• 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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    The problem with old houses - part 2

    Must do things differently over there. Mum in law broke her hip and was expected to be up within 36hrs and walking with a frame in a few days.
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    Everything, all at once.

    Can you imagine if everyone was encouraged to have some kind of fruiting tree/plant, what it would do to the health. 40years ago I used to pinch apples from the very tree I now own, I used to catch similar kids getting apples but not for a long time now. We have a plum tree which has an...
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    There's one at sothebys soon estimated at £70k :oops:
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    Thanks Sam, there are a few of varying sizes. Some being made from brass. They have seen a fair bit of action judging by the rounded ends and swarf inside. I get the impression this lathe has been very well used.
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    I suppose this is an early adjustable chuck I used a spray filler, which is literally car bodge you can spray. Followed by a mist of black Started stripping the carriage whilst waiting for the filler to set This screw moves the top slide via a ratchet lever,
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    carers

    Even in a short time she has been there, the incompitance is rife, being booked for the next client a 50min walk from the previous. Or a 2hr break between clients which would mean either walking home which would take 50min only to leave again after 10min to walk to the next one. or sitting on a...
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    carers

    My daughter finished a 2year coarse in animal husbandry and care last year and has been trying to find work. Jobs are not great in the area without a decent commute. She would like to do something to do something with animals, maybe a zoo or vet assistant. She has always been obsessed with...
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    Bed - Finished and sleepable inable!

    I was about to say that is a really nice room. It is a really nice bed though.
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    Nostalgia

    During my youth it was the same jokes but with skoda
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    Restoring an electric drilling machine

    Andy, when turning on your lathe, is it similar to a bodgers pole wood lathe where you do the cut on the power stroke so to speak or does the fly wheel create enough momentum to allow a prolonged cut
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    Restoring an electric drilling machine

    Apoligies for going off piste, on the subject of home made stuff I picked this lovely thing up from a house clearance recently. After watching stefan gotteswinter youtube video I realise the guy made himself a D bit grinder.
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    Restoring an electric drilling machine

    I think I have some polycord belting if you want a bit sending.
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    Brake staples

    Maybe the spring clips that keep pads in place
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    Sedgwick planer thicknesser

    Hello Neil. You cannot simply wire your sedgwick to 240v. You need to modify things a bit like Sam mentioned. You could buy a static or rotary converter which is the easiest but can be quite pricey. You could also get a little box of tricks called a frequency inverter or VFD. But that depends...
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    Micrometer storage

    I forgot the ornamental lathes so 20. :oops: I used to have 10 machines outside waiting for rebuild but me lady got sick of looking like steptoes scrapyard so I sold them. Now there are only 1 1/2. I'm trying to convince her that a machine base in bare cast iron would look good with a nice...
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    This is work done by plumiere in america. Ornamental turning was a big pastime for gentry in the victorian era. Some of the stuff they did in ivory just boggles the mind. I suppose it is like a spirograph on steroids.
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    Probably suck it and see and cross that bridge when I get there. It looks like its meant to move a carriage/cross slide but I've never seen it together so cant be sure.
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    Ornamental lathe restoration

    A bit finished, I dont even know where this bit goes. Another bit from the box Stripped cleaned and blued nuts A bit fettling action, More unknown bits, this bit is brass and has been nickel plated Thats one way to make a gear
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    Gibbs Finishing Systems

    I have the carroll version, very useful things
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    22" rat

    Thats only 32miles from me :oops: . Strangely I havent seen a rat for a while. Used to see them regularly when father inlaw was alive. He was obsessed with feeding the birds and would have every type of seed going from niger seed to sunflower hearts. It was probably a 5 coarse meal for every...
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