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When I take the dogs out in the night 10 -12 for their toilet before bed time I hear in the woods an unusual sound. The sound is like a high pitch hammer drill and it goes on for a long time and then changes pitch. Any one have ideas what bird it can be? Thanks Mick

Hi I will try to put a photo on later Had a large flying wasp/ hornet came into my home The body was 3 cm long and then there was a tube sticking out of the back end Same markings as a wasp I have found a photo of hornet which just looks like a large wasp so not the same The second insect...

Hi I can put an edge on metal blades that will slice paper and take hair off my arm BUT I can not sharpen my ceramic kitchen knives I have a sharpener that will hold stones for sharpening my metal knives at the correct angle and I have managed to fit my flat diamond sharpeners in the holder I...

Hi I have just purchased as above and have tried to get it started I purchased some lighter fuel and have filled the hand warmer with the correct amount I have noticed that some on youtube seem to have the burner filled to the top with material[catalist]? Others seem to have a very thin layer...

Hi How can I get bushcraftuk to recognise me when I sign in? The password is such a mix of letters I cant remember it and have to look for my password book and look it up Mick

Hi Has anyone used a sand blaster for use on a karcher pressure washer? Looking for one to blast the paint and rust off a cement mixer and a metal garden seat before rust proofing and painting How long will a 25kg bag of sand last? Thanks Mick

I am suprised no one is interested in my 47kg bottles as advertised above in Members classified no one making a forge or stove? No offers?

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New knot shown on TV advert for N Power Would be great for tarps /tents Trouble is I cant get mine to work Any of you expert tried it????? Let me know if you master it Mick

I have just purchased a 5 ltr of paraffin for use in 2 old oil lamps for use in home when there are power cuts as there are no local shops that sell lamp oil which I think is a bit more refined I have been trying to find an additive that we used years back when we used paraffin for heating...

Hi Have a problem with rats and mice and looks like voals in my roof just cleaned out all the old glass fibre and refilled with new Noticed rat droppings under a board on the new lagging so put a trap and had a hit the first night Purchased more and set some mouse traps and had 3 voals Dont...

I know some on here have made an axe out of a hammer head I picked this one up thinking I may at some time have a go as it is only a small one It had the remains of a handle in it so I removed it and found unusual nails in the wood Two are tapered to a fine point but the other two are a...

Sat outside and noticed a small wasp type insect fly into a hole on the side of the bricks around my door The holes are where it had wooden dowels in for screws These holes are about 2" deep and the wasp was filling the hole with small segments of leaves Over the next few days it has filled...

Fire steel ,who has the most used or shortest Do you have one that is well used ? All pictures of knives show a steel that is almost new or not used Mick

Hi Aldi is selling a plastic bag with small plastic bottles and a spray container for cosmetics for flying restrictions These would also be usefull for camping so you dont have to carrry larger bottles,if it is cooking oil ,fuel or creams for sun and midges or washing soaps £3-£4 Mick

Hi Just insulated my loft with recycled plastic bottles insulation Its non itch like glass fiber and rockwool and and the insulating properties are more than rockwool and fiber glass Rockwool is R3. ? and plastic bottles are R5 Went to a local supermarket and found a Bed Duvet made from...

Hi I have a magazine delivered from The Caravan Club and in there is an advert for a water treatment chemical "Does your drinking water tast like this?" and there is a picture of a swimming pool. ELSIL liquid purifies without chlorine,tastless and odour free,destroys all known bacteria and...

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Found a piece of flint that was picked up off the shore years back when on holiday Told my young daughter it was a pirates finger that had turned to stone Decided to use it to make a spark Rubbed it fast on an old file, sparks were useless and loads of the flint was breaking off Is the...