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    central heating install

    Also, if you use plastic, make sure you do your rad tails in copper.
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    central heating install

    I'm not sure if its a "Mans" thing but it is the most secure rest easy method IMHO
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    central heating install

    I did a complete install of a combi from scratch about 25yrs ago. (I got a Corgi to connect the gas) I did it all in end feed soldered copper and to be honest I would happily do the same again. But, I have used polypipe a lot to extend our current system and to plumb the kitchen. Plastic is...
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    Plane blades that get no secondary bevel?

    Sheer bravery..... As far as I am concerned, the ONLY reasoning for a secondary bevel is that it means you are rubbing away less steel so it might be easier. Its the same in every other respect, its only the honing angle that can have any effect. I tend to do a secondary on everything just cos...
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    Acetone

    I have no idea about that either, however I was referring to the awful itching from the fibreglass dust, not the effect of acetone. Supposedly, washing in cold water helps as it closes the pores preventing fine dust from becoming lodged. But of course I may well be wrong on that!
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    New garage shop

    The workshop looks like a decent enough space so what's not to like?
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    Trading Wherry 'Lady Garnet'

    I would do it for the offcuts.
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    Finished the day off making a smaller chisel wacker.

    Very much like the mallets used by furniture makers that I worked with in West Africa. Simply made and nice to use for long periods of time.
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    Pathetic attempt - first dovetail joint ever done.

    In terms of fit, you should feel quite happy with that. May I suggest next time that you adjust the proportions of the tails and perhaps make three rather than two.
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    Shinto rasp

    Anyone use one? I have ordered one. They look interesting, I don't particularly use rasps but that might just be because I've never really had a decent one and these appealed to me (possibly just because I haven't bought any new tools for ages).
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    Wickes

    I too have used Wickes beech faced ply a few times and as you say it is much better than you would expect. If you are selective, it looks half decent too. (I still miss Bruynzeel from my yacht joinery days though... the absolute Rolls Royce of plywood manufacturers!
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    I am here for the first time..........

    ok.... an advert.
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    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    P.S uses chisels from Aldi.
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    The tale of a forty-year-old mallet... and its transformation...

    I made my first mallet in the 70's during my apprenticeship... nothing unusual there apart from the timber pau marfim. I still use it but badly need to make a new one now. On a similar note, I have a carvers mallet that I turned from a lignum vitae table lamp bought from a jumble sale. I smile...
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    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    In defense of P.S. and his "teaching" abilities, to be fair he has built his reputation for being a sedate British woodworker for an American market and as such probably appeals for that alone. (the reverse is equally true for us of course) Being a good teacher from a schools perspective? no but...
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    A new take on the PAUL SELLERS HAND CUT MORTISE JIG.

    I do like him... we share a very similar WW background from the point of view of having served a traditional apprenticeship. I also very much like his furniture. On the other hand, Many things he shows look like they are designed to fill a good amount of time in a video. Its not necessarily...
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    Evri possible means?

    Quite possibly being delivered by an EV... needed a charge.
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    Somewhat interesting rip saw which was my grandfather's.

    Is it a "half rip" perhaps? The tooth geometry suggest this.
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    Acetone

    Brings back memories of my yacht joinery days, I worked for Jeremy Rogers for a spell who famously pioneered certain GRP production methods and produced the famous Contessa range of yachts. I can still smell the acetone... and my forearms itch every time I cast my mind back!
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    Blood (without the gore!)

    I gave blood regularly up until the mid 80's but I was told that they were not interested in me following a bout of malaria whilst teaching in Nigeria. I had what was termed a modified form of the disease as I was taking Chloroquine and Paludrine but must have been late taking it and let one of...
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