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  1. Phil Pascoe

    Recycling from a church

    A.I. "The biggest recorded pitch pine timbers used as stulls in a Cornish mine were at Dolcoath Mine, where pieces were 18 to 20 inches square and 30 to 33 feet long, supporting vast amounts of waste rock. Some imported timbers reached 24 inches square and 84 feet long, needed for the immense...
  2. Phil Pascoe

    Recycling from a church

    Yes. I had a couple of pieces, a door lining from a lunatic asylum. 12" x 2". I have a few pieces, cut from pit props from South Crofty mine - I don't think i'll get a huge amount from them but loads of pen blanks with provenance.
  3. Phil Pascoe

    Clamps

    I had a dozen or so so of the Martek ones. https://picclick.co.uk/MARTEK-Crab-Clamps-Made-in-392120639669.html I got rid of them as it was near impossible to tighten them without the two workpieces being glued sliding. They tend not to to stay square to the work.
  4. Phil Pascoe

    Old photo

    The one I sold when I had to have the first leg amputated.
  5. Phil Pascoe

    Old photo

    My mother bought my sister one with a full fairing - you could have blown the thing backwards.
  6. Phil Pascoe

    Ornamental lathe restoration

    I did read long ago the that for the cost of a new Holtzapffel lathe you could have bought eight cottages. This popped up when I checked my spelling -
  7. Phil Pascoe

    Liberon spirit sanding sealer

    The club I belonged to bought S/S by the gallon then cut it with cellulose thinners 50/50 then sold it on in 500mm bottles. https://www.advancedpaints.co.uk/product/clostermann-cellulose-sanding-sealer-wood-primer/?attribute_pa_size=5ltr&utm_source=google&utm_medium=cpc&utm_cam
  8. Phil Pascoe

    Liberon spirit sanding sealer

    I knew an alcoholic - a roofer - whose favourite breakfast drink was aftershave and hot sherry. Meths would probably be fairly pleasant after that.
  9. Phil Pascoe

    Liberon spirit sanding sealer

    Most that I've come across use cellulose thinners.
  10. Phil Pascoe

    Pork Pie Raiser?

    Some Japanese and Indian whiskies are among the world's best. Some.
  11. Phil Pascoe

    Pork Pie Raiser?

    Pig's liver every time. I've eaten pork pies here, there and everywhere over the years but I've never come across one I'd go back for. The first thing I do is get any jelly in them out and throw it away. Disgusting.
  12. Phil Pascoe

    Pork Pie Raiser?

    To save laminating the timber why not turn them from seasoned logs?
  13. Phil Pascoe

    The Times

    The censorship is so infantile and petty in The Times I'm surprised anyone still reads it (Ex 27 year subscriber.) That said, with 1984 looming they'll all go the same way.
  14. Phil Pascoe

    Salt soup, anyone?

    It was. "A cucumber should be well sliced, and dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out, as good for nothing."
  15. Phil Pascoe

    Salt soup, anyone?

    Adding salt to courgette soup reminds me of Samuel Johnson's quote on cucumber.
  16. Phil Pascoe

    HDL LDL

    A selection of rotgut from the Wine Society (inc.P&P) -...
  17. Phil Pascoe

    Everything, all at once.

    Damsons make wonderful jam, as do Kea plums.
  18. Phil Pascoe

    Everything, all at once.

    When I was twelve we moved into an early Victorian property with a huge greenhouse containing three vines. The grapes used to fall on the ground and ferment, to be eaten by the mice. I had great fun putting my ferret in amongst them and watching them running around in circles.
  19. Phil Pascoe

    It’s bite the bullet time on a replacement cordless drill.

    I assume the OP not to be a pauper so he should buy whatever he finds the most comfortable and enjoyable to use. When I upgraded I though it would probably be for the last time so all my battery stuff's Milwaukee.
  20. Phil Pascoe

    Yew bowl

    The problem being it goes brown no matter what the finish. A great pity for something as beautiful as that.
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