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I've not built one, but I did have a 'silent' generator for a while. It was silenced by being housed in a steel box lined with acoustic eggbox foam, with space for ventilation as you say. Also being on rubber matting helped

the Aspen is also Ethanol free ;)

Generators are something that I have a little experience of, sadly. I would say avoid the inverter ones unless you have to have something small and quiet; they are expensive to buy, prohibitively expensive to repair and are much more likely to breakdown when you need them than an old-style...

I tried some stabilising stuff many years ago (not sure if it was stabil or something else now) and it seemed to work for some of my 4stroke tools, but others still didn't like it if left in the fuel tanks for more than a couple of months. These days (and the last decade or more) I've been...

i've still not opened 2 of the boxes I had off you last year! I don't need any more lol

there must be some other knappable stone in your area, even if it's not flint. Is there chert or similar there perhaps?

speaking as somebody that has more small holes in their synthetic clothing than most (I really shouldn't wear synthetics or polyblends whilst forging, welding and grinding!), they won't spread unless you can get your finger into it. Even then it's only likely to spread if you catch the hole on...

they are really nifty little bows too. Much faster than their draw weights would suggest :)

I can't speak for Wayne, but I had fun! :D

I live just off the eastern edge of Dartmoor and I have to admit that the snow was a bit of a surprise when I stuck my head out of the door at 6am! Of course, by 8am it was back to alternate spells torrential rain and glorious sunshine

I light several fires every day and in my pocket I have a cricket disposable lighter. The blowtorch style lighters are great in the wind, but sometimes the more feathery flame of a standard issue butane lighter or zippo style thing is actually more effective. Also on the electric vs flint...

it's wood, wood splits when you wedge it open. It's purely cosmetic! It's a blooming tool not a fine china teacup!

The only person that I new sold brewers pitch has dropped off the living history circuit, but it might be worth asking Phil. He makes historic bottles and the like with pitch linings. https://www.the-leather-man.co.uk/

yep I still make them, in fact I shall be finishing some off this week! I'll reply to your email shortly :-) Cheers folks and great thread resurrection!

fingers crossed that these outfits are savvy enough!

I send maybe 10 parcels a week with royal fail and most of those have something that will be on their prohibited list come April. So far the only alternatives that I have found are DPD and UPS, but I still need to check about whether they actually require a business account or not (I've seen...

Same as ammunition for any other weapon. Bigger balls have more stopping power, so if hunting will allow larger prey to be taken. But the heavier ammo needs stringer bands to allow you to send it very far or fast (flatter trajectory is generally better for aiming, so speed is essential). 12mm...

yep, those are the knife only triangular spoons I was thinking of :)

Many years ago before spoon carving was a popular past time in this country, I carved lots of teaspoons for my archery club. We always seemed to lack them in the club hut and I would whittle them as I walked around the field course. The bowls were carved just with the tip of my knife and the...

an awful lot of 'trade knives' were sent over either as finished knives or blades. Butchers knives like that were the most common, but other sorts too. Most were not expensive pieces at all and were churned out pretty low quality because they were going to the Colonies (not just the US, but the...