• 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. Pete Maddex

    Oak dining table build (complete, and inside)

    Smooth it. Pete
  2. Pete Maddex

    Why I don’t do car engine maintenance any more

    We have a 125 bhp 3 cylinder 1l ecoboost in a Ford focus, and a 125bhp 750cc 4 cylinder in a Kawasaki. The correct oil regularly is the key with the ecoboost. Pete
  3. Pete Maddex

    Now for the Chairs

    I have two LED panels above my bench that flatten any imperfections, I have to turn them off to check. Pete
  4. Pete Maddex

    Hiya

    Hi Paul Pere
  5. Pete Maddex

    Restoration of a Bailey pattern plane (Stanley No. 7)

    If you laminate your tote stock you will have a piece thick enough for a knob. Pete
  6. Pete Maddex

    Restoration of a Bailey pattern plane (Stanley No. 7)

    You can file the back of the mouth to fit a thinker iron in and still go back to a thinner one, It will need the adjustment leaver modifying as it won't reach the slot through the thicker blade, but I don't think you will gain anything. The square shouldered blades are very nice a good edge and...
  7. Pete Maddex

    Restoration of a Bailey pattern plane (Stanley No. 7)

    Mike I forgot to say that is a laminated blade you can tell by the square shoulders, you should be able to see the colour difference in the bevel. I have a few laminated blades and they are very nice. Pete
  8. Pete Maddex

    Restoration of a Bailey pattern plane (Stanley No. 7)

    Mike you need a handle clamp to keep things square while the glue sets. This is mine. I have a couple different blocks depending on the plane. Pete
  9. Pete Maddex

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    You keep the hammer in another toolbox... Pete
  10. Pete Maddex

    Any recommendations for a decent soldering iron?

    I am used to the weller ones with a quite chunky handle, I used to use a small antex and I didn’t have any problems, I can understand that some people aren’t used to the extra girth but you soon get used to it. Pete
  11. Pete Maddex

    What I have fixed today

    I have just replaced the hinges on my toilet seat, luckily I had a spare set as the toilet seat started to disintegrate soon after I fitted it and we got a complete replacement. I found the seat in the loft really fast not something I was expecting to do. Pete
  12. Pete Maddex

    Any recommendations for a decent soldering iron?

    Soldering is better than crimping, you need the right tool the right crimp and wire size. It’s easer to solder and heat shrink. Pete
  13. Pete Maddex

    Any recommendations for a decent soldering iron?

    Try the old-fashioned solder Steve. The paste will need cleaning off after soldering. Pete
  14. Pete Maddex

    Any recommendations for a decent soldering iron?

    Get some 60/40 tin/lead solder with decent flux it will change things unbelievably. RS or Farnel/CPC still sell it. Soldering upon is got to be Weller TCP. Pete
  15. Pete Maddex

    What I have fixed today

    I had a hole in the garage roof that filled up a 4-way mains block for the garage HiFi resulting in the power tripping, so garage roof the block striped and dried out and all the HiFi checked. My meter needed a new battery and two posts that the screws go into had sheared off some epoxy and a...
  16. Pete Maddex

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    After recovering from the worst cold ever I managed to do a bit on the last ladle. It probably needs a bit more attention but it’s cold in the garage. Pete
  17. Pete Maddex

    laptop memory

    Disk manager will show the disks and partitions. Pete
  18. Pete Maddex

    laptop memory

    Have you run the cleanup? That should help. Pete
  19. Pete Maddex

    Hi Everyone

    Hi kevcad Got any photos, we like photos. Pete
  20. Pete Maddex

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    I have made loads of small spoons, it’s a good place to start, if you slip with and cut the edge of the bowl you haven’t wasted to much time and wood. Here is one I made between a normal spoon and a teaspoon. Pete
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