harvey b davison

I'm in same boat as you Dave, sounds an interesting piece of kit. Cost ?

As others have said, you're looking at £1800 or there about, especially when you take sourcing the glass etc into consideration. I wouldn't make the glazing bead personally, I would just use some off the shelf stuff . Is it supply and fit or supply only ?

I've been working at a local hospital for the past 6 years on the NHS as a maintenance joiner. For the past 5 years I've been asking for an apprentice, I've heard more excuses than anything. I have 30 odd years of woodworking behind me so, could easily give someone a great grounding in joinery. But I just can't get anyone interested in getting me an apprentice. I am so willing to share my knowledge but the management is just not interested.

They are outstanding.

Another vote here for the makita ea4300.

I know big j asked about them on another thread, but I was on the A64 yesterday and passed an old farmer towing his cattle trailer with a ssangyong musso pickup. Must admit I did quite like the look of it.

They are really good. That's some awesome skill.

The problem with self build, is that you still can't have exactly what you want, as it's still dictated by planning / building regs etc. My parents built their own place 30 years ago, a small bungalow on a small plot of land. They had to buy the land at market value ( no getting around it) and then make compromises on the style etc to get permission. They then had to pay the going rate to various tradesmen to get the building completed. When they had it valued once completed it was worth more than they put into it, but this is normal with everything. But they still did not have what they first wanted Because they had to make compromises, again no getting away from it. I myself, want to self build a proper log cabin, and unless I could build one then I wouldn't self build, because what is the point, I wouldn't be getting what I want but what someone else is wanting and allowing me to build. I eventually will probably do it on a small scale in a woodland at some point. I can see and understand some of big j arguments but in reality there is just no getting around planning /building regs, prices etc, and in some cases these are totally understandable. Cheers H.

Some interesting replies there chaps, much appreciated.

I had a ea4300, brilliant little saw with plenty of power and easy to start.

That's a really nice table, what finish did you use.

Yes I've noticed a few things like that as well. I also like watching barnwood builders and that's the same. Just wish these type of programs would pay more attention to details than making stars out of normal people.

Sorry Paul in the woods, I didn't mean to quote you / your post.

In my experience I have found that rats don't really attack rabbits, but will steal their food. I would be very wary of them spreading diseases though. As a side note, is there any of them high pitched Sounders ( like you get for cats) available for vermin.

I really like that mark. Is it on a storage box of some sort.

Hi, what sharpening systems do people use for sharpening their rounded carving and lathe gouge chisels. I'm inexperienced with lathe and carving chisels / gouges when it comes to sharpening them. So, what is the best system to go for. Cheers H.

I've started to buy the new ryobi gear. It may be cheap but it does the job for me ( hospital maintenance), but still got my metabo gear for heavy duty work. Only problem I have now is 4 different types of battery to buy.

Have a look at a dolmar / makita ps32, lovely light saw.

Sounds like you have some interesting projects in mind mark.

What size / make bandsaw you getting mark. Does this mean you're getting busier.

Can you recommend any good books on type of timber, I must admit, being a joiner/woodworker my knowledge of timber is pretty woeful. Cheers.

Hi, I'm thinking about setting up a proper website including domain name, which I have never done before and also have no idea about how to go about it. From briefly looking on Google, I'm impressed with go daddy. Is it easy to do, or am I better off getting someone to do it for me, as like I said I am totally out of my depth with anything like this. Sorry for the rambling. Cheers H.

Steve, how the hell did you learn all these types of timber? [emoji4]

I've got one on order at the moment from shavey, getting an orange one for carving, then at a later date getting a blue one as a bodging about saw.

After years of working as a chippy on building sites, getting fed up of the daily grind, and then having to answer to gaffers that were fresh from college, never having done a day's work on the tools ,telling you how to do your job, I went to work for the NHS doing maintenance joinery. The management is absolutely horrendous, and that is in every department. Everyone is just there for the take, for doing as little as possible. I could tell some right horror stories about wasted money. Anyway, I'm nearing 50 and getting more grumpy about things as time goes on, so keep thinking about saying sod it, moving away and just working for myself. I know I will never be rich but at least I would have a better way of life, and give me more freedom. So for me staff woes runs from the very top to the very bottom.