• 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

    The Niff-Naff Cabinet; glazing, waxing and finally DUN n'DUSTED!

    Thanks; Bubinga is very strong and stiff; doubtful it it will bend and the stuff that's going on them is pretty small and light - Rob
  2. Woodbloke

    The Niff-Naff Cabinet; glazing, waxing and finally DUN n'DUSTED!

    Glazing is fairly straight forward, but, as usual, I needed to be very careful as this little bit of AR70 'True View' glass cost £60! The frame and cabinet were waxed with some Chestnut beeswax, buffed off so all was ready. An offcut was cramped to the assembly table: ... to give something...
  3. Woodbloke

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

    A large mug of 'builders' gets me going in the morning; strong coffee at about 11am and never after 6pm - Rob
  4. Woodbloke

    The Niff-Naff Cabinet; glazing, waxing and finally DUN n'DUSTED!

    The Bubinga in the coffee grinder is quarter sawn stuff which machines quite well through the P/T but is (in my experience) well nigh impossible to hand plane: These are the six shelves finished with the Festool orbital finishing sander to 320g and given a couple of coats of Odie's Oil - Rob
  5. Woodbloke

    Seven Heirlooms - You'll never guess……!

    Seconded:ROFLMAO: - Rob
  6. Woodbloke

    4 pens

    Same here; got loads of different blanks but haven't made a pen in aeons (slightly longer that a yonk:ROFLMAO:) - Rob
  7. Woodbloke

    Seven Heirlooms - You'll never guess……!

    I recollect also that the varnish recipe used on top endy 18th century violins was a closely guarded secret, each maker having his own concoction and method of application. I guess that whatever is used, there has to be some degree (or a lot) of flexibility to allow the timber to vibrate - Rob
  8. Woodbloke

    Seven Heirlooms - You'll never guess……!

    As Manuel is famed for saying, "I know nothing" especially when it comes to luthier type stuff, but I did recollect reading ages ago that it's the varnish, especially on very high end violins that goes a long way to determining the eventual sound. I also remember back in the day when Nigel...
  9. Woodbloke

    Ian’s new workshop. The Wonky Donkey. Wiring all done - ish

    As AJBT mentioned above, looks like you're on the home straight and heading for the finishing line - Rob
  10. 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
  11. 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...
  12. 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...
  13. 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
  14. 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
  15. Woodbloke

    Notre Dame - craftsmanship at it’s best

    When you do Andy, call in. I'm not far from the cathedral - Rob
  16. 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...
  17. 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...
  18. 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...
  19. 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
  20. 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...
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