03-02-2013, 02:45 PM
Hi ,
Thanks Lawrence; Over 35 years ago when I too owned Land Rovers they always remained outside but times have changed and we now own an 18 month old Toyota Aygo which I take a lot of care of and it is always garaged when not in use. its a good job we can't control the weather because the rich would have the sunshine not that it makes much difference to me given the weather I have to endure; I don't mind working in the cold either as long as I'm doing something strenuous to keep me warm but jobs like French polishing and veneering aren't going to heat me up unless something goes wrong. If I planted rice in our back garden we would suffer a drought.
Nice one Big Al; I'm pleased I'm not alone in my endeavours. I can just imagine you saying something like "oh dear I need to go into the garage again". I'm with you regarding drilling masonry using standard hammer drills which are hard work against the power of an SDS drill. Recently I volunteered to drill holes into a concrete garage so that shelving could be attached. These garages have dense concrete resembling granite and when I tried my big Bosch the garage laughed at being tickled and the point of the drill hardly left an impression. I then brought my big SDS to bear never having used it in drill mode before; at first I thought this SDS drill is as bad as the Bosch then I pushed and the drill bit not only disappeared into the concrete it ventilated it breaking through to the outside; whoops!! I'm seldom impressed unless its a big power machine but the SDS was a real eye opener; each hole was drilled in seconds in fact as fast as I could align the drill and push. I hope you didn't shorten the steel bar by cutting a lump out of its middle Alan. Isn't life fun?
Many thanks Tony for your kind comments especially more welcome coming from a well known and respected writer as yourself. However fed up I become I always try my best even whilst doing the most mundane or boring jobs and its good of you to spot that I try to break large blocks of text into smaller paragraphs; to read a large block of text is tiring so by adding breaks it reduces the concentration required and I also run the spelling checker which takes extra time but I always think it worth the extra effort.
I couldn't have put it better Tony than you have; yes it's good to hear of the highlights and successes but in reality these are usually achieved at some unseen cost such as frustration and mistakes along the way; I like to add such frustrations and mistakes whilst writing up my stories then at least the reader knows what to expect should they wish to do similar work. I make many mistakes and have a great deal to learn but it is this which drives me on otherwise it would quickly become very boring if everything went right first time; if this ever happened I would be looking for another hobby. I'm still amazed Tony that I've had so many articles published in the BVWS Bulletin and thank you for your kindness in suggesting I write a book covering the subject of veneering but I'm happy to keep adding my stories onto forums just for the interest and hope the information I try to pass on is of some use to others.
Thanks also Tony for your encouragement I hope to keep adding my stories as they evolve; fortunately I'm not excluded from this forum because my hobbies are other than electronics although the radio cabinet is on topic for a change.
I'm sure many of us have gone out and bought something Gary only to find shortly after that we had the item in stock after all but it evaded us when most needed. Your suggestion regarding storing items in big plastic boxes is sound; this is what I'm slowly doing; I can buy such storage boxes quite cheaply from our local "Home bargains" store and also at Rufforth Auto Jumble; I already have a couple of these boxes in use and one thing I would like to do is to store a number of my woodworking power tools in such boxes; routers; biscuit jointer sanders etc; at the moment all my power tools with the exception of my drills are still in their original containers but these containers whilst fitting the tools perfectly can be a real pain once the tool has been removed and needs replacing; the power lead and plug are the usual items to annoy as the lead often unwinds preventing the lid from closing. Storing items in plastic boxes is something I definitely intend to do complete with appropriate labels attached; thanks Gary for this excellent suggestion and also thanks for your continued good wishes.
I think the workshop should have now warmed up so time to tackle a bit of veneering on the radio cabinet; I cut the veneers out this morning for both side panels so fingers crossed it all goes to plan. The side panel veneers shouldn't be too much trouble but I'm in for some grief veneering the front and top panels as I intend to use quartered Burr Walnut; I'm veneering as usual using the hammer method and hot hide glue so I'd better get cracking. Thanks everyone for your replies.
Kind regards, Col.
