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Does woodworm killer discolour the wood at all. Just wondering if I need to paint it over all surfaces or localised treatment?

Hope someone can help. Making up some kitchen tops for a customer from some boards they milled themselves. There is evidence of woodworm in lots of places on the boards but these are the worst. The wood is a little over but not too far gone from a structural perspective but suspect they will soak up a lot of finish ? . I cant see fresh dust but the boards were only milled a year ago so would this all have happened since milling or is it more likely to have been in the tree when alive? Do I need to treat the holes or will any worm die with the wood now being dry? Also how do I finish the tops. Do I fill and then finish or could I varnish which might fill all the small surface holes? The third picture shows the little surface grooves that worry me the most. I nice neat vertical hole is at least easy to fill I have done plenty of woodwork over the years but never with spalted and wormy wood so a bit lost as to how to manage it. The customer is pretty easy going and does not expect perfection but the tops with will get hard use. Thanks

Yep I have been pleased with mine. It's an Olight wave H15. Not the most powerful but its lovely and light to wear and has a nice built in rechargeable battery. Perfect for walking or running but probably not the range the OP is after. I had one much like in the link below which was brilliant with good strong beam. Sadly it developed a fault after a year or two so bought a way more expensive Lenser 7.2 but it is not as bright or as comfortable and five times the price. https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Zoom-Headlamp-350000LM-Rechargeable-T6-LED-Headlight-Flashlights-Head-Torch-Fish/402411689538?hash=item5db19b1642:g:2JIAAOSwx~dfSOki

Ones just been found "Anyone lost a Avant 635 from Hampshire/Sussex/Surrey area. One has been recovered in the back of a stolen Horsebox. Horsebox was stolen from Bramshott and found in Upper Hale. Contact Surrey Police for more information." https://www.facebook.com/findadigger/

Bit obvious this but a decent bench mounted vice is essential I think. The bigger the better IMO. Done. Always like a vice to be super sturdy so mounted it on a 6"x6" length of oak which goes right to the floor and bolted this to the side of the bench. The vice can rotate so having overhang on two sides can be handy.

Flat water windsurfers like Damer bay (mouth of the river Camel) and St Johns lake on the Tamar. Damer also produces good waves in some set ups. A few of us still go out on Plymouth sounds but that is not as popular spot as it was. Got Quite a few mates who do the foiling in Torbay. Loads of windsurfers to be seen in Mudeford in Dorset as well. Probably not as many of us about as its hay day but far from dead. Still get 40 of us out at a spot on the right day

Yes its still popular in the SW. The big wave sailers have never switched to kites. Now we have windsurfers, kitsurfers and windfoilers (windsurfer with a hydrofoil) which is getting quite popular.

Met office and a peek at the radar when going out the door https://www.netweather.tv/live-weather/radar XC for when going windsurfing

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I beg your pardon! That was very professionally fitted dont you know ?

I have a Fiskers and its surprisingly good but doesn't holed quite as reliably as my old one. Cant find what it was but this looks the closest in shape Ochsenkopf Handsappie with handle 80 cm, OX 173 H-0580 | Advantageously shopping at Knivesandtools.co.uk UK.KNIVESANDTOOLS.EU To move and lift smaller logs and pieces of wood The Fiskers is very light with a tough handle which was the weakness on my old one. I have repaired the old wooden handled one now but still tend to use the Fiskers due to it's light weight. For truly reliable holding timber tongs take some beating

Show us a country that has let it rip and successfully protected the vulnerable. It's a lovely idea but very hard to do in reality. Far too much crossover or you leave the elderly completely isolated which is impossible. My father is 87 and according to the stats a 15% chance of dying from it. His only contacts during the week are his cleaners and me. The cleaners are young so if they get it they could easily pass it on. Basic masks are not great protection for aerosols which more and more like the main transmission rout. As for numbers I know of four people who have tested positive. All working age and two are fine, one has been is off sick since April and the other is dead. Mrs woodworks works in healthcare and they are maxed out on a good day with no C19. You dont see any of them saying lets let it rip as that is just RIP for many

"the futility of it all" We cut deaths from 1000 a day to less than 10 a day and even now it's only 60 but rising. That is a lot of lives saved and I dont see that as futile. We need to be careful through this winter but come the spring and summer we have shown we can have a fairly normal life by meeting up outside and not seeing huge numbers of cases. The smart money thinks we will have some sort of vaccine in numbers by this time next year so if we can keep numbers down over the winter we may well be on the way out of this mess.

Sell by the cube. Last lot of douglas I got was sold by volume

I see the amount of people in hospital and deaths have reached the same levels for when we went into lock down first time around. Last time we peeked at a 1000 deaths a day so lets hope it not so bad this time around.

Never tinkered with the hydraulics on mine

I cant remember exactly just knew we definitely fell into the small supplier category. Something like under 500m3?

Phenolic faced ply is pretty good. Its what I use for the greedy boards on my truck and they must be at least 5 years old and take a hammering from log deliveries

Charcoal sales have boomed this year due to covid 19. At one stage the government more or less prescribed a BBQ as a way to safely meet up. In the following 10 days we sold more charcoal than we have some years! Going to give it a proper go next year instead of it being just some hobby fun

One on a good day.

No idea if its the same model but lots of info on a restoration here Wadkin RE planer - Canadian Woodworking and Home Improvement Forum FORUM.CANADIANWOODWORKING.COM C18F2DDE-0F5A-4624-A6E0-373103E455FA.jpeg I have had this planer for almost 3 years and when I moved it yet again to...

My plan is to separate after drying and offer this service as an extra. More stuff comes loose in the drying process and all the slivers will then be dried. Tip the logs over a sieving ramp placed over a spare IBC firing into a perfect cubic meter tub. Reality is we never get complaints so still not made it but have bought the metal to do it haha

Do they use dovetail slides with gibs on a thicknesser rise and fall? Only ever stripped smaller machines which have either had a central column and an old Luna which worked of 4 threads all linked Mark its an old machine and like almost all machines it will need maintenance and have issues. You either pay expensive "experts" to sort things or get to know your machines yourself. Even new kit can need some tinkering. I had a Felder Universal which was supposed to be the muts nuts in the lightweight pro market but still ended up setting up the planer tables and sliding saw myself as it was all on the piss. It is a bit daunting at first but just be methodical and take your time. Very satisfying learning to fix kit yourself and can save you few bob as well

Get some pictures up Mark. All the Wadkin machines I have encountered are very serviceable and adjustable. Can you get some outer covers off and gets some pictures of the guts of the machine. Is it raised on four threads or one heavy shaft or other. If you take anything apart just take pictures as go along so all parts can go back in the same place. Proabably not going to be a 5min job but undoubtedly worth it in the long run