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• Cramps and Pains

  

  With all the glue-ups I’m having to complete with for each of these cutting boards, it’s got me thinking about the sash cramps I own; which ones I like and whic... Read more

  Posted on 16 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Coming Together

  

  Just a bit of an update for you on how things are going, as I’m part way between completing the final glue-ups of these boards; making my way in and out of the... Read more

  Posted on 14 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Gluing Up; Running Backwards

  

  After work today, I spent a couple of hours planing up all the boards and then looking at arranging them and gluing them together in to ‘layers’ that’ll then... Read more

  Posted on 12 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Ripping Through

  

  I awoke this morning to find rain on the ground outside. It looked as though the forecasters were right and, as a consequence, I was concerned that I might not... Read more

  Posted on 09 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Wood Shoppin’ Time!

  

  If I look back, it’s more than three-long-years since I last splurged a serious amount of money (more than £35) on a quantity of sawn hardwoods! Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• A Priddy Good Day

  

  Today, I took myself out for a walk. There wasn’t much activity going on in the walking group (well, they had a training day for anyone interested in learning t... Read more

  Posted on 07 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Spring Show Purchases

  

  This post is going to be a brief recap of the few items I purchased at the Yandles show yesterday afternoon. I have driven all the way down there, looked... Read more

  Posted on 06 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Yandles Spring Show – 5th-6th April 2013

  Earlier today, I did indeed complete the drive south down to Yandles for the annual spring woodworking show (they also hold an autumn show in September, in... Read more

  Posted on 05 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Breaking Through My Heart

  

  Looking back through my photos from days out and walks in 2012 last night, I came across these images in a folder labelled King’s Wood. Read more

  Posted on 04 April 2013 HOME

• Walking Backwards

  If I’m going to make a better effort to include some of my other interests on this blog then, I may as well start by giving you a glimpse in to some of the walk... Read more

  Posted on 03 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Mobile Base for a Table Saw

  If you’re a subscriber to my YouTube channel then you may already be aware that I uploaded a brand-new video yesterday morning, featuring the mobile base I... Read more

  Posted on 02 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• 28: Unwrapped

  

  I’d like to start by saying how refreshing it was to write a post on this blog that wasn’t about woodworking. It is a hobby and interest that has consumed so... Read more

  Posted on 01 April 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Birthday Ramble

  

  I did say at the start of this year that I’d be making more of an effort to update this blog with more ‘generalised’ content from my life in order to fill the... Read more

  Posted on 31 March 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Drill Tidy

  

  I managed to spend the previous weekend without taking a single step in to the workshop and yet, I’m still behind on updating you with the little goings-on... Read more

  Posted on 21 March 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Serving Up a New Order

  

  Just as I’m slowly making my way back in to the workshop, it seems as though the list of kitchen items to make is on the agenda! Read more

  Posted on 13 March 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• I Was Right!

  

  It does look as though the main cause of the rot that spread throughout our bathroom floor came from the toilet cistern, which is boxed in and seemed to be... Read more

  Posted on 10 March 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Down the Pan…

  

  This very morning, I was expecting to be driving in to the city of Bristol in order to collect a pack of 1¼in long coarse-thread pocket hole screws with... Read more

  Posted on 09 March 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Tee-Halving Joint

  At work today, I spent a lot of time thinking about how I haven’t done a video for over one month now; how much I want to make the most of what time I have... Read more

  Posted on 07 March 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Garage Door Ventilation

  

  I’ve just sat down to write this, having spent an hour out in the workshop this evening – after work and in temperatures that are barely anywhere above... Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT

• Finished Floor

  

  During Day 2 of the bathroom floor refurb, I was actually elsewhere, amidst the wind, rain and snow of the Cotswolds! My dad had a little bit of work left to... Read more

  Posted on 18 February 2013 HOME, HOME IMPROVEMENT