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Having the riving knife in place helps prevent the workpiece gripping the blade and getting lifted/thrown. Having the crown guard in place further helps prevent it lifting. If it does it gets thrown out horizontally rather than up and dangerously.

I wondered about woodwork in our local repair cafe but couldn't see how to make it work, without bench etc. However I did run a short freehand sharpening afternoon a couple of years ago. I was asked to do it as a fund raiser for Alzheimers with everybody chipping in a tenner and getting a free...

Not if you use two. You press down (and in towards the fence) with the one in your left hand further up the workpiece, whilst you push with the right hand one at the near end of the workpiece. With variations of course. I'm 38 years into it! I claim no credit for this it just happens naturally...

I always recommend the bog standard plastic job because familiarity helps if you just stick to one pattern, and picking them up just becomes normal routine every time. I also think it's a more carefully thought out design than it looks and is efficient/effective. Make copies from mdf or ply...

There's a lot of pricey gadgets around, generally I'm not impressed. Nothing is as cheap and effective as always to use two push sticks. You can get everything else wrong but if your hands are out of the way they won't get hurt. They also give you better control in many ways (with a bit of...

2.5mm is too thin for most thicknessers, which most likely would chew it up anyway. The answer is to add a low friction bed in the form of a 10mm sheet of PTFE. Same size as the bed plus 20mm or so where you attach a lip to latch it on. No other fixing needed. The extra thickness means you can...

I'll go and have a look at B&Q. Cheap if I value my time at all, though some say my time is worthless!

Not in a position to make my own until the workshop is set up, so looking at things like this: https://www.diy.com/departments/clear-glazed-grey-upvc-external-french-door-set-h-2090mm-w-1490mm/5056118701655_BQ.prd?alt=true But it gets rubbish reviews, although only one. Any recommendations for an...

Not that old! Only 79.

My 14ft chapel windows were fixed with 3no 6" nails each side into wooden plugs hammered into mortar courses. Then adding lime mortar in the gaps between wood and the rebate in the stonework

Whilst seeing it as an opportunity also make sure you cover your base. In the current climate debt is a slippery slope. Keep up with rent/mortgage/council tax . Claim all possible benefits as soon as possible. Don't borrow or otherwise chance it in the expectation of improvements later. 42 is...

It's worrying when you bump into them in the street and say "take me to your leader". I give them Nigel Farage's phone number. :unsure:

it says 2800w for the SIP machine which is not bad - a bit on the small size but that just means slower feed rates or several passes for a big cut. Mouldings look fairly plain you might get away with simple cutters and a rebate block. I'd start by getting one window out and on to the bench...

Nice little windows. I've repaired similar where the glazing bars were just thin flat iron bar edge-on the thickness of the window, with glass held by 4 lead pegs in holes drilled through the bar, then puttied in from both sides. Can do a little sketch if that doesn't make sense.

They haven't got the screws but I've a new head on the way from them. It's an Ozark 2141gn which is a good quality machine except this one has been worked over rather badly. But the Kirshner tail is a luxury add on, along with 5 fifth string rail spikes. They've made such a bad job of the rest...

yes! counted 20 I've probably got some in a box. Thanks for that.

I measure it (from a good fitting thread) as 3.8mm diameter and 15 crest per mm (crest to crest). What size bolt setscrews should I ask for? Is that simply M4 ?

Thanks but I only fitted 4 of the windows. They might!

I'm fairly certain you will not be able to buy them anywhere and nobody is making them. Or even able to make them - it must have been through a rolling/folding machine of some sort made for the job. Could be wrong, there might be a little niche market somewhere. Probably your best option would...

You could ask Brooking https://thebrooking.org.uk/ I had to replace some ornate zinc windows years ago at Matlock Bath Station. They'd been vandalised by drunks and already been copied in cast aluminium so my job was just to fit them. However I did keep the damaged zinc originals and sent the...