• 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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    Oak Timber frame (and formally a Diminished stile door (markup and cutting the diminished part?))

    Can I ask what the benefits of a gunstock door are? It looks as though the only major benefit is an increase in the glazed area but is that what the main intention is?
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    Axminster update

    I’ve been fortunate to live close to Axminster for more years than I care to remember. First used them when they had the old multi storied shop on the outskirts of the town centre. How they organised that place was beyond me! I must have spent thousands with them over that time. Like Rob I’ll...
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    What tools did you buy for yourself for xmas.

    I treated myself to one of these …..
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    Jig for glueing up mitres

    Another vote for band clamps. I make quite a few boxes and picture frames and they’re invaluable and generally fuss free. I’ve even used ratchet straps for larger frames, they work equally well.
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    WiFi in a ‘faraday cage’?

    Andy, That’s what I’m currently using. My terminology may be poor in referring to it as a booster. I find it pretty pants but as I said I’m putting in down lots of foil lined insulation in both the house and the garage. Hopefully Rogers mains line booster/extender thingies will do the job!
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    WiFi in a ‘faraday cage’?

    Thank you for all the helpful responses. Eric, thanks for taking the time to write an understandable response. I’ve tried both the suggested apps and in all honesty I didn’t understand much of what they do. I also think the free versions don’t have the same functionality, so I didn’t get the...
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    WiFi in a ‘faraday cage’?

    Bear with me here, technical numpty! My workshop is a pitched roof single garage. All walls and roof are insulated with 50mm PIR board with foil taped joints. I use one of those alexa things for music and company during the day. Garage is about 10 feet from house and due to patchy wifi I’ve...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Still making boxes …… A ‘triptych’ of decreasing sized boxes and then a swear box (so called because I’ve not sworn so much making a box before!). Quite pleased because the ‘base box’ in all cases is the rattiest ply imaginable (packing case).
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    Axminster closures

    I’d read elsewhere about the appointment of an administrator which is (in my experience) generally terminal. But I did also hear that the administration was being ‘overseen’ (if that’s the right word) but another company registered to the Styles family (Newtool or something similar). I hope...
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    Melamine lacquer on copper coin.

    If all the above fail clear nail varnish works really well, just don’t let the Missus catch you pinching hers (DAMHIK!).
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    The things you see on holiday ……

    Yes he really is. We spent far longer there than intended just chatting with him. He recently lost his wife and just wanted to talk, so we listened.
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    The things you see on holiday ……

    We’re in the middle of the NC500 and decided to head towards mainland UK’s most northerly point (Dunnet Head not Groaty O’Johns!). On the way there we passed a sign for some wooden stuff and I said to the wife ‘must stop on the way back’. We did, and what a wonderful place it was. A very nice...
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    Gin with flavors

    I discovered TT Landlord when visiting the FiL sometime ago. Nice pint. Bottled only in my neck of the woods but still not too bad. I remember the bass quote on the toilet wall of my local years ago: Bottom fallen out of your world? Get drunk on bass and let the world fall out of your bottom!
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    Axminster tools

    Yandles doesn’t have the selection of either hand or power tools that Axminster does and some of the staff can be a bit sullen when the mood takes them! I’m only 15 minutes away and use the cafe frequently (good breakfast). The wood selection is excellent if a little on the pricey side. It’s...
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    ROS pad saver

    I’m currently using a Festool 125mm ROS with one of thier pads savers (although I suspect it might be a knock off as it was cheap and not direct from them). I use a mixture of mirka and festool’s own discs and I have to say they stick to the saver like manure to a manually operated digging...
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    My next challenge 😡

    I would generally agree Steve but a lot comes down to the finish. I’ve been using Rustins plastic coating for a while now and as far as wooden worktop goes it’s pretty close to bomb proof.
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    Axminster Cardiff Shop

    It would seem that having started mail order with a small shop in Axminster they’re heading back that way (albeit with a larger warehouse as well). Good job I live quite close!
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    Change of plan

    Can’t believe any removal people worth their salt wouldn’t be able to cope with restricted access (as long as their made aware obviously). Give them a ring and have a chat.
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    Routering trickery.....

    I might give the trend kit a try, it doesn’t appear to be massively expensive and if I can achieve what I’m after it’ll be worth it.
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    Cutting Veneer

    I more than welcome the input from those with more experience than me so thank you. I guess it’s just more practice with the scalpel. A laser isn’t happening. They really don’t interest me and in all honesty the prospect of having to learn all the computer crap that goes with it makes me feel...
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