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Hi John. Look forward to seeing some of the work you have done

It could be a Chinese made piece therefore Door Nocker

OK I have my coat and hat ready

Try cafes that only have tables with three legs that way they will not wobble or as Grindstone Cowboy says beermats are your friend

For the keyway in the hardwood why not make a jig and use a wood router to cut it should not be too difficult.

No idea but could it be converted to use as a bottle opener

I have used both types of paint, even though they are both acrylic does not mean they are the same it is just the that they tend to be water-based paints but the mixture is totally different.

As Jason mentioned artist acrylics need a flow aid or reducer. If you use water it will quickly make opaque paints transparent.

I use airbrush paints, artist paints and also the model paints in acrylic and would not consider artist type paints for a model.

It is all down to how each is manufactured and for the material they are designed to work on.

So as you can see from the many posts here they are not all made equal.

A square tube with a square bar that slides inside and an UJ joint at either end will allow for the narrowing and expanding of the gap but still allow for it to be rotated

HERE are some long props that I found up to 508mm long. I drilled a hole in some of mine and soldered an upright tube to it and then fixed a small paint tin to the top of that this allowed for lubrication of the tubes. Granted your use of them will not involve the same rotation speed a model boat needs.

Have you thought of a couple of long model boat prop shafts and the UJ joints that you can get to suit they would be OK for most of the joints but not the one near the firebox as they have plastic in them.

The top one looks like a pipe vice. I have one with the split dies.

Quite agree I have the same arrangement on my woodturning lathe and have only ever needed to adjust them three times in the last five years as I keep it correctly oiled. And it gets a lot of use.

They are from kitchen worktop material called Corian

A little while ago I asked about handles for this vice. Anyway I started this over a week ago before the winds took the roof off my woodshed anyway while waiting for materials for that I took the opportunity to complete the handles, I decided to go for a much easier solution, the little grey handles spin on the handles.

This is not the first time I have found something I forgot I had. And like many I can lose something to only find it in plain sight.

During the winds, I lost the roof of one of my shed which housed my wood. Over the last couple of days managed to clear it out and decided that a total rebuild will be the better option as the bottom is starting to rot can't complain it has been there a very long time.

Anyway during the emptying, I was very surprised to find some long lost pieces of Ali hidden behind some sheet material. The large sheet is 33" X 38" to give an idea of the size. the smaller piece I have been cutting pieces off for various projects. The other sheet I was given and is stainless steel

How many of us really know what we have squirrelled away hidden behind different places, and what is more how many have ordered stuff to find that we already had it.

Had plenty of wind and rain here roof on my wood store is no longer so spent the day moving it into another shed. Guess what I will be doing once the wind and rain stops .

Contact the seller and ask for the correct collets as it is advertised as imperial

You can buy the ring blanks in titanium

I have got to the stage that if I lose something I just ask the wife she is like a dog with a bone until she finds it for me. Normally it is just in front of me on the bench and not hidden under anything

Maybe an Aussie cattleman's tool you have out there Mark.