• 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. Mike G

    Given to me as a gift . A Stanley No 4

    Interesting. A number 4 is my final finish smoother, used after I've used everything else, and prior to a card scraper. I have one always set finely, with a close-set cap iron, so it can finish anything in any grain direction. I also have a No. 4 Handyman (with replacement handle) very...
  2. Mike G

    Do you think aluminum threaded rod and bolts good enough for light duty moxon style vise?

    No, Steve. Just no. Aluminium would be a step up from cheddar cheese for the job.......but only just.
  3. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    Yes, it's glassed. I used a 6oz cloth. There'll be a full post on the process in the next few days, showing the magic of the invisible fibreglass mat.
  4. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    Thanks guys. Wait until it's shiny shiny..... This is the part of the job I've been dreading for years.
  5. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    I have no experience with epoxy at all, prior to this teardrop build. I am teaching myself on the go, and it's not easy. I thought I would start with something small and pretty simple.......a door. It didn't go exactly to plan, but isn't too bad. I just thought I would give you a taste of what...
  6. Mike G

    OOPs and some.

    My god, that's horrendous.......
  7. Mike G

    Arts & Crafts house

    We went to Cragside on a gloomy, miserable day, but still enjoyed it. What a brilliant man! The gardens must be fabulous on a (normal) summer's day). Somehow I missed out on the cup of tea, though....... :)
  8. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    You know when you can't sleep, and something niggles away at the back of your brain? Well, today I needed to know how much the teardrop weighs. It's a terribly simple process to do it with ordinary bathroom scales. Firstly, I found a plank, and divided it into thirds. I marked the ends, and the...
  9. Mike G

    A groovy little two-day project

    Really? You might be right, but I suspect the annoyance of knocking one iron out of adjustment whilst adjusting the other would be enough to drive you nuts.
  10. Mike G

    A groovy little two-day project

    Another great project, Al. Well done. I'm rather envious of your nonchalance with metal working, as always. How easy are they to adjust, and do they keep their setting well?
  11. Mike G

    Arts & Crafts house

    That's Blackwell, I'm sure. I wrote a little something about it at Uni.
  12. Mike G

    Bit of a gathering 2026 at Chedham's Yard Wellesbourne Warks

    Superb, Andy. Thanks for posting those. I wish I could have gone. What's the story with the mini flymo?
  13. Mike G

    What to use to refinish an old saw handle?

    I'm always cautious, Scott, about using wax on something that gets handled.
  14. Mike G

    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    The advice is to do as much walking as I can. My achilles is now safe.
  15. Mike G

    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    Thanks Andy. Just under that, I think.......but yeah, that's a normal walking pace for me, and it's great to be back to around that sort of speed. The skin on my wound is still a bit fragile, so I'll be taking it steady for a few days now.
  16. Mike G

    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    No, it was her slowest Parkrun. She has a bit of a hamstring strain. The winner did it in 19 minutes something.
  17. Mike G

    It was a Plane day here

    Oak, I presume? I don't know what a coopering plane is, but presume it has some curves somewhere. Is it for a specific project?
  18. Mike G

    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    I've just done my first ever Parkrun. I walked the Markshall Parkrun in 49.52........and I'm actually rather proud of myself. It's 4 months this week since my accident, and about 14 weeks since my operation. I won't be able to run until around christmas, but many achilles patients never get to...
  19. Mike G

    Rain

    Here's what no rain for 7 weeks looks like. First, my hygrometer (normal RH is in the middle): Then the lawn: Luckily, a damp day is forecast in 12 days time. That should solve everything.
  20. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    That bilge paint isn't the final splashback surface. I will probably end up with a laminate, but I could yet use stainless steel, or even some tiles (weight worries me though). Originally I intended having an entire full-width services panel, instead of the small thing in the middle, so none of...
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