harvey b davison

Any idea who carved it ?

Here we are at last, proudly presenting our two new pups. We have bonnie the white husky at 18wks old, which my wife has always wanted. We also have bell at 8wks old who is 75% saluki and 25% husky. She is going to be my new shadow. Cheers

Yes please, that would be very helpful. Thankyou.

That's brilliant, thankyou.

Cheers

I agree that makita will outlast ryobi, and I would never use my ryobi stuff where I use my metabo stuff. But, in the workshop, where I might just be screwing some shelves together, then the ryobi is quite adequate. Milwaukee is easily on par with makita.

Hi, I've been asked to make a couple of owl boxes for barn owls and they are going to be mounted on some tree trunks. I've never made owl boxes before, so I've no idea what they should be like. I've googled them and got totally confused. I quite like the triangle shaped ones but don't know if they will do the job. Has anyone got any pictures, simple plans, that I can copy. Cheers Harvey

The tools themselves will last just as long as makita/dewalt/Bosch etc. The batteries in my mind just seem quicker to run down. I have both 4amp and 5 amp batteries and they both seem to run down quicker than my milwaukee and strangely enough my ryobi batteries. I know my batteries are 5 yr old + so it could just be the age of them. One thing to note, is that the metabo range of tools is nowhere near some of its competitors like makita and ryobi. Another thing to be wary of is the fact that Hitachi and metabo are now interlinked which could be a bad thing. I was talking to the dealers I use a few weeks back, and they were explaining that it's looking like there could be a big upheaval in there manufacturing. They also explained that all manufacturers are going down the route of making it harder to repair tools, in some cases things like a bust trigger could result in needing a new machine as the manufacturers wont supply a simple trigger anymore, and this is happening across the board. Me personally, If I need a good robust tool, then I will continue buying metabo. If it's for use in the joiners shop where it's not going to be abused, I'm becoming a big fan of ryobi. I also have a few bits of Milwaukee stuff, which is pretty decent. Anyway, sorry for the rambling, hope it helps.

That's a lovely knife, I was only thinking a while back I wouldn't mind a nice Bowie style knife. The last one I had, was one of those useless rabbit foot handled one [emoji23]

The cordless stuff is very reliable. They're not as comfortable in the hand as say makita, but they are built like a tank, used and abused in all weather , dropped, bashed, you name it and they just keep going. The weak point is the batteries, for some reason they just don't seem to last.

Yes I really like metabo stuff. I have quite a bit of cordless stuff, as well as the bench saw and planer thicknesser. I never hesitate to recommend metabo to anyone.

I have that exact same model.

My workshop is basically my single car garage. So as you quite rightly guess, I am short on space. If I need to use any of my saws I need to set them up outside. Which if its raining is a big no no. I make a lot of craft like stuff, so a flip saw would work well for quite a lot of what I do. However, it would never replace dedicated machines.

I have a dedicated metabo bench saw, and a 305mm mitre saw, but I still find myself looking at flip saws. I think under the right circumstances, they can be a brilliant addition to any workshop.

I got a Kelly kettle and some moleskin trousers, but the best bit is I'm picking up my new puppy on news years eve [emoji7]

Rained all weekend, here near Barnsley.

Is that a wooden boat I spy in the background ?

Do you actually need a rugged phone? When I was working on the building sites I just had a cheap as chips basic Nokia. Ok I could only make calls and send texts, but that's all I needed it for. So if possible I would go that route. Another bonus is I only had to charge it once a week 🤣

Don't know how good they are but I know machine mart do a range of petrol power washers.

That's brilliant, I wouldn't dare and attempt anything like that. I'm just starting an Olaf snowman.

Keep the trees , demolish the houses, the trees were there first. Apart from the one at the back needing a trim, there doesn't seem any evidence of anything wrong.

What finish did you use ? Fish oil ?

Have you seen the state of so called workmanship on building sites these days, its diabolical. There are very few actual craftsmen around these days.

There is definitely a carving bar option, as I bought this version in orange from shavey.

What about buying local and British and not bloody China, thus saving on the thousands of shipping crossings and supporting British companies.