplaced the bookmark - can no longer rely on where I put the bookmarks. I've a photo of an advert I saw for Singer Sewing machine repairs locally. I *know* I...
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    Help and guidance sort: hand planes renovation 🙏

    I used the EvapoRust on some other bits as well as the chisels and saw how the rust fell away... Just wasn't over happy with the changes in colour. I was expecting far more rust and deterioration on these planes than there is... wasn't looking forward to getting them out of the drawer - in a...
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    Help and guidance sort: hand planes renovation 🙏

    Hi... I know there are threads already from other members that have renovated old hand planes. However, a brief search with "hand plane renovation" didn't bring anything up. However, although I'm sure I'd pick up the 'how to' I'd like to ask for your help and guidance on how to approach the...
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    I'm not OTT.

    For a short time I had a 2nd hand Landrover V8... green... automatic. Exchanged it towards the Mitsubishi 2.5 TDi in 2005 along with another estate vehicle. The 2nd car was so impressive that I don't recall the make etc., - only that it was red... nothing quite like the growl of the V8...
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    WIP: Another door replacement...

    Oh! I was also hoping not to havevto remove the door stop pieces because I knew it'd disturb the old paint... now I need to sand around, spply primer, undercoat and top... the job goes on and on 🙄
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    WIP: Another door replacement...

    Sorry Scott... I 'know' I replied to you... but it's not here 🤔... maybe I didn't push the 'post reply' button... 🤦🤷 I replied something like this... I'd measured up for the hinge position and door frame angle so I could (so the plan was) just remove and fit... obviously it didn't work out...
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    I Do Like Facebook Marketplace

    Hi Scott... i gave Google a go on the paint removal from the chair, came up with some steps you may find interesting and worth considering. GOOGLE. To remove old, dried paint from a leather seat, use a small amount of rubbing alcohol or petroleum jelly on a cotton swab to gently soften and lift...
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    Chucks

    I think that if I was starting out again with a lathe and the kit for it I'd be asking the staff at the place I was buying from. Are you visiting an Axminster store for the lathe? It may help knowing such for what I'm about to say... As you're buying from Axminster why not discuss the merits...
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    American here in Oundle (Peterborough) - Brand new to woodworking

    Are you not able to trim the ¾"/18mm from the sides and shelves - either the back or the front edge? If you could that would take care of it sitting out from the wall ¾" further than necessary... Just a thought. Otherwise it's looking good 👍
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    What I have fixed today

    I've had/got the remnants of two of those bamboo ones Martin. The trouble with the ones I have/had is the bamboo splits... they were pleasant enough in the beginning but... If not wanting to be woken at such hours then take it down or put a rubber band around the 'tubes' so the sail doesn't...
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    What I have fixed today

    The link given in my 'discussion' with Google doesn't go to the website of the company "Woodstock Chimes" but a different site in the UK. The tubes used in their manufacturing is usually aluminium which is then coated... in this case a bronze coating. If anyone's curious about what they make...
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    What I have fixed today

    OK guys... I accept the 'mickey take/leg pulling' but this wind chime isn't a cheap tinkly tinkly racket making wind chime - it's far more engineered than such things. If that's what you've got or were given you should be having an accident and getting rid of... For information from discussing...
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    A Better Rat Trap

    I'd agree with Robert and Charles on what both say. If my Border Terriers start getting a bit excited I set up the humane live trap and then deal with whatever gets in it. Usually start to notice come autumn/winter time when putting out the food for the birds. They make such a mess - as do the...
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    What I have fixed today

    Well... I did return to it... quite informative - especially re 'tinkly tinkly' wind chimes 😎. I may post more...
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