• 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. Alasdair

    A wee wall clock in English Walnut and blue resin

    I've only really had the bad smell once and that was using a copper powder (pic below). I have put in another photo of a board and side table. The purple one was a request This is a side table I made for my Mum it contains some of my late fathers fishing lures and flys, his pipe and a...
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    A wee wall clock in English Walnut and blue resin

    My first one was messy as i never fully sealed the mould and it went everywhere, wasnt a large hole and i didnt notice until next day when the workshop floor was covered. lesson learned... Its not bad to work with as long as you wear gloves and are careful about where you mix. I got a really...
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    A wee wall clock in English Walnut and blue resin

    I made this wall clock as a gift for some cousins, its around 12" in diameter and fairly simple construction.
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    Mike's ext'n & renovation (solar panels)

    The work and workmanship involved on this project is staggering, the sun room looks great as do the new doors and the patio and walling are second to none. I look forward to these updates and at times am dissapointed when there are none.
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    Disassembly was considered but additional time and cost had to be factored in. There are 12 windows having lintols replaced and two being totally rebuilt, it took about 5 days to erect all the temp works and just over a week to build in the first 7 windows and stabilise them with new steel...
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    A little perspective, to the left of the orange post there should be a wall.
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    Hopefully this comes through but for anyone interested today was the real test of our temporary works design, the Slimshor to the left is holding a horizontal beam sitting on crenelations above(just out of shot) this post is transferring load onto the wall below. The beam above is carrying...
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    Rant

    I am so sorry to hear this, we watched my Dads last couple of weeks in a hospice and it was the best place he could have wished to be and took a lot of stess off my Mum. Dont forget to look after you as well as this can take a hefty toll on you and your family. Our thoughts are with you, Alasdair
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    There are probably some on here could take a decent guess at cost but its something I wont be sharing as there is client confidentiality to take into account.
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    The lintols are about 7 meters off the with the outside being soft grass, the walls are about 500mm thick. With the amount of the string course that we need to support acrows would be spaced too close together and standing 7m high. there was no way then to remove teh old lintol and replace...
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    A little distraction from woodworking

    Who remembers this job, in case anyone was wondering old railway lines are coming out a treat and new sandstone is being built in.
  12. Alasdair

    Router table insert plate build (rings laad)

    I am afraid that I can't take any credit for teh website update (different Alasdair). I have to sympathise with the setup of the inset plate these things always appear straight forward especially when you have done so much intricate work, then things don't go as planned. don't give up and i am...
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    Router table insert plate build (rings laad)

    Always marvel at the metal working/engineering side of things. Its not something I've done but that doesn't stop me admiring the work of others. This is an interesting build to watch and i have nothing to offer other than praise and thanks for posting.
  14. Alasdair

    Mortgage security

    Not my area at all but something did occur to me, should the worst happen and the lender repossesses what is to stop them selling under value just to cover their losses. For example purchase price was £250,000 Cash Buyer puts in £125,000 2nd buyer borrows £125,000 (as far as the bank is...
  15. Alasdair

    Kitchen Dilema!

    Should be able to surface run a 40mm pipe to the SVP and cut in a strap on boss however they can be frought with problems and much better to cut the SVP and fit something like a 110mm single boss connector. Some will say you dont need it but i would consider fitting a running trap (I have seen...
  16. Alasdair

    On this day.......

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  17. Alasdair

    On this day.......

    It was fun making the gate and heart the install was a pig as I was very restricted on what parts of the structure I could fix to (the owners wanted this as a six month temporary structure however it is still standing and apparently a bit of a talking point).
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    Home pub panelling

    That looks really excellent, i nice place to unwind with a pint and game of pool. (y)
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    On this day.......

    On this day in 2020, I made a gate for a gift shop in Troon Ayrshire. They had opened 1 week before the first lockdown closed them again and were getting ready to open once lockdown was lifted. They asked for a gate to allow them to have their door open (it was a hot summer) but to try and...
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    Rant

    Terry Pratchett summed up the unfairness of socioeconomic policies in his book Men at Arms “The reason that the rich were so rich, Vimes reasoned, was because they managed to spend less money. Take boots, for example. He earned thirty-eight dollars a month plus allowances. A really good pair...
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