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    Knew my lad was working at something and keeping it out of sight so i played along and gave him his own space. He presented me with this knife las-night as an anniversary present. Landy spring blade and yew handle. 100% own design and work, no input from the old man on this one!
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    Nice one lads.
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    Living in a particularly wind swept part of the country, any bought wind chimes would disintegrate fairly quickly. I have toyed with the idea of making an industrial grade one but think the racket would drive me loopy. This gong is the closest thing i have made to a wind chime. An old dive bottle with the bottom cut off and a bit of galvanized steel water pipe all threaded together on a bit of rope and hung from an old section of scaffold at the side of my shed. Visitors or my good lady give it a rattle on the way to the shed door, makes a good sound. If you had a longer bit of pipe in the mid
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    Top class looking knives as usual!
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    Thanks guys, all the positive comments appreciated. Griff.
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    Playing with the plasma cutter, cut this mackerel from the side panel of an old washing machine.
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    Substantial looking saw. Brook motors are the bees knees. If you can't get rid of it and decide to break it up you would get a decent price for the motor on fleabay. Probabally more than the saw with the motor left in it. Only one on there just now http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Brook-Single-Phase-240v-Electric-Motor-1hp-1460-RPM-with-4-Step-Pulley-/231911509561?hash=item35ff00ce39:g:2PEAAOSwJQdXDRaH
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    Nice job! Keep meaning to make a smoker for mackerel. Have a nice big bag of oak planer chips set aside.
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    My compound bow has been hanging in the shed with a broken string for years, that might inspire me to give it a bit of tlc and get it back in action. Thanks Griff.
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    I am the same boat, a sucker for taking old machines because i can't bear to see them scrapped. Got a huge three phase cast iron multi woodworking machine taking up the whole end of my garage looking for a good home. Also last week bought a monster Wadkin Bursgreen BGA 150 over & under belt sander that was taken out of the workshop at my work, gave my boss £50 for it. Thinking of making a belt grinder out of it but with a 5.5kw three phase motor and rollers that take a 6" belt it's possibly a bit overkill. One of these http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/WADKIN-BURSGREEN-BGA-150-UNDER-OVER-BELT-SA
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    Are you sealing them with anything? The longer the logs stood before slicing them up the less likely to crack, although that diameter cut 2" thick is liable to split.
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    Nice job as usual.
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    Nice job.
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    There you go someone has to do the dirty work. My daughter got some funny looks when her Monday morning news for check in at primary school was "I cut up a sheep with my dad at the weekend" Good for them to know where their meet comes from!
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    Aye, he seems to have it in hid blood!
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    Everyone has their strengths, me and my boy like making stuff and kind of have the knack. Plenty of stuff i am useless at too! Just enjoy what you are good at and have a go at what you aren't good at and you may get better if not enjoy trying.
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    Photobucket Still playing up but got this one the rest are sideways it won't let me rotate them but you will get the gist.
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    My lad is doing a higher in design & manufacture at school. He designed this table on Inventor then made a scale mode mostly in the workshop at home. It is solid oak with mahogany edging. He steamed the edging to get the sharp bends, glued and wrapped in inner tube to hold it tight while the glue set. Photobucket not working, will get pics up later.
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    Nice one! Definitely satisfaction in making something from what would otherwise be firewood.
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    Got lucky with a bid and paid £160 on ebay for a new one from Germany. Cuts up to 12mm steel but very slow at that thickness cuts sheet metal like the proverbial hot knife through butter and anything up to 6mm without hesitation. Just make a template from 3-4mm hardboard clamp it to the steel and follow it with the edge of the torch, can make multiple items off the same template.
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    Looking good, nice work.
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    This one is not getting used. Whole story here. http://www.thehuntinglife.com/forums/topic/338941-experimental-blade-carbonstainless-blade/ You could have it for £50 + Post No worries if it isn't your cup of tea.
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    Was giving all the off-cuts of Iroko to my boy to turn but he has got wise to it and won't touch it now either.
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    Iroko is it just me or does the dust burn anyone elses lungs out?
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    I got one of them cheep plasma cutters off ebay a few years back and worth every penny and more! Watch it when you sink it into a gas bottle though, washed the one in the pic out with hot soapy water and let it soak, hosed it out and it still went with a thump when i made the first cut. the plasma is a real toy I must admit lol think I'll still go in quietly with the grinder first before I let rip with the plasma. I got mine from a company called " r-tech welding " and it's spot on! I got a new portable stick welder to, and it knocks the socks of the aldi one I had before! (Not surprising rea
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