• 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. TomTrees

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

    Some Christmas crackers, nearing completion! 🎅
  2. TomTrees

    Hacksaw blades

    Bahco are the best I've found, though I've been using Electroweld ones (also bimetal) recently, sold singularly at my local, very very good also, and nice not to have to spend well over 20 quid for a pack. Not found the Eclipse which are stocked in the pound shop much good, though I wouldn't be...
  3. TomTrees

    How to use files - film

    But if you happen to find old ones what might not be so easy to purchase new, then they can be made work if it's the right file for the job, you'll likely be still able to get a second life out of it, provided you can use your weight, and/or favouring the near side, i.e leaning down on the...
  4. TomTrees

    Powering a bandsaw off grid

    Seems you are unaware of this document regarding all that. It's the best I've came across. You'll find it under Bob's signature screenshot from above. All the best Tom
  5. TomTrees

    Powering a bandsaw off grid

    What about finding a cheap old solid saw, and sticking a lawnmower or diesel engine to it? Kris Harbor's sawmill came to mind, so had a look at his video series. I'd guess there might be some tips there in regards to suitable engines, i.e RPM, pulley size, if not in the video then perhaps info...
  6. TomTrees

    Two of my favorite knives, excellent at keeping an edge and very inexpensive.

    Ahh, the penknife, you need a penknife to open! 😀
  7. TomTrees

    Wooden hinge drill set

    Some questions for those with the Cosman drill kit, if I may. What sort of pins did you use, as it doesn't seem like the off the shelves metric welding rods would be a nice fit?, Well, not without a good coating of something beforehand perhaps... as I suppose, should a box get damp whilst used...
  8. TomTrees

    Two of my favorite knives, excellent at keeping an edge and very inexpensive.

    Some fine knives you folks got, seems some are spoilt for choice. Never had use for a multitool, full tang for me please! I think I can make do with just the one for the meanwhile, since it's quite versatile for my usage... That said, not given it too much abuse, though it doesn't seem like...
  9. TomTrees

    Wooden hinge drill set

    How about something like finding suitable stock, whats slightly oversize, say from a bolt with a long shoulder, cut a little segment off...or two, and drill out as close to centre as you can. Thereafter, jamming said bit, or perhaps with another slightly larger bit, what's not exceeding the...
  10. TomTrees

    Two of my favorite knives, excellent at keeping an edge and very inexpensive.

    Thaaat's not a knoife!
  11. TomTrees

    Is a jigsaw OK for cutting plywood?

    Presuming there are some curves needed to be cut, or some angled cuts too short in length compared to the blade diameter, w/ reduced depth of cut/from both sides perhaps, not cutting the mustard? I've used a jig saw for one job that I can recall, (granted a tough job, in which it failed to...
  12. TomTrees

    Knives & rubbish?

    Can you not simply bend these back with the help of a suitably prepped or fancy big copper hammer? Presumably this was the norm thing to do, if not then something slightly more involved. It would be interesting to see what happens when this is done more than once or twice. Guessing there are...
  13. TomTrees

    A Youtuber visits Thomas Flinn & CO

    Never short of a good sharp handsaw I hopefully presume? :) I could watch Chris for hours, see him sharpening that saw!
  14. TomTrees

    Fish Dishes?

    Interesting to read up on that, thanks Roger, though I can eat lots of food "on the list" without bother and by that I mean giant helpings. even though I do get few of those symptoms like dizziness, I reckon that could be explained otherwise. I've started eating eggs recently, popping a few in...
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    Fish Dishes?

    I've got an inkling they use dry ice for the fish, along with everything else in the frozen isle, as I get mouth ulcers from such, aswell as the freezer veg and any canned stuff like sweetcorn, stock cubes too, amongst other stuff like fancy coffee and other products which I also guess gets the...
  16. TomTrees

    A Youtuber visits Thomas Flinn & CO

    This new video by youtuber blacksmith Alec Steele just popped up on my feed, so should be interesting to watch. Well worth seeing, Chris basically demonstrated the whole process of a tenon saw.
  17. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    A wee bit done since, just needs a clean up and some clouts to flatten out the plate again, but things are progressing. Eager to get working on the base, as this thing is an obstacle in the shed at the moment. Tom
  18. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    Got perhaps just enough done for a preview? Drilled out those tapped holes, and re-tapped them to accept larger M8 threads That's just about all the steel I need, well... at least to get on with the job. Though perhaps, some more bits from an auld gate might be utilized. Cheerio for now Tom
  19. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    No choice really, as far as I'm concerned, as the shed is getting tight. A base with retractable casters is necessary, as the original splayed sheet metal legs just ain't worth putting wheels on, and as such the machine can't find a place.. so the reasoning is that it might be able to go...
  20. TomTrees

    A belt sander revamp?

    @duke Interesting bit with the pipe, I may have to steal that idea. :) Not too pushed about dust extraction yet, as I've only got a "shop vac" for the time being, so I guess it'd be somewhat wishful thinking, but even if I had decent extraction, I don't do CAD drawings, nor have I done otherwise...
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