• 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

    Any recommendations for a decent soldering iron?

    I have a Velleman ST-80D solder station which I am quite happy with. But... if you are soldering wires wouldn't it be better to think of crimping instead of soldering?
  2. HdV

    Snoring

    Ha, indeed! :LOL: With any other wife you may have been right. But I am lucky enough to have one that is great. I adore her to bits. And sometimes I even dare think the feeling is mutual.
  3. HdV

    Snoring

    Yeah, me and the specialists were surprised as well. Sadly, they have no idea what to do about it. But, on the positive side: I am rid of those infernal devices! Would otoplastics tuned to the frequency of the snoring be an option? I seem to remember reading there are soft plastic versions that...
  4. HdV

    Snoring

    My wife snores like she wants to fell a whole forest each and every night, so we sleep in separate rooms too. Best decision we ever made. Good thing we don't have neighbours. The funniest thing was when she complained about me snoring (which I did, but not even close like her). To prove my point...
  5. HdV

    Spot for a cabin, delayed for 5 years, maybe this year.

    Yep, I feel your pain. Our dog does the same. Not as bad as her brother used to, but still bad enough to keep me from my sleep. Enjoy your stay later this week.
  6. HdV

    Spot for a cabin, delayed for 5 years, maybe this year.

    Imagine yourself sitting there next summer!
  7. HdV

    GearKlamp

    I don't have that type of clamp from them, but I do have other clamps from Otoro and I can vouch for their quality. They make good stuff. As for Dieter Schmidt: they are very easy to deal with and whenever I had some issue (not often) they always took care of it. Their site is easy to use and...
  8. HdV

    The inevitable is sadly upon us…

    Just like Mike G we always cremated our dogs and planted a tree where we put the ashes. To us it felt like we see a bit of them in each tree. But realise that maybe one day you will (have to) move. You can't take the ashes nor the tree (probably) with you then.
  9. HdV

    GearKlamp

    I have 4 of them. They are of good quality and do as promised (as is usual for Bessey). But I find myself using them only in situations where normal clamps don't fit. I don't use them as general purpose clamps. Think of how often you would really have needed such clamps in your last projects. If...
  10. HdV

    The inevitable is sadly upon us…

    Sadly, we know all too well the pain of losing your beloved pet. Think back on all the good times you had together and celebrate her life.
  11. HdV

    Is a balancing veneer always required

    Ah, yes, that makes a lot of sense. Thanks!
  12. HdV

    Is a balancing veneer always required

    Ehm, have I missed something? In more than 2 decades of woodworking I haver never noticed that the moisture from glue has enough of an influence to cause any noticeable warping. I would think it would be gone too quick for it to penetrate deep enough to do that. But I use plain old white glue...
  13. HdV

    An opinion on German manufacturer attitudes.

    That does not reflect my experience with Germans. At all. The few times I had a complaint about a tool it was taken very seriously and much effort was taken to understand and correct the problem. This goes for both the customer facing and product development side of German organisations. Maybe I...
  14. HdV

    Is a balancing veneer always required

    As far as I know balancing mainly serves 2 purposes: aesthetics and equalising ingress/egress of moisture. The last is taken care of by making sure both sides are treated with the same product to prevent warping. The first is up to your tastes and/or wallet. The only exception to that rule I...
  15. HdV

    Darwin

    Indeed! 😨 😨🚑
  16. HdV

    Darwin

    I own a bit of forest and a small Christmas tree nursery and do the maintenance myself. I think I can safely say I know what I am doing when working with a chainsaw. In more than twenty years the worst incident I had was a chain that broke when it encountered a horse shoe that was embedded deep...
  17. HdV

    Toolbox

    I had a steel toolbox for decades. But 1 or 2 years ago I was given a Tanos systainer toolbox and I really like that thing. So much so that a few weeks ago I bought a CombiBox. Essentially it is a toolbox with a drawer underneath. You don't see them often, but they are real handy (though...
  18. HdV

    I don’t like our new induction hob

    TBH I am more of a gas person. But that is mainly because as a student I have been trained in a kitchen where they cooked on gas (b.t.w. I did not study as a cook, but it just helped to pay the bills during that time). I feel it is easier to control. The other thing is stir frying: I still have...
  19. HdV

    Cut & Dried - latest print run

    @Windows : I would be very much surprised if this would have any measurable effect at all. The finish will at most penetrate a few millimetres and be cured in a relatively short time. The wood fibres near the surface will probably expand somewhat and some grain will be raised. But a bit deeper...
  20. HdV

    Bundwerk barn

    The stone martens around here are known to create a real mess wherever they create their nest. But this is on a different scale.
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