• 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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    Archtop Guitar

    Looking really good! I imagine it's quite a meditative process. Do you work in silence or listen to music while you are doing this?
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    Poor man’s shooting handle (or lazy)

    Maybe a cycling glove would work too.
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    Poor man’s shooting handle (or lazy)

    While Pete and Al's are elegant solutions, if you want a fix that doesn't need any making, I found that one of those rubbery, grippy work gloves made it much easier to hold the plane well enough to push it, while not needing to grip so hard.
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    What I have fixed today

    I wonder if they choose it for easier assembly, as a planned failure point, or just because it's a tiny bit cheaper?
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    What I have fixed today

    We've had a little Shark cordless vacuum cleaner for ten years or so. It has a powered brush head that turns on when you lean the main wand back from vertical. But just lately it sometimes turned on if you got the angle right but mostly didn't. 🙁 According to YouTube repair videos it's probably...
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    Woodworking shows & open day announcements

    I was there, but didn't take any pics this time, sorry. I was too busy chatting and looking over the tempting displays. I was talking to the organisers and they are keen to keep it running, so expect to see confirmation of similar Spring and Autumn dates next year.
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    Church Notice Board

    I think there might be a problem with slugs and spiders making themselves at home inside if it was too open.
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    Quick! Get a protective layer of gold on every surface before the rust takes over!! Seriously though, from that little preview, this lathe is going to be very impressive. Proper aristocratic bling. 🙂
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    Record lever cap screw

    That's right, it's a Barnes 41/2, from Rockford Illinois. Probably late 19th or early 20th century, they were exported worldwide. Here's a general view of mine. (The tool holder is absent in this photo but you can see where it goes.) Highly recommend and a lot of fun.
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    Woodworking shows & open day announcements

    I'll be there, somewhat embarrassed that I haven't used the last bit yet, but it would be good to see you.
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    Record lever cap screw

    That clamp looks just like my Eclipse branded ones! It would be interesting to try something relatively sophisticated like a Colchester. But I suspect that I'd still prefer the perverse awkwardness of the Barnes and the way I can work largely by eye and feel. 😏
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    Record SS...DUN (fully)

    Happy to help, Rob. I've put a few pics in a new thread https://www.thewoodhaven2.co.uk/threads/record-lever-cap-screw.12063/
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    Record lever cap screw

    Over in the hand tools section, Rob (@Woodbloke) has been showing us his newly acquired Record 04 Stay Set plane. Being a woodworker with higher standards than many, he immediately set about getting it into a fit state to remain in his workshop, with a complete clean, a new pair of handles and...
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    A visit to The Beamery

    That looks a lot less high tech than I was expecting! But I guess it makes sense if their business is all bespoke jobs.
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    Stanley 50 plough plane blade wobble/rock

    Yes, if you're thinking about what size grooves it would make, but there weren't so many brass knobs back in 20th century Sheffield!
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