• 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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    Church Noticeboard

    I was literally just looking at that stuff and thought it looked good!
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    Cutting brass door knob

    I think you should be alright if you go carefully with the hacksaw and files. Having seen your skills with wood, I think you'd end up with a square end. The end wouldn't be seen so the finish presumably isn't critical, but you could sand any file marks out and polish it if you want to. You'd...
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    The Benefits Of A Hobby After Retirement

    I think hobbies have played a huge part in my wellbeing (mainly mental). They meant retiring (very early by most standards) was something I relished rather than dreaded.
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    Now for the Chairs

    Great to hear that you're back it. Your beautiful chairs are crying out to be finished and put to good use!
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    Church Noticeboard

    I think you're right that I could make it a [bit] bigger. It faces north which, as far as the sun goes, is helpful.
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    Church Noticeboard

    Thanks. I've got the t&g in a groove in the bottom, but you're right it would be better to run them all the way down. That raises two questions: 1. How would the t&g be held in place? Presumably with a single pin (brass) in each board? 2. Should I also run the t&g all the way to the top as...
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    Church Noticeboard

    Here's the first design: Hopefully the pictures make the proposed joinery fairly clear. I wondered about dovetailing the carcass, but have tried to reduce the amount of end grain on show for weather reasons. The back is t&g and I'll endeavour to leave enough space for expansion, and...
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    Church Noticeboard

    No need for any apologies! Thanks to everyone for the suggestions. I'm going to have a go at drawing something up and will no doubt be back for advice...
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    Church Noticeboard

    Tongue and groove would look really good.
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    Church Noticeboard

    I’ve got a roll of lead left over from some roof work we had done. I was thinking that might be useful.
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    Church Noticeboard

    Those are all very unfortunate experiences Steve. I’m only looking to cover the materials. I’m happy to support the churches in our local villages.
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    Church Noticeboard

    I've been asked whether I can make a new external noticeboard for a local church. I think it could be a fun project. I've been asked for a 'quote'. I've already said I won't charge for my time. That's partly because I'm happy to donate my time but also because I'm going to be very clear that...
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    Hot Heat 2026

    In Death Valley… 122F is 50C. I was glad I had my jumper…
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    Very well done our local NHS

    Great that you got good service from the NHS. I know two chaps who were Royal Marines (both mountain leaders so pretty hardcore stuff) at the same time. They’re around 60 now. They would have done the same training but one has had to have both ankle joints fused and one knee replaced. The...
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    Shaker oval boxes

    Are the pins attracted to a magnet?
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    A 'Past Project' from 33~34 ish years ago...

    I think doll's houses are great, and yours is superb.
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    Anyone for cricket in 1939

    Me too, and that was in the late 1980s!
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    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    Good to see you back at it. We only have one iron and I often have to smuggle it into my workshop...
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    Diminished (gunstock) stile door

    It looks great.
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    Hanging a door. Some finer points

    I've got a door which doesn't open fully because it hits the architrave. This has inspired me to have a look at how it's hung. Thanks!
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