• 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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    Axminster Newcastle

    I have not had much time for woodworking lately or leatherwork for that matter, needing to cut something on my bandsaw when the blade snapped. Needing to complete the job I nipped to Axminster in North Shields (Newcastle) only to find it closed. Just in case anyone travels Google says it is open.
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    New Charity

    As we approach the end of 2023 many of you may have worked out that my grand plans for celebrating my 10th year of leatherworking and pen case making. Have not gone as planned. I have been working in and around healthcare since my life changing accindent in 2004. In October 2022 I was invited...
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    Lidl SDS drill

    Does anyone have any experience of the Lidl SDS drill https://www.lidl.co.uk/p/diy-deals/park ... ill/p54702
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    Spectacles

    Went for my eye test today no good news not only has my prescription changed but I have early signs of cataracts. The Optician reccomended new lenses as well as prescription sunglasses. I bought a new pair last year as I had scratched the others, I just bought the same frames as I liked them...
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    Car Insurance

    My wife was involved in an incident in her 2 year old VW Up, It was actually quite serious waiting to enter a roundabout a driver lost controp of his vehicle on the roundabout at speed and struck another vehicle before hitting my wife's car pushing it into a metal fence. The fire service cut her...
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    Track saw guides

    When I purchased my track saw I thought it was the best thing ever. My recent bed project has showed me that like many things it is only as good as the monkey using it. I always struggle with which side of the line to place the track, I know simple stuff. Having watched a guy called the London...
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    Domino centre panel connector

    I am looking for some Festool centre panel connectors I only need 6 and they come in packs of 25. I cannot forsee me ever using the other 19 and was wondering if anyone who used them frequently would be willing to sell me 6. TIA
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    Time Team

    I remember watching this as a youngster with my Dad on Sunday evenings. It disappeared from C4 sometime ago, It has just popped up on my Youtube feed this morning. https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDvcav ... ZdF9MaPKIQ
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    Black smoke from drill

    Accompanied by that unpleasent smell that usually means all is not well. My current pair (Ryobi) have served me well over the years I think at least ten maybe more. I think it might be time to change them. I also have the cordless circular saw. Should I stick with Ryobi or switch thinking...
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    Fein multitool

    I bought this tool from Axminster I did not really have a use for it at the time. In my defence it was on the clearance table at a good price. I had the Aldi version which I could not really use because of the vibration. Anyway this Fein version is fantastic very little vibration, It has paid...
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    Daughters flat

    As per the previous post I agfreed to make my daughter a raised bed for her new home. Things got a little out of hand and we have ended up rewiring the whole flat which is still in progress. 2022-02-17_12-41-51 by my0771, on Flickr 2022-02-21_03-55-17 by my0771, on Flickr These are the...
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    Table

    Firstly I need to thank someone, I was reading a post last week where someone mentioned buying a table from gumtree for parts. As my daughter is moving soon and she wanted a table "Bingo" she found one just down the road. It is a John Lewis table 20 years old it cost £2000 when new they were...
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    Raised bed project

    My daughter is about to move into her first home. She would really like a raised bed around 1m high with storage below. Current thinking is to have banks fo drawers one set on either side, with a book shelf along the front. If anyone has made something or could direct me to a plan that would be...
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    Band saw question

    My Dewalt DW3501 has not been cutting straight since the last time I changed the blade, Clearly user error. The blade was moving backwards as I offered the wood to it. I believed I had fitted the blade correctly. 2021-12-31_12-12-18 by my0771, on Flickr When cleaning I noticed the blade was...
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    Good deal or not

    Wandering through Axminster today I came across a Fein FMT 250 SL multi tool for £100. I remember a post about the Fein multitool, and I was looking at detail sanders I thought it might be worth a try. I know I will use it as my Aldi one is almost dead :D
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    Hot glue

    I often have to adapt boxes for items I have made and use a hot glue gun for this, I am also about to start playing with resin and paln to use polypropylene and hot glue to make the forms. My question is which sticks are best or is hot glue just hot glue?
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    Testing Ideas

    I make custom leather cases for fountain pens I have shared pictures before of finished cases but have not shared their construction. Well not here, I have often been asked how strong they are I would like a simple way to test them without special equipment. Better still if someone knows anyone...
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    Bog oak box

    My son and I are making a bog oak box for a gift, We bought some bog oak from MikeG and he advised that the checks and splits should be repaired with resin and I got some from his supplier. This is our first resin project. This piece is the lid it has a cup but will flatten out easily with a...
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    Bench top router table

    I am looking for a Bench top router table, It does not need to be huge in fact the smaller the better I have been looking at this. For the Makita plam router it is mainly for boxes. https://www.axminstertools.com/ujk-tech ... ita-103571 It seems like a lot of money for very little kit. If...
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    Tumble driers

    We need to replace our 20 year old Zanussi tumble drier. It is a condenser model. The dilemma is do we stick with the condenser type or switch to the newer heat pump style. I have read lots of reviews, the heat pump versions seem to take a long time to dry clothes. If anyone has any experience I...
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