• 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. Woodbloke

    Staining English Walnut?

    Thanks for that. The finishes above are water based, which seems preferable over spirit. I was thinking of this Liberon product from Axminster and assume that further applied coats will deepen the colour? I have several off cuts from the board to play around with and have plenty of time as...
  2. Woodbloke

    Staining English Walnut?

    I'm under way with another major project in the 'shop but realised I needed to cut a new top and bottom: As you can see, there's a distinct colour mis-match between the two boards and I eventually need to make the lighter one the same (or as near as damn it) colour as the other one. My...
  3. Woodbloke

    How much???

    Shoes instead?:ROFLMAO::ROFLMAO: Unless it's me, I can't see a saw of any sort in that 'tool kit' - Rob
  4. Woodbloke

    Record SS...DUN

    It's the front of the mouth that's filed....carefully! You still can this way Pete, all you need to do is to advance the frog to close up the gap, but in all honesty, this blade is pretty darn good and I wouldn't want to return to anything thinner - Rob
  5. Woodbloke

    Record SS...DUN

    Thanks Andy, that would be very handy. I'll check after tea and get back to you via a PM if that's OK?
  6. Woodbloke

    Record SS...DUN

    As mentioned above, the new Japanese blade from WH was fitted the other day. The original blurb on the webpage mentioned a thickness of 2.6mm and this was changed after my 'phone call where in conversation with the charming lady in the office (MP off swanning around the Continent...
  7. Woodbloke

    Block plane conversion

    I think Philly Edwards could possibly have a new line:ROFLMAO: - Rob
  8. Woodbloke

    Seven Heirlooms - You'll never guess……!

    Good job your keyboard skills are up to snuff Malc:ROFLMAO: - Rob
  9. Woodbloke

    Seven Heirlooms - You'll never guess……!

    +1, Fandabby! - Rob
  10. Woodbloke

    Un Rabot de Menuisier

    I thought they might be...thanks for the prompt reply Andy - Rob
  11. Woodbloke

    Un Rabot de Menuisier

    A few years ago when Penny Farthing Tools were operating in Salisbury (alas no longer) for the princely sum of a tenner I bought: ...this pristine, virtually unused Ulmia smoother (with adjustable mouth) in Swiss Pear and a Lignum sole. Question here for @AndyT as it's something I've puzzled...
  12. Woodbloke

    Passport at the ready - UPDATED

    Pretty much the same here, but SWIMBO prefers to buy new if at all possible. We do though, try and get 100K+ miles from each except our Defender which we gladly parted with after 33K miles as she started a new job and a daily commute in a Defender up the A303 didn't appeal so it was swapped for...
  13. Woodbloke

    Are there any cheaper alternatives to this, please ?

    What about one of those orange Fien jobbies? I've got one that will take not only a triangular sanding pad but umpteen different oscillating saw blades etc. My original Fien was 'borrowed' by No.1 son some years ago and it appears not to have made it's way back to Wilton - Rob
  14. Woodbloke

    Un Rabot de Menuisier

    That's a nice find Al; with a little bit of TLC that should be a pretty good user - Rob
  15. Woodbloke

    Veneered table top substrate

    Chances are though Malc, the ply at those widths won't be flat which ain't a lot of use. I remember a table with a starburst pattern, about the same size, being built in the firm I used to work for and as I recollect, the substrate would have been a top grade mdf but with a substantial under...
  16. Woodbloke

    Veneered table top substrate

    If you join the substrate and use 2mm thick bandsawn veneers, the join line almost certainly won't show. If you were to to use 0.6mm wafer thin commercial veneer it would almost certainly telegraph through. The best way to check is to do a trial using small bits of substrate joined together...
  17. Woodbloke

    The Tapestry

    That's been mentioned many times on the media Mike and it is a piece of embroidery, but it's the given name that people know - Rob
  18. Woodbloke

    The Tapestry

    Not sure how it got to 'la belle France' but it's generally agreed that it was embroidered in the area around Canterbury - Rob
  19. Woodbloke

    The Tapestry

    Along with thousands of others, we've decided on an excursion to the BM in the New Year to see the Bayeux Tapestry and to that end, SWIMBO ordered a little light reading: ...to prepare ourselves for the occasion. We've been to several of these prominent events at both the BM and the V&A...
  20. Woodbloke

    WIP hammer handle for Japanese gennou hammer

    Looks like that's coming on a treat! - Rob
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