• 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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    Desk build

    My son asked me to help him build a desk for his room space is a premium so he designed it himself. We used some 17mm plywood I had in the garage. 2020-06-18_10-36-20 by my0771, on Flickr Part of the plan is to fit a wireless charging pad into the top of the desk. 2020-06-18_10-36-02 by...
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    Quick project

    My son asked me to make him a box for something he is making 2020-05-31_04-42-38 by my0771, on Flickr Simple box in MDF. We added a monogram to make it a little special 2020-05-31_04-37-29 by my0771, on Flickr 2020-05-31_04-37-46 by my0771, on Flickr Some fine black nappa leather over the...
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    New roof.

    We live in a 1930's semi and our roof is looking its age. The last time our roofer did repairs he said the tiles were brittle and we should be thinking about replacing the roof in the next 5 years. As he was planning on retiring I tended to believe what he said. The existing roof is rosemary...
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    Web site

    For many years I have been thinking about having a web site I have a blog which some of you have seen. I guess I just never got round tuit. Well my daughter had different ideas and produced this for me. https://my63leather.wixsite.com/my63 It needs a few tweaks here and there but I am very...
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    Dog got a mouse this morning

    Our little Spaniel Zoe got hold of a mouse this morning what a mess. 2020-05-14_06-29-39 by my0771, on Flickr Well it made me smile.
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    NHS project

    I am involved in a project to make scrubs and gowns for my local NHS we have multiple locations one of them needs a cutting / layout table the dimensions are 2m x 6m x 890mm. A simple strong design is required tube clamps appear to be the easiest way to construct a strong base with an water...
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    NHS Volunteers

    I just wanted to say thanks to all of those here who have volunteered to help the NHS in any way at all. I am working with some senior NHS managers and local businesses to set up a local production facility to make gowns and scrubs. I have put all of my other projects on hold as this is a full...
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    T V shows that might be of interest

    Like many I have had some down time recently, I have no idea how many TV channels we have now but there is still rubbish on most of them. I thought I would share some of the interesting shows I have found well two of them. Warbird workshop on Yesterday also on Yesterday Bangers and Cash...
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    If you have 5 minutes to spare

    My Daughter is in her final year of University and part of her dissertation is a research project into chat bots in customer service. https://forms.gle/2fpWkG9nCtJJN2XXA She is 15 responses short of her target, ideally she needs people over 21 well over if you get what I mean. There are only a...
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    New old tool

    Well it is new to me. I have been watching a few hand planes on line having seen MikeG's restoration of a Record no 6 I decided to look for a Record. As I already have the No5 Stanley I decided to have a no4. I have seen a number on ebay for crazy prices so as we were wandering around our local...
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    Rolex restoration (well the box)

    I wanted to share this little project with you it is a family heirloom that belongs to a friend when he showed it to me it was held together with elastic bands. About a third of the rear panel where the hinge slots in was missing and the top was almost flat. 2020-02-02_09-04-52 by my0771, on...
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    Secure pen trays

    I have two friends who are pen dealers they both have day jobs but spend their weekends travelling to pen shows. One travels to Europe the other travels the world. Unfortunately the second guy has had a tray of pens stolen at a large pen in the USA. sarj by my0771, on Flickr This is a...
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    Where do I start

    I am now the proud owner of a Hegner Multi cut 1 scroll saw which seems to work fine. My main use for this saw is to help me cut card which is 1.2 mm thick like this 2019-12-13_07-04-49 by my0771, on Flickr I have some issues with my hands and currently cut these out with a knife which I find...
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    Perform P126PD Pillar Drill

    Axminster had these for black Friday and my local store still has one left. I know it is a budget machine Robust cast iron construction Cool running 250W induction motor 5 speeds 600 to 2,500rpm Belt cover micro switch for safety Table tilts 45° left and right Is it worth £99 ? I have been...
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    I like a Christmas offer

    It is nice at this time of year to get offers from suppliers but this one made me a little uncomfortable. 2019-12-06_06-18-48 by my0771, on Flickr
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    Box help please

    I like making boxes but had to stop a few years ago now I have a workshop and more importantly a bandsaw I can make them again. As it is sometime since I made one I have started with a practice box. This one is quite unusual it is for some special Japanese fountain pens called Namiki Emperor's...
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    Decking

    Having almost finished my decking project I am interested in protecting it. It is pressure treated softwood any suggestions would be appreciated. 2019-10-25_10-43-46 by my0771, on Flickr Millie and Zoe our springer spaniels have just been checking the quality of the work
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    Scroll saw

    I visited the local Axminster saw the other day to buy a palm router (Makita) which is great. I watched a brief demo of a scroll saw and I have to admit I was tempted to buy the £80 version. The assistant put me off by trying to convince me I needed the £400. Last time I thought about buying one...
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    If you go down to Lidl today

    When I was last in Lidl picking up the workshop vac I saw an advert for this https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl. ... leId=24158 It was less than half the price of the Metabo one that fits my saw I though it would be worth a try as the vac is great. As I don't have any workbenches finished...
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    Lidl Vac

    I am still looking for a suitable extraction system my local Axminister store has a large extractor which may well require an extension on my workshop the other drawback is it is £300. Lidl have this vac from Thursday https://www.lidl.co.uk/en/MiddleofLidl. ... leId=23772 I was thinking of...
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