• 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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    Bundwerk barn

    He's turning all that mixed with water by hand presumably in a wheelbarrow? That's a lot of bags to mix by hand!!! What sort of ground did does he have and how far down did he need to dig? I remember reading a lot about ice and thaw and ground heave and depth required for footings on another...
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    Saucy

    That looks like a great solution. Brilliant to use whatever is to hand. Good luck with the job.
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    As the US finishes celebrating 250 years, here are my oldest hand planes.

    Thanks Andy, mine practically still within warranty compared to the Madox!
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    As the US finishes celebrating 250 years, here are my oldest hand planes.

    Yours are very old. My favourite plane is an old wooden one that cuts a beautiful profile: no idea of the age but imagine a fair bit newer. Stamped with P Kirk and Son Sheffield. It's amazing how quickly and finely a new shape is cut and all without mask, noise or dust. Love it!
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    A Bit of Picture Framing.....

    I love this type of artwork. I saw an exhibition a year or 2 ago at the British museum of Hasui Kawase's work. Completely mesmerising. I was really chuffed to find that someone had filmed him creating a woodblock print in the 1950s. It's like an instructional film and well worth a viewing...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    What a lovely compliment, thanks!
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    Anyone used a drop down threshold seal on exterior door?

    I hadn't known about these before. Everything seems to be planted on deflectors and threshold strips over here. I'm genuinely conflicted now about whether to get one. They do seem very neat and slick.
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    Anyone used a drop down threshold seal on exterior door?

    It mortises into the door bottom and is hidden. Can't seem to find info about suitability for external exposed door. I have some doubts about a mechanical movement functioning well over time. Something like this...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    Some sort of bag to keep the powder fine makes total sense as clumps could spoil the finish. A bit like sieving flour. After bashing or grinding the chalk I made sure to crush it under the scraper to make sure all lumps were removed. It's also useful to dust your hands if the putty is too oily...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    Only the external face is getting painted. I thought about letting it grey but the area is quite exposed to the weather and in the end I've had a lot of success with linseed oil paint longevity and protection of exterior wood that I opted for the paint option (if this was an internal door I'd...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    I'll paint it the next day. Occasionally I've painted the same day but it'll need care not to indent it. In any case I use linseed oil paint with fresh putty and it seems to work well without having to wait. I think the tub probably says somewhere around 2 weeks to skin over but I suppose that...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    I do like coloured glass and use it when I can. As well as the cathedral glass, I quite liked the look of brilliant cut glory stars and found someone who could do this reasonably locally. So finally got the glass and spent today glazing the door. Tools and materials today are about 2 kg of...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    Next is fitting lock, door knobs and cutting a keyhole. The rim lock was lipped over the edge of the door, marked off and the waste removed with chisel and router plane. Once the edge of the lock was flush with the edge of the door, the screw holes were marked and made allowing the spindle and...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    Several steps forward on the door over the past month but I'll do separate posts: this one is hinges. I fitted double phosphor bronze washered hinges. Amazingly these were exactly the same length and a little deeper and wider than the wood that was previously removed for the bearing hinges so...
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    Escutcheon insert? Supplier

    I'll probably end up putting one of those escutcheons with the swinging arm on the door but I had a go at making a thread escutcheon from an old striker plate and it worked out ok for a first attempt. Thanks Andy for the instruction. Might do this the next time I make a locking drawer or maybe...
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