• 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. Weekend_Woodworker

    Plumbing advice

    Thanks for all the ideas and suggestions. I liked the idea of the condensation collector, but then thought I might need two, one for each pipe that came down. The boss was a good idea, which would avoid the need to change the pipes, but I wasn’t sure how close I could connect it to the bend...
  2. Weekend_Woodworker

    Plumbing advice

    I wondered if I can call on the collective wisdom of forum members to help solve a plumbing issue I am not sure how best to fix. The extractor fan for our main bathroom vents through our roof via some pipes in our loft. The geometry of the arrangements means that there is in effect a U-bend in...
  3. Weekend_Woodworker

    Pillar drill return spring

    I was using my pillar drill at the weekend, when there was an unexpected noise and the drill no longer required any force to move the bit down! It seems that the spring in it has broken and seeing as it is such a small piece I would like to think that it is replaceable. Does anyone know a good...
  4. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    Then these are a range of photos of the finished article. Please don't point out too many errors, I know it was far from perfect, but the customer was very happy which is all that really mattered. Well I hope that has provided a bit of interest. I know I need to make sure...
  5. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    So the hole on the right is in case anyone tries to lift the sewing machine up by the top rather than the base. With the hinges the base would swing down. Therefore it needed a little catch to stop the hinges opening if it was lifted by the top. I found a small offcut of the oak and started by...
  6. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    Next it was on to the corner supports. First I cut them down by hand so they were closer to the final size needed. Then it was a case of gluing them into the corners where I had avoided putting any sanding sealer. When the corners were dry I planed them flush with my block plane, but...
  7. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    The next job was to fit the hinges which hold the sewing machine into the base. I bought some slightly different ones from eBay which would fit in the side walls of the box. The trick was going to be getting them positioned spot on, so as Steve Maskery would say a jig is needed. Mine however was...
  8. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    Thanks for all the kind comments. So next after sorting the ply for the base, I decided on a dry fit up. (sorry my pictures are getting worse with this one upside down!) And this is it with the sewing machine in. Unfortunately I had gone wrong with the measurements (as well as the photos)...
  9. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    Next was sorting out the base of the box. Using a Record 044 with the one blade I have for it I cut a 5mm deep slot round the inside of the pieces. I then cut out a bit of 5.5mm thick plywood which was roughly the right size. It took a bit of planing to get it spot on. Unfortunately the...
  10. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    The next part was to see if I could put some biscuits into the miters to make them a bit stronger and easier to glue up. I haven't got a biscuit jointer, but I do have a router bit for biscuits. For a previous project I had made up a 45 degree sled for the router table, so I used this. This...
  11. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    The next task was to cut some small bits of wood for the inside corners of the box as the machine has rounded corners and needs something to rest on. Whilst I had the saw set up as 45 degrees I decided to cut these. And this is what I ended up with. I then had a go at clamping up the base...
  12. Weekend_Woodworker

    Singer Sewing Machine Base

    My mother in law has an old Singer sewing machine which was mounted in a table. Following some changes, she no longer wanted it in the table so I agreed to make her small stand alone base that could sit on a table. It is loosely based on one that my wife has. I managed to find a suitable bit of...
  13. Weekend_Woodworker

    Scheppach planer thicknesser woes

    I have an old Scheppach HMC 2600 ci planner thicknesser. I was just planing some wood this morning and adjusting the guard when it cracked. The metal casting has just split all the way through and it looks like there is another crack in it. Does anyone know of a straightforward way to repair a...
  14. Weekend_Woodworker

    Mystery Plane

    I have been asked to sharpen this plane by my FIL who inherited it. I assume that it is a brass shoulder plane with a wooden wedge, possibly ebony. It also looks like the sole and nose are steel. I was wondering if more knowledgeable members of the forum might be able to tell me a bit about the...
  15. Weekend_Woodworker

    Plumbing problem

    I am seeking advice from the collective wisdom of the forum on sorting a problem with the waste on my bath. The last waste has lasted for over 16 years, but now the cogs that wind the plug up and down appear to have broken. I have managed to get the side of the bath off, but don’t like messing...
  16. Weekend_Woodworker

    Router Boss

    I was reading Steve Maskery's thread about horizontal drilling and noticed Custard's comment about a Router Boss, so looked up to see what one was. I was intrigued because despite investing in a Festool OF1400 which is a very nice router (and so it should be for the money) I struggle sometimes...
  17. Weekend_Woodworker

    Hello from Bath

    Hi, I thought I would have a second attempt at introducing myself as my first attempt last month didn't make it to the board for some reason. I have been messing around with wood for a few years in my spare time as an escape from the day job. It started with over engineering a garden shed for...
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