• 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. shafiq

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

    Yes, you're right there. Might have to rethink that a little and (hopefully by then have a canopy nearer/attached to the outhouse) store the shed stuff elsewhere whilst I dismantle it when I can still get to it (mainly the roof I suppose). Otherwise space would be a bit tight though not...
  2. shafiq

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

    Yes. Around that current shed once I have put a little extension on the front and bring it straight (as well as give me some extra storage space for now) I'll be digging down for a 15m² brick building base. Dig down at least 35cm (at the front of the shed to bring it level with the path at the...
  3. shafiq

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

    At the risk of bringing this thread down a level, I'm gonna share my 'makings' yet againb😆. So the shed we had erected 10 years ago, was put up in a rush as I we had just moved in and were just 'making do'. As a result it was not only put on a slant, it was not not built by myself and nor were...
  4. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    My mum used to do a good one. Every so often she'd just chuck out as much 'gathered' stuff as she could get her hands on. As a result the house always remained rather tidy. Here here to 'mums'. Poor thing, the other day I was doing her wooden wheelchair ramp upgrade (council assessors were...
  5. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    Lol
  6. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    Thats fantastic Lons. For me it took almost 10 years before she even allowed any cupboards to be put up (very strange I tell ya). Now when I want to upgrade my bookshelf, the standard response is that 'you never read your books anyway, take em to the charity shop'. Gotta laugh, or I'd cry. I'm...
  7. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    She's part of my problem Duke. Always looking for a new project. Starts it then pestering me until I concede to doing it. Then it's my job and I'm always trying to figure out ways of doing woodwork, making my shed base or riding the bike. I have to cycle 40 miles to work just to get a ride in 😄
  8. shafiq

    Redundant Cherry kitchen cabinet doors

    That looks beautiful that Malc. Modern day art. I can't tell where the cupping was/is.
  9. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    Lol. I'm on nightshift Duke. I really ought to delete it but some will make sense to Lons 😄. I'm fresh but dyslexia teacher used to tell us, 'tell em what you wanna tell em, tell em, tell em what you told them'. Hence, I obviously was trying to tell too many stories at once 🤪
  10. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    Deleted... Suffice to say that I'm making a shoe shelf in protest at my wife being a instigator of slave-labour. Oh, and I threw away lots of lots of (cheap, plastic) trophies of the kids, but still haven't owned up. Saved us at least 0.5m² of space (not sure what that is in US money, sorry 😆...
  11. shafiq

    Reclaimed sapele

    I think they call it, 'thats mahasive'.. lol. I am so glad I don't have that much space Lons or the wife would be keeping the previous kitchen sink (figure of speech... toilet might be more accurate as thats what we had removed) as a 'just in case'. You should share the sapele 😁
  12. shafiq

    Disston D8 28 inch Rip Saw - RIP

    Thanks Pete. Yes, have just ordered a newer Eclipse 77 (the red versions bordering on a Spear and Jackson look) off ebay. Almost got a Japanese Somax but the 'sharps rule' got me! Will get back on it and not lose too much hope 😃
  13. shafiq

    Disston D8 28 inch Rip Saw - RIP

    Well, as they say that there is a blessing and goodness for us in everything. If I'd not messed up my Disston I would never ever have found this vid by Lie Nielsen.
  14. shafiq

    Disston D8 28 inch Rip Saw - RIP

    Yes, thanks @Mike . Of course, convex was the word I meant (dyslexia-organisational difficulties in my brain and everything else... you should see my work areas and flow!!). Indeed, thats what I will be doing at midnight when my pay comes in, ordering a new saw-set tool. Hopefully I can save it...
  15. shafiq

    Disston D8 28 inch Rip Saw - RIP

    Just to confirm what an utter idiot I am. It even says it in the blurb 'Taper ground blade – To reduce any friction and binding Curved tooth line on the blade'. https://disstontools.com/product/disston-d-8-26-rip-cut-hand-saw-4-5-tpi/
  16. shafiq

    Disston D8 28 inch Rip Saw - RIP

    In fact, let me qualify that. It cuts almost as bad as that Bahco I thought I was smart in buying after reading various 'rip' reviews. Well ok. Thats not my Disston and I have no plans on screwing over my Marples (Ridgeway!).
  17. shafiq

    Disston D8 28 inch Rip Saw - RIP

    So, my best ever saw. You know, the one I found and settled on after about another couple of £100s spent seeking out the best saw to rip my sycamore tree. The one that would bring a smile to the face when ripping through massive chunks of lumber. Well, it had a bit of a concave (belly as Paul...
  18. shafiq

    Spot for a cabin, delayed for 5 years, maybe this year.

    Ta Duke. It just threw me off that I couldn't see your chimney. I obviously never looked properly.
  19. shafiq

    Spot for a cabin, delayed for 5 years, maybe this year.

    Really enjoyed reading this, this morning Duke (Scott?). Probably we'll above my skill level but I'll be building a shed (not a log cabin) at the bottom end of our property (not in acres, but back garden measured in metres 😁). Will certainly be taking inspiration from this and keeping an eye...
  20. shafiq

    Holdfast holes - is there really much science behind palcement?

    Thanks Mike. I'll go and have a look at bench dog hole positioning. Its a 6 inch joist and so far my first hole I marked out at 4 inch from the front (length ways of the joist-bench) and 2 inch from the sides. I think a few at 2 inch in from the sides and 2 inch all round will work ok. I'll...
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