• 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. Mike G

    Well, that's good!

    Nice. We use rolled oats.
  2. Mike G

    Well, that's good!

    A compot!! Blackberries.............apples...........there is only ONE option: blackberry and apple crumble. I'll make the custard. :)
  3. Mike G

    Mystery Project or Future Firewood ?

    Nice fruit basket! I mean, you might choose to use it for something else, but it's a fruit basket..... :D
  4. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Thanks. My injury is fine for everyday life, now. I'm a bit hesitant climbing onto things, still, but I can be on my feet all day without problem. I'm a long way from fully recovered, though, and will be doing a 20/ 30 minute exercise regime shortly, having done it twice today already. Very...
  5. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    The cloth is just standard...but light. It's the resin which does the magic. This is what I bought.
  6. Mike G

    What size chisels do you use the most?

    Exaggeration-for-effect, Rob.
  7. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Yes, it's starting to loom on the horizon.......
  8. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    It will get sanded pretty smooth. From memory about 150 grit....but I'll be checking that soon, so don't rely on that. Insurance? I suppose I ought to think about that, hadn't I. It hadn't crossed my mind.
  9. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Days? That's positively bull-in-a-China-shop compared with me. I've done everything I could put to put this job off, for weeks now. Frankly, the big lesson from it is that it isn't something to be scared of. Working time depends on temperature and the hardener you choose. There is a fast one...
  10. Mike G

    What size chisels do you use the most?

    1/4", 1/2", 3/4", and 1". The French hadn't invented the metric system when I bought my first chisels. When I sold my first piece of furniture, I treated myself to a 1-1/2" , and it's still an absolutely joy to pick it up. I've since added a 10mm and a 15mm to that collection, and unless you...
  11. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Right, the job I've been worried about for the last 3 or 4 years since I first thought about building this thing. Time to do the fibreglass. Before I start, let me make it very clear that no-one should use this as a tutorial. I am a rank amateur at this, with no experience other than what I am...
  12. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Some odds and ends before I post about fibreglass..... I made a little cable cover in sapele: It will cover the cables that emerge out of the top of the control panel, before they head under the wine rack. Here's the control panel, with an additional "kill" switch (for the solar panel)...
  13. Mike G

    Roof Collapse

    Sheesh, bad luck. There are times when fixing a dodgy roof is an extremely satisfying thing to do. There are times it's a bloody nuisance.
  14. Mike G

    Given to me as a gift . A Stanley No 4

    ......."reaching out"........."going forward".......... Settle, Carruthers. Settle. It's called irony. :) :)
  15. Mike G

    Given to me as a gift . A Stanley No 4

    Interesting. A number 4 is my final finish smoother, used after I've used everything else, and prior to a card scraper. I have one always set finely, with a close-set cap iron, so it can finish anything in any grain direction. I also have a No. 4 Handyman (with replacement handle) very...
  16. Mike G

    Do you think aluminum threaded rod and bolts good enough for light duty moxon style vise?

    No, Steve. Just no. Aluminium would be a step up from cheddar cheese for the job.......but only just.
  17. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Yes, it's glassed. I used a 6oz cloth. There'll be a full post on the process in the next few days, showing the magic of the invisible fibreglass mat.
  18. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    Thanks guys. Wait until it's shiny shiny..... This is the part of the job I've been dreading for years.
  19. Mike G

    Mike builds a teardrop (Gas)

    I have no experience with epoxy at all, prior to this teardrop build. I am teaching myself on the go, and it's not easy. I thought I would start with something small and pretty simple.......a door. It didn't go exactly to plan, but isn't too bad. I just thought I would give you a taste of what...
  20. Mike G

    OOPs and some.

    My god, that's horrendous.......
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