• 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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    Japanese Box/Cabinet

    That is really stunning - I like that a lot! Until the last but one pic I thought is was quite small, but it is a significant piece that needs to be open to display your skills!
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    There's a moose loose aboot this hoose

    That sounds like a significant colony of mice at least, or something bigger! They do say keep replacing bait until it stops being eaten, but that looks like it could be quite expensive in your situation :unsure:
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    There's a moose loose aboot this hoose

    I have had success with this product: https://www.pestcontroldirect.co.uk/shop/most-common-pests/rodent-control/mice/rodex-rat-and-mice-poison-blocks-300gms/ In a bait station so it cannot be taken away and stored, and you can see they have nibbled by how much is left.
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    Sliding Sash Pricing Help!

    Presumably if you know the sizes you can price the components: https://www.chilterntimber.co.uk/product-category/sash-window-components/ The type of frame you show is really just a 4 sided box with M+T joints, possibly with a sash glazing bar down the middle? You will pay a premium for buying...
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    Tour de France

    It stops the last day procession and final sprint that is traditional, and adds a sense of jeopardy if the favourites are closer together - the fact Pog is so far ahead this year (and Roglic is absent) make the final TT disappointing, but imagine how tense it would be if they had been separated...
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    Mortgage security

    I think that is highly unlikely - the mortgage lender has agreed terms whereby they will definitely get paid for their outlay, the cash buyer is buying an asset which can go up as well as down in terms of price and has no such guarantee of a return. Solicitors are there for this type of...
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    Kitchen Dilema!

    Ah, apologies, I clearly misunderstood!
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    Kitchen Dilema!

    I am sure your daughter has looked around, but when we did our kitchen (admittedly a few years ago now) Homebase were nowhere near competitive on price - we found Wickes and Ikea to be best, although that may have changed in the interim. Waiting until a sale can also save a lot (if the kitchen...
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    Artificial Intelligence

    This! It constantly annoys me that the search engines on rightmove, zoopla etc are so rubbish. You can search by number of bedrooms and price and that is about it. Why not outbuildings? Or pool? Or garden of X-size e.g. >0.5 acre? Or annex? Or parking spaces? Or double glazing? Or energy rating...
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    Varnish over shellac?

    I have used satin varnish over sanding sealer to good effect, no complaints yet on jewellery boxes etc that have been handled regularly. 2 coats of sanding sealer light denib between, then a quick drying varnish over the top. Sanding sealer dries incredibly quickly. Not tried shellac...
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    Sliding Sash window conversion?

    You can make new sashes with DG in (assuming your building is not listed) but 20mm might be a squeeze and 12mm might not be very effective. Either way however, you will need to adjust the sash weights as dg units will be heavier than 4mm (or 2mm if old) single glazing.
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    Kumiko - more machines than usual

    I know a number of people here admire and/or have tried Kumiko - just come across the following video which mixes machines and hand skills far more than usual: Certainly some impressive machinery for what I always thought was mostly a handcrafted tradition
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    When day-to-day life changes in an instant

    Very best wishes for the recovery phase, I would agree the NHS is a superb asset which we neglect at our peril.
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    3D printer questions

    Thanks, much appreciated - one for the tuit list!
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    3D printer questions

    Slightly off topic, but would that work as a vacuum bag for veneering, and do they do larger bags that 30x38cm? I have tried the 'vacuum cleaner bags for clothes storage' before and never found this reliable, so looking for alternatives that do not cost the earth - not come across filament...
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    Marquetry advice

    Was not sure if this was the best forum for this or not, so feel free to move if not Mods. I have been having a play with marquetry and lasers. While I have some way to go in terms of getting pieces with an exact fit (laser kerf is the main problem) the other problem I am having is how to keep...
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    Jewellery Chest - not quite a WIP, more like random photos

    The dry fit of the drawers therefore looked something like this: In hindsight I should have cut the runners and drawers from the same piece of timber. The drawers are all cut from the same piece, but the effect is spoilt by the dividers not matching. Ho hum. Perhaps the biggest decision was...
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    Jewellery Chest - not quite a WIP, more like random photos

    Not sure of the photo limit for posts, so rather than lose the first post I will add another! Finished basic construction. Note the back piece dies not come up fully - I knew I wanted to hinge the lid here so have a solid piece of timber to add to enable this Then it was time to size the...
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    Jewellery Chest - not quite a WIP, more like random photos

    SWMBO asked for a jewellery box for Xmas. She asked in early October, knowing the rate at which I find time to work, and I finished it this morning, so pretty good estimating on her part! About 12 years ago when I was starting to move from DIY into woodwork as more of a hobby, I made her a...
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    Puzzle Boxes

    Just come across this wonderful video on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_NreYBwzRQk Which led me to this book via the makers website: https://www.grand-illusions.com/enter-i ... 2x36282815 I have just ordered myself an early xmas present :)
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