Hi all at the moment I'm waiting to move and most lightly to a flat so won't have anywhere for my shed / workshop so will have to scale down my tools a lot I'm intrested in metal work wood work leather work ect what would you suggest for a small tool kit for all things crafty thanks to anyone with sugestions or for just looking
need some advice please help
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If you're used to some sort of a workshop, I think the most difficult thing would be not having a bench. Many boat layouts have the bunk double as a bench. Admittedly there's a bit of messing about to get the mattress out of the way while it's a bench, but it's better than nothing. You can store tools under it too. Don't let them go rusty if it gets at all damp under there. 
Yes, boat. They tend to be on the small side, a bit like flats. Use yer loaf!
Ever heard of a narrowboat... they're pretty common and tend to be fairly small...
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Ever heard of a narrowboat... they're pretty common and tend to be fairly small...
Yes but a narrow boat isn't a boat.
You intending to wind as many people up as possible this weekend or something?
Ok... if it's not a boat what is it... bearing in mind the official dictionary description of a boat is
BCUK isn't a navy. Is there any need to be so awkward just for the sake of it?
a good sized log makes a fairly decent substitute for a workbench, i've got a great big chunk of leylandii that i to use for all sorts of crafty things, i fixed some old carpert to the bottom of it so that it doesn't damage the floors and drilled a couple of holes in the top so that i can screw a vice to it. it's a good, cheap, very stable surface that i can drill/hammer/clamp/glue/nail etc. it works well for me
HTH
stuart
Narrow but long...
Bearded men with hammocks, it's not far off.
You're totally wrong with the naval definition... Just because some navies define a submarine as a boat that doesn't make every other thing that floats a ship.
I always thought that the difference was that a boat heeled into the direction of the turn when turning (kind've like riding a bike round a tight corner) whereas a ship heeled away from the direction of the turn (something to do with ship stability and moments and I can't remember what else), all to do with the dynamics of how they behave more than anything else...
That may just be idle scuttlebutt tho maties, y'arrrr!
I would like to see a 5000t 'boat' submarine piggybacking it's way home on top of a 5000t 'ship' frigate tho
That may just be idle scuttlebutt tho maties, y'arrrr!
I would like to see a 5000t 'boat' submarine piggybacking it's way home on top of a 5000t 'ship' frigate tho
A "ships boat" is a tender to a ship - it is not a sub!
A "workshop" is somewhere to make things be it in a boat or on dryland - not somewhere to sell work (though sometimes you can buy things in a workshop if they do not have a shop where they sell their work) though can also refer to a practical seminar in a particular skill.
A "narrowboat" was originally a barge pulled by horses - but is now a cannalboat powered by engines whos power is measured in "horsepower"
"stump-work" is a form of woolen embroidery - not work done on a stump of wood being used as a workshop either on a narrowboat or a ship of the line (but stumpwork can be done in such a workshop).
A set of tools for a small work area in a small flat - I would recomend a B&D workmate and a table top that you can clamp onto said workmate , made from a sheet of MDF with a 4x2 screwed to the underside.
Worktop/vice/clamp in one packable package.
Add a plastic storage bin that will slide away under your sofa/bed and you can safely store alll your usual tools from drill and sander to knives and files, well out of the way
I hope that all helps
A "workshop" is somewhere to make things be it in a boat or on dryland - not somewhere to sell work (though sometimes you can buy things in a workshop if they do not have a shop where they sell their work) though can also refer to a practical seminar in a particular skill.
A "narrowboat" was originally a barge pulled by horses - but is now a cannalboat powered by engines whos power is measured in "horsepower"
"stump-work" is a form of woolen embroidery - not work done on a stump of wood being used as a workshop either on a narrowboat or a ship of the line (but stumpwork can be done in such a workshop).
A set of tools for a small work area in a small flat - I would recomend a B&D workmate and a table top that you can clamp onto said workmate , made from a sheet of MDF with a 4x2 screwed to the underside.
Worktop/vice/clamp in one packable package.
Add a plastic storage bin that will slide away under your sofa/bed and you can safely store alll your usual tools from drill and sander to knives and files, well out of the way
I hope that all helps
Stone me, guys, what have you been up to while I've been out?
I just meant -- Oh, sodit. Whatever you like.
I just meant -- Oh, sodit. Whatever you like.
Speak for yourself !
I keep checking, but nope, Mother Nature's leaves me without
M.Scottishwanderer, wind your neck in please. I come here to chill out, I'd like to keep it that way.
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