• 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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  1. CHJ

    Electric Motor Problem, 2nd new motor rec’d, and resistance tests

    I note that in the first video of free running motor that it stops abruptly when power is switched off. Does the motor have an internal brake, I.E. can you spin it freely by hand with no power connected or is it clamped. Capacitor:- Is the original a Start Rated (short duty cycle) capacitor...
  2. CHJ

    Holiday visit

    Last Wednesday we had a day out in the Bavarian countryside and for some unknown reason one of the casual stops for a stretch of the legs found this gate open and a big Red Door with EINGANG plastered on it. Einhell One of eight such avenues. An hour or so later, having made it to the...
  3. CHJ

    Moore & Wright # 961, 1" micrometer.

    As far as I know the 961 is .001" reading scale. The 961B suffix has .0001" reading scale. But as with all Manual Micrometres the accuracy of measurement is down to the operator, its calibration, wear etc.
  4. CHJ

    Moore & Wright # 961, 1" micrometer.

    This is my 961B, regularly used ever since its presentation as a prize 67 yrs. ago.
  5. CHJ

    Back to basics

    Yes Andy, actually Vee grooves cut with the long point of a skew first for depth and position control then friction burnt with wire (held between two wood toggles)
  6. CHJ

    Back to basics

    Cherry 125mm high. Sycamore 170mm dia.
  7. CHJ

    Back to basics

    A bit of home dried Cherry, 157mm dia. Artistic choice of shape determined by natures splitting sense of humour.
  8. CHJ

    Back to basics

    True, unfortunately the clean-up chores seem to have survived the break as well.
  9. CHJ

    How to deal with red tape

    Neatly Turned out, admire your tenacity with that Needle Eye forming in silver steel.
  10. CHJ

    Back to basics

    Having put off the spinny stuff for over 12months in deference to other priorities managed a couple of hours this afternoon to make a start on clearing some of the accumulated 'too good to burn' oddments. A bit of Home cured Beech from a hedge removed a few years ago. 175mm Dia...
  11. CHJ

    Mini-Moravian

    How about attaching the top 'rails' with tapered sliding dovetails, self-locking and self wear compensating.
  12. CHJ

    Upcut & Downcut Spiral Cutters - woo-hoo!

    In effect, the benefits of a slicing cut as opposed to a chopping cut I presume.
  13. CHJ

    Varifocal glasses

    Had Varifocals for some years now, there is definitely a considerable difference in performance if you can run to the inflated asking price for the wider range upgrade. Occasionally have a small change in perspective for a couple of days if astigmatism prescription changes but no more than was...
  14. CHJ

    What were the car designer's smoking ?

    No it's not mine, afraid personal age and its additional imposed running costs preclude such indulgence for me, been living on retirement funding for 31 yrs now means I have to be content with a somewhat more practical Astra SRI turbo. (auto.) but it is at least Boy Racing Red. The person...
  15. CHJ

    Stuck grub screws

    Try a soldering iron bit (if you have one) applied to the grub screws to see if it will break any corrosion bond.
  16. CHJ

    What were the car designer's smoking ?

    Yes, I'm afraid I'm old school and prefer the lines of something such as this (it's just joined the family)
  17. CHJ

    What were the car designer's smoking ?

    Lamborghini Urus
  18. CHJ

    Heat Treatment Oven

    Nothing clever on my part, just making sure ovens were operating to spec. and someone dialing in the heating profile most of the time.
  19. CHJ

    Heat Treatment Oven

    Yes, you are capable of operating in a whole different world of heat treatments with this superb project. I guess the next accessories will be stainless steel dedicated water and oil quenching tanks. One of the most difficult aspects of heat treatment I found was the Post Heating...
  20. CHJ

    Heat Treatment Oven

    For small cutting edges such as the Marking Knife or Screwdriver tip etc. using a small flame source can be very beneficial, as when tempering it allows you to heat the main body progressively and watch for the colour change run up towards the thinner cutting edge towards a shade of straw. Some...
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