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    Catapult for Hunting

    I have a black widow type catapult that I have had and used occasionally for 40 years. I recently bought and then made my own catapult for flat bands. The flat bands are way way better than the tubes on my black widow, so much so that I now consider the black widow a waste of time. There are...
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    New wood

    Awesome Steve well done. If you need anyone to pop over check it out (I mean self isolate)for a night, Hannah is off school and I don't have much work to do:)
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    North Wood meet February 28~01March 2020 UPDATED post 33

    Woodspirits 28~01 Diamond Dave 28-01 pieinthesky 28-01 Rumpole_stiltskin 28-01 TBC Preper 28-01 TBC MikeeMiracle 29-01 Hodge - 28 - 01
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    Heat treat oven calibration

    Make sure your PID is set up for a k type thermocouple. If you have not done this your readings could be a long way out. I did a lot of re-search a few years back when trying to calibrate my home made kiln and never found a workable solution. If you do find one I will be all ears. I did read...
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    Heat treat oven calibration

    Plugging a sensor into a meter is no different from plugging your thermo-couple into the PID. You wouldn't know which is more accurate, also you will get different readings in different places in the kiln. Best thing is to take HT recipies as a guide, do a load of experimentation in your kiln...
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    Safely splitting wood with thin knives

    I used to carry an axe for splitting firewood but found that batoning with a big camp knife/machete was easier and safer. The knife is also lighter, takes less space and is far more versatile, so the axe doesn't now leave the house. So why is batoning so frowned on? I will have a go using...
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    North Wood meet February 28~01March 2020 UPDATED post 33

    Woodspirits 28~01 Diamond Dave 28-01 pieinthesky 28-01 provisional Steve, is it OK to post this meet elsewhere, I am thinking Edge Matters Forum
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    Go With Noakes End Tune????

    I cannot help you with the tune but I do remember John Noakes fondly and did once do the Liffey Descent - so I enjoyed watching your link. :)
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    Measuring 3 inches (non-locking); law and practice?

    The only thing all this discussion proves is that there is a lot of ambiguity, nobody really knows. In which case it seems sensible to play safe and not have to worry about it. So make sure both A and B (blade length and cutting edge length) are under 3" and you can't go wrong
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    A question of glue...

    My repair shop took a few days and charged £6 for repairing the toe end of both boots. I could not have bought the glue for that amount! No Brainer
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    Measuring 3 inches (non-locking); law and practice?

    I am with Stew on this one, the spirit of the law is to keep the blade length short. With B or C on their own you could in theory have a dagger with just the tip sharp. If B and A are both less than 3" then you are covered.
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    A question of glue...

    I took mine to the local shoe repair place. For not much money they did a neat and solid repair that I expect to last as long as the boots do.
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    eBikes

    I don't have any direct experience but a friend of mine added a front wheel drive e bike kit to one of his bikes and says it is dangerous - avoid He has come off several times from loosing the front wheel when cornering. I assume the lightly loaded front wheel has insufficient traction to do...
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    North Wood meet 06~08 December 2019

    1. Woodspirits 06~08 2. Diamond Dave 06-08 3. MartinK9 06-08 4. Rumpole_Stiltskin 06/08 TBC 5. Jimbo75 6. TinkyPete 06-08 7. pieinthesky 06 - 08
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    North Wood meet 25~27 October 2019

    Thankyou. Hope to get there and set up before dark.
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    North Wood meet 25~27 October 2019

    Any particular time limits on the Thursday? I have to be back Sat evening and would like to get there as soon as I can on the Thursday afternoon. Thanks Mike
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    North Wood meet 25~27 October 2019

    by adding your name you agree to the guidelines linked on post 1. please include this line in your paste. 1. Woodspirits 24~27 2. MartinK9 24-27 3. Diamond Dave 25 - 27 4. MikeeMiracle & Familiy 26-27 5. Rumploe_Stiltskin 25 - 27 6. Greg & Ali. 25 - 27 7. BJJJ 8. pieinthesky 25 - 27 or...
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    Conversations with a salesman....

    I bought a tablet in Currys a few weeks back and paid in cash - I handed over £200 in £20 notes. The young shop assistant took the cash and just stared at it for a while, wondering what was up, I assured him they were not forgeries. Eventually he started to count them out, several notes in...
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    Canoes / kayaks - family recommendations?

    We do have some wheels which will undoubtedly help in certain circumstances, though we have not used them yet.
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    Canoes / kayaks - family recommendations?

    I was in exactly the same position as you a few months back. I got the white water thing out of my system when I was younger, so it made sense to get something the family (2 + 1/2) could use for fun, picnics and the odd overnighter on easy waters. We ended up buying a 16 ft Nova Craft Pal...