• 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

    Playing about with a big tap holder part 1

    That's a very nice project. But I have to admit that old bench drill really stole my eye! I have never seen this model before, but what a beauty it is! Really wonderful. 🤤🤤🤤
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    It’s bite the bullet time on a replacement cordless drill.

    I wear earmuffs all the time when I have loud machinery running. Often 3M Peltor, but when I want some entertainment and I am doing things that are not too risky I wear Hellberg XStream earmuffs with music on. Some decades ago when I was building my house I made the mistake of running a tablesaw...
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    It’s bite the bullet time on a replacement cordless drill.

    For what I do the CXS has plenty of power. I do have M12 Milwaukee tools and they are great. But their installers drill is way too loud for my ears. Its trigger doesn't feel as nice as the Festool either. And the direction switch can be in a weird place for some people (on top). The extra weight...
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    22" rat

    Ah, "Ben"... Yeah, I remember that one. Never knew about "Willard" though. Nice. Will have to look for it. @wallace : the usual rats people get are what we call whitebellies. They are bred to die young from tumours. Wild rats are much much healthier/sturdier. 5 Years is not an exception, as far...
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    It’s bite the bullet time on a replacement cordless drill.

    In that case I would start looking for a second hand Festool CXS of the original type. They are available for very low prices right now, because everyone seems to think the new models make the old model obsolete. Not so. The old model is much quieter and the trigger is still unbeaten. It may not...
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    22" rat

    Oh, I realise this was not a pet rat. Pets rats are rats bred for lab purposes that have been domesticated as pets. They will not get old as most will get tumours before they are two years old. I used to have brown rats that were rescued from an abandoned nets on a hay loft. The nest had become...
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    22" rat

    No need to be afraid of rats. They can be wonderful pets. Unless you corner them they are not aggressive at all. Read on what they do with rats in Cambodia and other places with lots of anti-personnel mines. You will gain new respect for rats after reading that.
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    It’s bite the bullet time on a replacement cordless drill.

    First thing to decide is what you will be using it for. My favourite drill (by far) is the old style Festool CXS. It is light, has the smoothest trigger you'll ever see on any drill, and to me the D-style grip is perfect. It is not the most powerful drill though. It falls into the category of...
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    Hori Hori

    Oh, that would definitely have been the wiser thing to do! I fully agree. I just thought it was kind of sad that nowadays the first thing people think of when they see such tools is "Dangerous" instead of "What are those for?". Having a family member working for the police also causes me to...
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    Hori Hori

    It is really sad it has come to this. But, as a foreigner, I read often enough about stabbing incidents in de UK that I do somewhat understand the police when they see someone with a hori hori and a kama walking about.
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    Encounter with a lorry...

    Advise I got from the brother of my father who lives in Luxemburg but has to be in France on a daily basis: one of you gets out of the car and blocks the road while the other manoeuvres it to a better position. Don't stay in the car while doing that. As you experienced, lorry drivers over there...
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    Ian’s new workshop. The Wonky Donkey. Ceiling joists started

    Oh, Swedish companies are generally industrious and efficient. But at home Swedes are often quite different. Not so much when it comes to cleaning, but definitely when it comes to maintenance.
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    Ian’s new workshop. The Wonky Donkey. Ceiling joists started

    In Sweden they do have good paint for normal prices, so I don't need to bring it with me. But, going by what I am used to seeing around here in the countryside, maintenance is just not high on the list of Swedes. When you see a house that is properly painted, you immediately notice it.
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    Bed - Finished and sleepable inable!

    Yeah, that's why I referred to the Domino Joinery Table from Veritas. They have a built-in solution for thin stock. Although "built-in" is a bit much, because it still is shimming. The guy's name is Ola Carmonius. He has a real good knack for making jigs. Finsnickeri is Swedish for a (high end)...
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    Bed - Finished and sleepable inable!

    I realise it is pricey, but Veritas have a very nice Domino table with which you can do this. Or you can build the original by Carmonius Finsnickeri yourself. He has provided all the information you need for that. Nothing wrong with Steve's way of doing it though.
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    Another two headboards to make.

    Steve is right, be mindful of proper ventilation. Even if you don't see any mould, it could still be there inside the mattress itself. And even if it is not, the warm and moist conditions in the mattresses will be an almost ideal environment for all sorts of creatures to live and propagate in...
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    White-tailed deer.

    Yeah, that's what dogs can do for you. It is our experience too that normally they will adjust quite well to their new life. They just need time and an environment where they can build up their confidence. Sadly, Shermann was too damaged for that.
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    I will certainly keep following this thread to see what you have done!
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    White-tailed deer.

    The roe over here have a fixed route. Almost every day you can see them walking by the house at around the same time. I know they are the same individuals, because one of them has one of its front legs missing. Luckily it seems to be thriving, as we have seen this one for about 2 years now. I...
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    This really is impressive (and interesting and beautiful) to look at! As a former aerospace engineer I am used to making things as light as possible. Quite different from what I see here. But I can at least appreciate all the thinking and calculating that must have gone into preparing for this...
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