• 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

    From across the pond Florida USA

    Depends on the type of stuff you make, but you'll find that there's a couple of us (moi inc) on WH2 who have no use for a tablesaur and use a bandsaw(s) instead. I've had two tablesaurs and have got rid of them - Rob
  2. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    My little cyclone project is now finished: Nothing terribly difficult about the trolly, pretty basic glue n'screw construction: It trundles around the 'shop dead easy and will hold a goodly amount of dust, dirt n'detritus - Rob
  3. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    I have the magnet PRV on my big water butt collector which works fine, but I need to fish for the jam jar lid inside the barrel when it blows. It's connected to the underside of the lid with a short length of string and I use a bent piece of wire to retrieve it - Rob
  4. Woodbloke

    Clear Coloured Finish Recommendations

    As @AndyT found out, a water based Acrylic varnish from Polyvine is one very good alternative and Malc's ukulele finish is another. This is a three quarter length shot of 'Britta's Cabinet' or more correctly, SWIMBO's cabinet: ...which I made a few years ago and finished with Polyvine...
  5. Woodbloke

    Veneered wall art

    I'd agree with comments thus far, suffice to say that at 1000 x 1700mm that's a big lump of veneering! I've done plenty of veneering as such but not marquetry, however I have the same or similar AirPress bag/pump as HOJ, but just having checked the size of the mdf base board in the bag, it's...
  6. Woodbloke

    From across the pond Florida USA

    Greetings from Salisbury...look out for the tall pointy cathedral spire - Rob
  7. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    Seems to be collecting the vast majority of small dust n'debris which is fine. I've been fiddling around fine tuning the PRV for the last hour playing around with different strength and length of springs; I seem to have found one which works well as the valve opens when the nozzle is obstructed...
  8. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    After tea, I lashed the hoses in place with a few strips of tape and gave it a trial run. The PRV worked well, but the choice of spring is critical; I needed to install a slightly stronger one to get it to work correctly: After a swift pass around the 'shop and bench, the proof of the...
  9. Woodbloke

    Knife handle help

    Most if not all Japanese chef's knives use a ferrule of some sort (usually horn) with a wooden handle then tapped onto the tang. Many use Magnolia but it really depends on which firm or artisan made them; I have a small veggie knife with a Walnut handle. The rivet thing is used on Western...
  10. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    Having ordered the 60 litre barrel yesterday from the Bay of Fleas, DPD delivered it this morning which I thought wasn't at all shabby! Pretty impressed actually by the quality of these barrels as it's the first time I've seen one in the flesh: The cyclone and PRV were fitted to the top...
  11. Woodbloke

    Knife handle help

    Agreed Pete, proper 'old skool', slow setting epoxy is just about impregnable and once it's been correctly mixed, applied and cured nothing's going to shift it - Rob
  12. Woodbloke

    Passport at the ready - UPDATED

    About par once you get south of the Lakes. I used to drive up n'down the M5/6 to Carlisle to see No.1 daughter but I won't do it anymore so we prefer to let the 'train take the strain'. Twenty odd years ago No.1 son was at Edinburgh University, so the drive was then done in the Defender fairly...
  13. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    That looks like a posh shop bought version; dead easy to make for nowt from gash bits lying around the 'shop. Bear also in mind that the Numatic has a 2,400W motor (nearly 3hp) and will suck out your Wisdom teeth if you get the nozzle too close to your face, so the PRV needs to act instantly if...
  14. Woodbloke

    Interesting plane

    How does it go?....you wait hours n' bloody hours for a bus and then two come along at once:ROFLMAO: - Rob
  15. Woodbloke

    Knife handle help

    I totally agree with wot @AndyT mentioned above; rip off the now ghastly original scales (correct term??) and replace with something a bit posher. Araldite (proper 'old skool' stuff) them in place and clean up. I've got plenty of Bubinga etc offcuts and you're welcome to a bit, but I don't...
  16. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    Agreed Steve they do...but they don't if you fit a Pressure Relief Valve as @Andy P mentioned above. The big drum in the second pic is a water butt with a fairly thin side, but with the PRV fitted it's never imploded The big drum uses a 6mm rare earth magnet but wot I concocted for this build...
  17. Woodbloke

    Small cyclone system...WIP

    Whilst furkerling around at the back of the garden tool shed the other day I came across a 'Dust Commander' cyclone which I 'acquired' when I worked for Ax a few years ago. At the time I rigged up a decent system that worked well, but the collection drum was never satisfactory and it was far...
  18. Woodbloke

    Staining English Walnut?

    I keep the curtains drawn with any room that's got walnut furniture in it; that sunlight is nasty stuff and I could do with a lot less of it! There's a very, very pleasant Grade 1 house near Salisbury; tours can be booked through the National Gallery and it's stuffed full of beautiful stuff, inc...
  19. Woodbloke

    Staining English Walnut?

    Great minds think etc etc....:ROFLMAO: Custard's stuff sounds like it's also Vandyke crystals or maybe something different?... can't seem to find a reference to it online which is odd - Rob Edit - just saw your note to the effect that stains in powder form aren't on the Milan's website
  20. Woodbloke

    Staining English Walnut?

    That's great, I'd love to try it out...remember you have a wee envelope in the post; would it be possible to enclose the dye in the return package? I'd need enough dye for two of those light boards shown in the pic above and instructions for mixing/use if possible please - Rob
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