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You know how we had maps?? We followed contours, then we had GPS …. so your mate says meet you in Piccadilly circus and you get there and there are 20 000 tourists and you go ???? WTF (Im off to the pub!!) well here is another thing and I've tried it world wide ( what3words | Addressing the...
Is there any way you can store your details on Beaufort Inks web site so you don't have to type in your name address etc every time you want to order any thing.
Just dug this out and gave it a clean up I think it is all there as most that I have seen are missing the router bits and the holder. Not sure what the large spring is for, the only thing that is missing are the instructions. And what is it worth
This evening was our club meeting but due to the last Saturday one being cancelled due to the weather tonight we had our presentation. Not thinking that I would be anywhere near having a trophy due to the fact I entered very little last year.
Anyway the thing was that I did manage to get a...
I couldn't resist and the Missus is going to divorce me when she finds out.
I went down to Alice on the weekend, while we were the my sister was telling the missus about all the things she bought on facebook buy and sell, and unbeknown to me she put the app on my phone.
Monday my RDO, I was...
It’s that time again and this month we are supposed to make and take a platter.. for critique.
(Are you Bill Mooney going tomorrow?)
So here is my 2nd ever attempt at such a thing..
Online critique welcome... depending on that I might just go to the pub.
Kevin:banana:
This weeks Pen of the Week chosen by 21William goes to the Canadian Maple Leaf Polymer Braided Sierra made by Les Elm.
William said "It was a close run thing but Les's attention to detail on this pen really is first rate in my opinion"
Here is the link to Les's original post -...
Here's a proper pic of the quick one I did on my workbench the other day.
I'm missing a spot light at the moment.... Sigma 105mm lens on the way (canon EF50 1.8 at the moment which can't get in much closer than this.
I've got a plain brown leather book on the way - I know some of you aren't...
Orrible bloody pommy weather you can keep it.:vangry:
I dont mind the rain, we dont get enough of it, you can never have to much of it.:wink:
Bleeding heck look at the temp, hows a bloke meant to do any thing in the shed, rugged up like the Michelin man, any metal I touch is like holding a...
I am having trouble using the tailstock handwheel due to mussel problems with my hand, is there such a thing as a tailstock with a leaver. My lathe is a Jet.
Glen:sob::sob:
Hello, I used a 3 cm broad semi rough cut file to remove the last millimeter on my pens. Using the file I got the blank straight and better control of the removal of the material. Then I used 220 sandpaper and removed the rough texture, 400, 600 and then CA. Then 600, 1500 --> 12000 and then...
I like to make unnecessary stuff sometimes, pens are not the only thing in life after all.
So I made a Chinese ball (that is a sphere in a sphere in a sphere and so on, turned in a single piece of wood) and added some more classical (?) turning around. The idea is to make the spectator first...
I know I shouted the title. Anyway another year and the dear old car over 25 year old has just passed yet another MOT not a thing needed doing. Now how many newer cars can do that.
Turned these this morning for Violet not happy with them used stamps so I have ordered some new stamps I will strip these down latter and have another go with the new stamps the good thing is the moulding is perfect just not happy with the look of the old stamps