Thanks Lawrence; Over 35 years ago when I too owned Land Rovers they always remained outside but times have changed and we now own an 18 month old Toyota Aygo which I take a lot of care of and it is always garaged when not in use. its a good job we can't control the weather because the rich would have the sunshine not that it makes much difference to me given the weather I have to endure; I don't mind working in the cold either as long as I'm doing something strenuous to keep me warm but jobs like French polishing and veneering aren't going to heat me up unless something goes wrong. If I planted rice in our back garden we would suffer a drought.
Nice one Big Al; I'm pleased I'm not alone in my endeavours. I can just imagine you saying something like "oh dear I need to go into the garage again". I'm with you regarding drilling masonry using standard hammer drills which are hard work against the power of an SDS drill. Recently I volunteered to drill holes into a concrete garage so that shelving could be attached. These garages have dense concrete resembling granite and when I tried my big Bosch the garage laughed at being tickled and the point of the drill hardly left an impression. I then brought my big SDS to bear never having used it in drill mode before; at first I thought this SDS drill is as bad as the Bosch then I pushed and the drill bit not only disappeared into the concrete it ventilated it breaking through to the outside; whoops!! I'm seldom impressed unless its a big power machine but the SDS was a real eye opener; each hole was drilled in seconds in fact as fast as I could align the drill and push. I hope you didn't shorten the steel bar by cutting a lump out of its middle Alan. Isn't life fun?
Many thanks Tony for your kind comments especially more welcome coming from a well known and respected writer as yourself. However fed up I become I always try my best even whilst doing the most mundane or boring jobs and its good of you to spot that I try to break large blocks of text into smaller paragraphs; to read a large block of text is tiring so by adding breaks it reduces the concentration required and I also run the spelling checker which takes extra time but I always think it worth the extra effort.
I couldn't have put it better Tony than you have; yes it's good to hear of the highlights and successes but in reality these are usually achieved at some unseen cost such as frustration and mistakes along the way; I like to add such frustrations and mistakes whilst writing up my stories then at least the reader knows what to expect should they wish to do similar work. I make many mistakes and have a great deal to learn but it is this which drives me on otherwise it would quickly become very boring if everything went right first time; if this ever happened I would be looking for another hobby. I'm still amazed Tony that I've had so many articles published in the BVWS Bulletin and thank you for your kindness in suggesting I write a book covering the subject of veneering but I'm happy to keep adding my stories onto forums just for the interest and hope the information I try to pass on is of some use to others.
Thanks also Tony for your encouragement I hope to keep adding my stories as they evolve; fortunately I'm not excluded from this forum because my hobbies are other than electronics although the radio cabinet is on topic for a change.
I'm sure many of us have gone out and bought something Gary only to find shortly after that we had the item in stock after all but it evaded us when most needed. Your suggestion regarding storing items in big plastic boxes is sound; this is what I'm slowly doing; I can buy such storage boxes quite cheaply from our local "Home bargains" store and also at Rufforth Auto Jumble; I already have a couple of these boxes in use and one thing I would like to do is to store a number of my woodworking power tools in such boxes; routers; biscuit jointer sanders etc; at the moment all my power tools with the exception of my drills are still in their original containers but these containers whilst fitting the tools perfectly can be a real pain once the tool has been removed and needs replacing; the power lead and plug are the usual items to annoy as the lead often unwinds preventing the lid from closing. Storing items in plastic boxes is something I definitely intend to do complete with appropriate labels attached; thanks Gary for this excellent suggestion and also thanks for your continued good wishes.
I think the workshop should have now warmed up so time to tackle a bit of veneering on the radio cabinet; I cut the veneers out this morning for both side panels so fingers crossed it all goes to plan. The side panel veneers shouldn't be too much trouble but I'm in for some grief veneering the front and top panels as I intend to use quartered Burr Walnut; I'm veneering as usual using the hammer method and hot hide glue so I'd better get cracking. Thanks everyone for your replies.
Kind regards, Col.
Happiness is a wreck of a cabinet to restore.
