• 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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  1. HdV

    Oak dining table build (complete, and inside)

    What nice and educational thread! Lots of things to remember and lots of things to enjoy. Thanks for taking the time to document your journey. I always hate taking photo's during a project, because I want to be focused on what I am doing. I appreciate it when someone is willing to make that effort.
  2. HdV

    Best Tape Measure

    I agree 100%! It is always better to reference of an existing piece with the desired dimension, instead of off a ruler.
  3. HdV

    Best Tape Measure

    That's OK. No offence taken. Really. My reply was not meant as a rebuke. It's just that I have gotten a lot of flack in the past for doing what I described. People always tell me that I am going overboard. Maybe they are right. But I have been bitten before by a ruler that was way off without...
  4. HdV

    Best Tape Measure

    Nor do I. But, like Mike wrote, repeatability is more important than accuracy. That's the purpose of the routine I described. I don't care if 829 mm is actually 829 mm or a bit more or less. What I do care about is that what I think is 829 mm is the same dimension on all my rulers and tape...
  5. HdV

    Best Tape Measure

    Just like Lurker I really like Hultafors tape measures. My other go-to brand is Tajima. To reduce the chance of mismatches I prefer to buy class I tape measures. Next to that I mark all my analogue measuring devices with a red or green sticker. I always check analogue measuring devices against a...
  6. HdV

    Oak dining table build (complete, and inside)

    I tried to find the original receipt for you, but I couldn't find it. But that did make me remember what is was called. It translates to "gummed kraft tape" (Kraftpapierband in German). I have rolls of 70mm wide white tape. I know there are wider versions, but the price increases quickly then. I...
  7. HdV

    Oak dining table build (complete, and inside)

    I have tried my hand at carving only once, so maybe what I am suggesting is a bit daft. I used paper with the same stuff on the back as you would find on old-fashioned stamps and envelopes. Gum it is I think? Anyway, that worked like a charm. I had to wet it a little and it stayed put until I...
  8. HdV

    Oak dining table build (complete, and inside)

    Very, very nice! I like the knot repair too. I had a gut feeling it would come out better like this. I think it will get even better when finished. I rather feel you made the right call by doing it this way.
  9. HdV

    Oak dining table build (complete, and inside)

    Looking at that last picture I am sure you made the best choice. To me this fits the look of your wonderful table perfectly. (y)
  10. HdV

    Slow Moving Getting Home

    Yeah, I recognise that feeling. On the other hand: be glad the road wasn't closed completely. I had that happen to me last week on Thursday the 20th. I was driving on the E20 to our house in Sweden when they closed the coastal highway at exit 24. I had to drive the last 100 km over inland...
  11. HdV

    CAD system for woodworking

    QCAD is great. I used it for 2D, but in the end I switched to BricsCAD. If I remember correctly I paid only €29? Not sure anymore. But for what you get it is a steal. I found its developer to be very service-oriented, which is always a plus in my book. Sadly, it doesn't do 3D.
  12. HdV

    Drawknives

    I have a nice one from Krischen that looks almost exactly like yours. I think, from the photo, the handles on mine are a bit more elongated. I found it helps to wrap your thumbs over the end closest to the metal when pulling. For me that really is easier on my hands, as I don't have to grip the...
  13. HdV

    CAD system for woodworking

    I fully agree about the importance of proper archival. You certainly don't want to lose access to your drawings sometime in the future for whatever reason (e.g. failure of storage, ransomware, or even borked updates). But sadly parasolid is not available for the Linux version. And I didn't want...
  14. HdV

    A little distraction from woodworking

    What a terrific job you did there! Really fascinating and educational. Now I understand better some of the things the contractor did in our previous house.
  15. HdV

    CAD system for woodworking

    I don't use STEP myself, because I don't have a 3D printer or something like that. Not yet. So, I had to look it up for you. It seems for STEP import/export you need the Communicator add-on for BricsCAD. See https://www.bricsys.com/bricscad/communicator
  16. HdV

    CAD system for woodworking

    T o add to that Dr. Al wrote: I have been using BricsCAD for a long time now. It doesn't have specific tools geared towards woodworking, although there are some plug-ins available. But you can create your own library of pre-drawn stuff. For me there were a few reasons I chose this software: - It...
  17. HdV

    Garlic press

    What AJB Temple describes is certainly how it is done by the chefs I have worked for when I was a student. And for something like a bowl of red or pasta I still do it like that. It is quick and easy. But the TS mentioned making guacamole. That requires a very smooth paste. I my case it is more...
  18. HdV

    Garlic press

    For what you describe I stopped using a press altogether. I switched to a very fine grater from Microplane and am very happy I made that choice. That thing is like magic! [Edit] It is this one: https://microplane.com/products/professional-series-2-0-fine-grater Very good as a zesteur too by...
  19. HdV

    Any recommendations for a decent soldering iron?

    I used to think so too. But it seems (at least that is what I have been told by more than one professional) that nowadays crimping is preferred as the more secure and safe method. It gives more bulky connections though. And, of course, this does not go for soldering PCB and such.
  20. HdV

    Snoring

    RogerS, I had to sleep overnight in the hospital a few times for that. I had to try to sleep with something looking very much like a helmet made from the skin of a recently electrocuted hedgehog on my head. Lots of wires. Yeah, like I would ever sleep with such a contraption on my head... But...
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