• 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. J

    Fitting a back-to-wall WC with an offset fitting.

    Rodger doesn’t look like you have much choice but to use an offset. I have one in stock that has smooth internal walls …..will try and photo
  2. J

    The Niff-Naff Cabinet; door hinging!!

    I’ve started using masking tape for shimming hinges, find it easier to use than paper or old 240 grit sandpaper
  3. J

    The Bas…..s got me 11 times

    If you pour vinegar over a wasp sting it helps a lot, or if your out in the bush with nothing urine does the same😁 When my eldest son was just walking he got attacked very badly and they didn’t let up, he was covered, to make things worse it was summer and over 40 degrees they get very...
  4. J

    Reclaimed bookcase - finished

    Many times when using tonk strips I’ve got the shelf’s a notch out of level. Easy to do with my dyslexic brain
  5. J

    Anyone used a drop down threshold seal on exterior door?

    If it's for a threshold on a period looking door theses drop down set up are almost invisible so are an ideal compromise. On my doors I supply my customers with we use a double Deventer seal, they do not look traditional but keep 100% of wind and rain out. The old reclaimed door on my house has...
  6. J

    Anyone used a drop down threshold seal on exterior door?

    Here in southern Spain they are often used and in our climate they are ok. How they would hold up in an exposed Uk environment I cant say but at a guess with driving rain they might keep out 80% The ones here are basically a hardish rubber that comes down when the door is closed.
  7. J

    A bit of a head scratcher as it’s too hot to do real work.

    Can’t say what happens today as I left uk 25 years ago but all the doors I ever hung and that’s 100s I cut the mortises on site. For a bit I used a Trend mortise jig like you show, unfortunately the Trend jig was not very good, I found a drill was quicker.
  8. J

    What Birds Have You Seen Today

    Couldn’t get a photo but saw a flock of Bee eaters, we see them most evenings in the summer.
  9. J

    A bit of a head scratcher as it’s too hot to do real work.

    I had an old place in Norfolk, the front house was Georgian 1830 and had rim locks the back of the house was built later in Victorian times and had mortise locks.
  10. J

    A bit of a head scratcher as it’s too hot to do real work.

    Duke from what I’ve seen the first locks had a timber case , so guess originally it made no sense to let them in. See some old ones by the Benedictine monks, they used them on their trunks.
  11. J

    Church Noticeboard

    Oak would look nice but wouldn’t last like Iroko…..or if you want guarantees here or in heaven use Accoya, A 50 year ‘Above Ground’ / 25 year ‘In Ground’ Warranty. As others have suggested definitely use a lead roof in the design. Steve’s story of the church is similar to mine, I spent my youth...
  12. J

    Hot Heat 2026

    I’m in the same camp as Andy. Back in the 80s when I was in the uk I remember repairing outward openers that the wind had got behind it and trashed the hinged stiles. I remember my first meeting in the 90s with inward openers whilst travelling in Germany, I was amazed at the design and the...
  13. J

    Hot Heat 2026

    Not really any change here in Southern Spain, just the normal This morning down on the cost in Marbella it was 32 c In land where I operate from 38 c A remember approx 20 years ago Inland we had temps ranging between 45 and 50….now that was scorching
  14. J

    Wood suitable for window shutters.

    Made these widow shutters last week, they are in Sipo. The original shutters were Pine and approximately 40 years old . Pine is absolutely fine if it’s slow grown. Only reason we changed the material from Pine to Sipo was to hopefully get a longer life span out of them, they are approximately 10...
  15. J

    The Niff-Naff Cabinet; door hinging!!

    Nice work as always Rob. Tear out on shelf pin holes has caught me out a few times, especially in the old days before Brad point bits where a thing. Now I keep a stock of Festool Brad points that get there first run on shelf pins then used for months after on general stuff. Also after years of...
  16. J

    8mm diamond drill bit recommendations sought

    Thanks Rodger.
  17. J

    Mike builds a teardrop (tongue box and conduit)

    Mike you have a lot of sanding to do there so be careful in your choice of sander. Research HAVS hand-arm vibration syndrome, it’s not pleasant. I’ve used most sander over the last 40 years and my advice is don’t go cheap buy Mirka or Festool. I have the Festool Rotex 150, ETS 150/5 and the...
  18. J

    8mm diamond drill bit recommendations sought

    Rodger please let us know how the Rubi performs. I will need something similar in the future.
  19. J

    Freud - am I being dim?!

    Look at CMT there catalogue shows all you need and in my opinion are better blades
  20. J

    8mm diamond drill bit recommendations sought

    Porcelain tiles are sometimes difficult and Porcelanosa porcelain is the worst especially when it’s thick. I had good luck with a special tungsten carbide bit designed for porcelain. Secret I found was keep the speed down super slow. Unfortunately can’t find a link to the bits I used, but...
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