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    External "french door set" - off the peg recommendations?

    I have to say upvc French doors are the spawn of Satan. The wider the worse. If course when you would like to open both doors(sunny) the things sag and catch. I'd have sliders or wooden maybe aluminium anything but plastic if it's at all south facing.
  2. J

    How to get a piece of timber 2.5mm and spot on?

    Cut 2.5mm off the left of the blade by moving the fence about 6mm each strip. See my post on bevel slat shutters. Not safe to pass between the fence and blade. How you do the final skim is the most tricksy bit. I think I'd struggle at that thickness tbh.
  3. J

    doors and window frames

    I've started using toupret glazing putty. Not quite traditional but in many ways better.
  4. J

    DIY an exterior door on a stone house

    Yes courses have always been like that. Fine furniture and boxes. I think people have a reel playing in there head and this video is both satisfying and relaxing with classical music in the background. All dovetails and showy wood. The trouble would be the skill level of the course...
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    DIY an exterior door on a stone house

    I also use burnt sand mastic on stone buildings. It's seems old fashioned well it is old fashioned but it's a great product. Both flexible and sticky and can be matched to the stone.(it fills the gap around the frame)
  6. J

    DIY an exterior door on a stone house

    I love the traditional square iron dowel fixed into a mortice in the frame and leaded into a stone cill. Few nails into wood plugs. It doesn't need much to hold them solid really.
  7. J

    DIY an exterior door on a stone house

    Ps I'd love to run a make your own door course. Do you think there would be any interest? Suppose you'd do make your own frame first! First thought being how would you get it home!
  8. J

    DIY an exterior door on a stone house

    You neglect to say what tackle you've got in your workshop. 2 inch unsorted redwood deals(9by2) for the door rails/stiles and 3 inch deals for the frame is totally traditional.(and almost waste free ie in half gives 4 inch stiles/top rail full gives 8 1/2 inch bottom/mid rail.
  9. J

    How to enthuse a 4 year old

    Here's the part finished chair
  10. J

    Chisel Buying Advice

    The steel in anchor chains is normally wrought iron and this provides the soft backing in(top) Japanese chisels. Bear in mind quality wrought iron hasn't been made for many years. The slag inclusions, once etched give a pretty pattern ala Damascus.
  11. J

    What's the best way to make mitred joins for keepsake box?

    It depends on the accuracy of each method as accuracy on a mitre has to be perfect. So most mitre saws are off. Even when adjusted there not quite right. Equally with a table saw. I no joint exists on its own so the item needs to be the same size as its opposite number. A method where a couple...
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    How to enthuse a 4 year old

    My child (6) has been saying there " making a chair" in dt . He even pieced one together from a cornflake Box in front of my eyes! So this morning I put together an adirondack and when he gets back we'll shingle nail the slats on maybe try and screw the arms on. It's been over 18 months since we...
  13. J

    Looking for guidance on angles

    "Do your best and caulk the rest" is the skirting mantra...
  14. J

    Record cl2 running rough?

    Those taper bearings need to have the correct clearance to allow them to float. The surfaces need to be good enough to maintain the oil film.(not damaged) and the oil reservoir needs to deliver the correct grade oil.
  15. J

    Record cl2 running rough?

    It's definitely possible to do without damage because I did it(about 19 years ago)
  16. J

    Record cl2 running rough?

    Have you correctly tightened it up. Just shooting the breeze. No idea how it's done but I did swap a belt on one years ago which involved removing the spindle.
  17. J

    Looking for an elegant joint solution

    Great stuff. You only need one side to allow movement technically thus halving the work! Let us know how you went on when you manage!
  18. J

    Planer secondary fence

    No reason not to. Great idea tbh.
  19. J

    Looking for an elegant joint solution

    In the eighties and nineties there was a bit of a boom in wood books many very project led. The guild of master craftsmen were ahead of the game in helping craftsmen get published. Unfortuneatly many were rather pulpy. And trying to transfer your design into an understandable format for the...
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    Looking for an elegant joint solution

    Please don't be discouraged by anything we suggest. People bring there own prejudices to these posts. I personally love books and hate youtube simply because everyone's a personality but the information presented is equally valid but often in short form. 1275gt linked me to old Jim kingshott...
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