• 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

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Fresh air as far as I know Andy, it's up to the recipients in Japan - Rob
  2. Woodbloke

    Old Glue - an experiment

    That's true of many of them (very 'icky and messy) but that's not really fair about the stuff I highlighted mainly 'cos each of the two halves of the mix are in separate, easy to dispense squeezy bottles with long pointy spouts. When I use it, I just squeeze out the amount needed, mix thoroughly...
  3. Woodbloke

    Old Glue - an experiment

    One that you don't appear to have tried is the 30min, two part epoxy available from Workshop Heaven, sold as a couple of small bottles and ideal I would have thought for your wandering tool chest. It's spendy, but ideal for small projects especially if you find yourself in a warm climate some...
  4. Woodbloke

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Looks good Al, but it's a bit 'wooly' (for want of a better word,) to use. It's pretty soft, cuts well but doesn't finish particularly easily. Can't put my finger exactly why I don't like it very much but hey ho, c'est la guerre. I certainly wouldn't make a major project from the stuff - Rob
  5. Woodbloke

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Matched pair of secret hinge boxes: Quarter sawn London Plane and Paduk, Brown Oak bases. Not the cleverest combination of timbers; dowel hinge also made from stuff that was too light - Rob
  6. Woodbloke

    Notre Dame - craftsmanship at it’s best

    When you do Andy, call in. I'm not far from the cathedral - Rob
  7. Woodbloke

    Notre Dame - craftsmanship at it’s best

    The oak timber as originally installed in Salisbury cathedral was green and as it dried out over the centuries, the spire took on a distinct 'skew' which was straightened out only quite recently. Did you spot the original mason's drawings/marks on the stoneware as you went round? It was of...
  8. Woodbloke

    I'm not OTT.

    When SWIMBO was on a 6 month deployment in the Falklands in 2008, a beaten up Army 110 landrover was all she drove. There were no tarmac roads apart from in Stanley, everything was rough gravel and MoD staff were instructed to drive at 30mph (tacho in all vehicles) in the middle of the road as...
  9. Woodbloke

    Notre Dame - craftsmanship at it’s best

    A little closer to home, some years ago we booked a 'tower tour' of Salisbury Cathedral, which takes you directly over the roof space; there are even gaps left so that you can see directly down onto the cathedral floor which is slightly unnerving. The highlight is reaching the bottom of the...
  10. Woodbloke

    I'm not OTT.

    Purchased new in 2005, 2.5 litre 5 cylinder motor, bench seating. My youngest brother had a 'new' one and mentioned more than once that it was a total load of crap; good for going to WR with the yummy mummies but not for much else - Rob
  11. Woodbloke

    I'm not OTT.

    We had three decent camping holidays on the Continent in ours (twice to Switzerland and once to France) and 'cruising' at 55mph in the Landy, you could physically watch the fuel needle dropping, but we did get (as it was brand sparkly new) one or two very admiring glances from the French...
  12. Woodbloke

    Secret hinge boxes....

    It's actually quite a good video and isn't too long. The boxes themselves are easy enough to do with dovetails but can be a bit 'fiddly' until you get into the swing of making a few. Making the dowels and setting up the router to make the hinge recesses both take time but it's worth it if you...
  13. Woodbloke

    Chucks

    That's natural Stuart 'cos they want your dosh! If you can get to AxHQ and see/hold/play with the kit you'll probably be impressed. I've had my Ax lathe and chuck for years with no complaints. In fact the lathe (newer version) was newish at the time and was recommended to me personally by Mark...
  14. Woodbloke

    I'm not OTT.

    I had my Defender treated by a guy who worked at the old Greenham Common airbase in one of the units. He apparently removed (pressure blasting of some sort) the original underseal installed at the time of construction (which he said was paper thin) and applied a chemical concoction of some sort...
  15. Woodbloke

    I'm not OTT.

    Same here; proper deluge in the night for about twenty minutes. Sparkling motor this morning. I'm not obsessive about cleaning cars @Lons but when we had our Defender some years ago it was scrubbed and cleaned most weekends, inc the underside, for which I used a power washer with an 'L' shaped...
  16. Woodbloke

    Chucks

    Thanks for that Pete, it was quite a while ago that I looked on the LV site - Rob
  17. Woodbloke

    Chucks

    Biased of course, but the Ax chucks are extremely good and imported into Canadia by Lee Valley (or were the last time I looked). I use the Evolution SK114 available with different threads to suit your lathe headstock. Essential also to have the extra long chuck key for turning big stuff - Rob
  18. Woodbloke

    What I have fixed today

    Those copper tube thingies would drive me round the bend; you may as well camp out on Westminster Bridge if that's your bag. I've gone for a much more refined, acceptable 'tinkle' all year round and have had several furin bells dotted around. This one in brass of Mount Fuji emits the gentlest...
  19. Woodbloke

    I Do Like Facebook Marketplace

    Agreed, there's a lot of wear on those drawer sides and looking at the considerable ink spillage on the interior, (quill or steel nibbed pens dunked into an ink pot) I'd say it it places the date of it at some point in the 19th Century, but very difficult to be exact. The chair looks sound but...
  20. Woodbloke

    New 'Foot' for Parkside PSS 310 Sander

    Nice fix! Lots of folk over here are very familiar with the 'Parkside' brand from Lidl (I do a load of shopping there each week) and speak very favourably about it; years ago when I worked for Axminster Tools, one of the chaps who knew his stuff mentioned that Parkside gear, (for the price it...
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