Recent content by The Apprentices

What do you mean, like a galactical botany bay.

History tells us that 99.99% of all life that has ever existed on earth has gone extinct so why worry.

That's the good old MSM for you, and others are allowed to tell the truth, they are a complete shambles of old news.

Two lines of thought here. First is the old Wadkin units are indeed robust but sadly don't come up to spec for the new safety legislations of stopping in less than ten seconds, Ok if your a sole user but not for others to use in a shop setting, also not everybody has the ability to modernise or...

There are good quality blades to be found from Trend stable, I use their 1/8" blades. If the blades are 200.00mm your not going to get 200 only what space lies beneath the crown gaurd. I would recommend the tinner kerf which gives more cutting power and less drag and less waste. There are...

It helps if you start from an early age, seriously though, All rules are there to be steered around without hurting the ego or hurting ones pocket of self pelf. The contents of that pipe were stoked into it by a much better man than myself, non other than Tom Crean the unsung yet silent Irish...

Rather R2 The mystery of life isn't a problem to solve, but a reality to experience, if one is to learn. A process cannot be understood by stopping it, those wanting to Understand this Rhythm must move with the flow of the process, must join it and flow with it. What senses do we lack that we...

The guide mentioning immersion mean submerged under water. There are no glues made that could withstand constant submersian, due to the nature of timber, the glue line being the weak point between the two, but once set the ingredients of urea based glues become inert, its used for making water...

That's the one, if your making say a feeder also router out the floor grove and incorporate the bee gap too, so when everything is glued together its fully water tight and strong as. The glue is by Everbuild called Resintite fully waterproof, steer clear of all the others because they are not...

When I make the next swarm box I will post some pictures. Or I can try to explain now. If your using say 20.00mm PSE redwood off the self, half the thickness and set your router so it cuts out on two of the boards only a corner section to the outer edge. Then on the remaining boards set the...

Correct Its also down to machining basically, vertically the end grain would break out during processing. The very best joint is a bevelled edged dovetail because it pulls itself together and can be taken apart again no glue needed. Or better still for plywood by using a stepped rebated joint...

I agree, sash windows are a work of art, we used to manufacture every part from virgin timber. Hopefully one day people will see scence and use again what is a fully repairable and sustainable engineering marvel, the ones we made will still be around in 2100 and beyond.

Your nearly right as a fairly old self taught chippie now cabinet maker/turner, I can explain. The standard slotted screw is still very much alive today, the purpous of drilling a pilot hole is done for several reasons. 1. To secure the screw in position prior to tightening so it doesn't...

Job sorted, thanks.

Yes maybe so, shame upon the head of those who think so.