• 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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    Marples trial 1

    £££Ouch! Don't get me wrong, I've got some nice squares..... rosewood handles, Marples, Rabone Chesterman, Moore & Wright etc but they are all either old ones included in my apprenticeship starter tool kit years ago or picked up second hand over time. My experience is a bit mixed with some...
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    Light Oak?

    What "land" is this you speak of? :LOL:
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    Salvaged this saw from local dump.

    I think the "warranted superior" was a non brand from post war times? A steel back suggests just after WW2 as brass was in short supply. The sectional dimension of the back is a measure of its overall quality. Also more expensive saws tended to have more handle bolts like hotel...
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    Why I think mobile phone cameras are lousy.

    Whenever I hear the "phone cameras are as good or better than DSLR" thing My response is.... when was the last time you printed your photos and then, when was the last time you printed them bigger than an enprint and framed them? (or do you just look at them on a tiny...
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    Ultra-processed food ?

    When we go shopping we take turns to vet what the other puts in the trolley. Basically we do not allow anything that has "ingredients" Once you adopt this approach it becomes pretty easy to eat clean. The only exception would be things like condiments.... mustard or chili sauce for...
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    insulating under roof

    So to paint a thousand words🙂 I forgot to add the vermin mesh. The PIR is on rather than between the rafters so loads of vent space.
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    insulating under roof

    Thanks, I do get where you are coming from, not quite "winging it though🤣 I am actually following the same insulating/ventilation details that would be carried out for a full loft conversion (which I am not doing). The only difference is that it probably does not meet current standards for...
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    insulating under roof

    The previous owner put it in on the rear slope, he didn't do anything else so don't know what his intentions were. No I think I'll keep it quiet.... it's just an attic with a more comfy temperature!
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    insulating under roof

    Yes, I know it multiplies pretty quickly! It will still be accessed via a loft ladder which I think makes it immune?
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    insulating under roof

    Yes.... foil backed plasterboard or usb qualifies i think?
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    insulating under roof

    Thanks Mike, yes on the underside, just to make it easy and automatically give a good gap. I'll ensure that the gap continues all the way over the top to give continuous venting
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    insulating under roof

    Yes it's felt under the tiles. As I was intending to put the PIR on the rafters there will be 4" ventilation going up over and out via the eaves. I'm just wanting to stop the extremes of temperature.
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    insulating under roof

    Its an attic space. Yes I have an opening skylight so ventilation is catered for. It wont be a loft conversion and it wont be slept in so not looking at building regs. Its just a case of stabilising the temperature and therefore making the attic more comfortable to be in.
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    insulating under roof

    Hi all, I want to insulate under our roof. Its a standard pitched concrete tiled roof. 300mm between rafters with 4x4 purlins. Each slope is about 6x4m with 9' height at the centre. My intention is to place the insulation boards directly onto the edge of the rafters sat against (within)...
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    Is this wood Sapele?

    +1 for Sapele (its named after the town in south west Nigeria). Utile would mostly have a bit more figure. Other than that.... Honduras cedar is kind of gritty, aromatic and quite soft.
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    Home pub panelling

    I too would be looking at painting rather than attempting to stain plywood which as said above in various ways, wont look anything like authentic.
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    New Member Herein

    Welcome Babangida! I taught Introductory Technology for three years (from 1986!) at Etinan Institute Akwa Ibom state (then Cross River) Very happy memories and stories that I hesitate to tell to most!. I used to love watching the local furniture makers working entirely with hand...
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    Girl-and-dog

    A slightly racier version...
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    Girl-and-dog

    I've been on the carbon paper too! Regarding finishing, If cut with a fine fretsaw there's only very minimal hand sanding needed. My dog cannot hear much yet... still to be added.
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    Startrite (275?) tablesaw problem

    Hi all, This tablesaw is at school (I teach DT). The problem has arisen following a repair to replace a universal joint on the tilt mechanism carried out by the dept technician. Now with everything put back, (he removed the table) the blade is not parallel to the mitre slots, its out by about...
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