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by cleaver
Thu 07 Feb, 2019 12:43 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?
Replies: 8
Views: 5988

Re: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?

Thanks Jules. Very first thing I asked is why they need fibre...they don't do gaming etc. Just surfing the net, emails etc. They reckon Virgin took out their phone line, so would have to get one re-installed to switch from fibre broadband. Totally agree about Virgin. We (stupidly) signed up years ag...
by cleaver
Wed 06 Feb, 2019 11:10 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?
Replies: 8
Views: 5988

Re: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?

Many thanks, John. Just wanted to get all my ducks in a row (with what other providers offer) before we call them. Yes, ideally, be great to keep the neighbours with Virgin on a negotiated deal (for simplicity's sake). But I don't like the idea of them being ripped off. Also, I'm curious/troubled ab...
by cleaver
Wed 06 Feb, 2019 8:52 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?
Replies: 8
Views: 5988

Re: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?

Thanks Chris.

Will start phoning the competition tomorrow - hope their sales people are clued up!

Any other responses will be very gratefully accepted, folks!!
by cleaver
Wed 06 Feb, 2019 6:52 pm
Forum: After Hours
Topic: Any Virgin Broadband users out there?
Replies: 8
Views: 5988

Any Virgin Broadband users out there?

Hi All. My elderly neighbours have asked me about finding them cheaper broadband/phone. They reckon they're currently paying £80 p/m with Virgin :shock: That figure includes international/national calls etc, but is still mad, if true (as there's no telly in their package). So I have been tasked with...
by cleaver
Wed 06 Feb, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: D.I.T.H.
Replies: 37
Views: 13985

Re: D.I.T.H.

D.I.T.H. for framing is one thing, I just hope it doesn't catch on for funerals. :shock:
by cleaver
Wed 06 Feb, 2019 9:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Linseed oil combustion...
Replies: 6
Views: 2464

Re: Linseed oil combustion...

I agree Mark, that info is pretty well known. But (in best Bob Geldof voice) if this thread saves just one life......

Hope all's well down there, fella.
by cleaver
Wed 06 Feb, 2019 12:17 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Linseed oil combustion...
Replies: 6
Views: 2464

Re: Linseed oil combustion...

I never knew that about steel wool/batteries....nice one, prospero.

You up past midnight again making that frame for me? :D
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 8:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Linseed oil combustion...
Replies: 6
Views: 2464

Re: Linseed oil combustion...

I've heard your prices have knocked a few people for six, Steve. :lol:
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 3:26 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Linseed oil combustion...
Replies: 6
Views: 2464

Linseed oil combustion...

I sort of knew about this phenomenon (or 'phenom', if you're under 30), through warnings on packaging....and I expect most on here also do. But I thought it worth posting this link, though.....just in case one person is unaware. https://www.popularwoodworking.com/flexner-on-finishing-woodworking-blo...
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 3:13 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Massive Mouldings
Replies: 43
Views: 31702

Re: Massive Mouldings

As long as you're not expecting me to pay rush charges :roll:
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 2:39 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hoffman / Dovetail keys
Replies: 4
Views: 2081

Re: Hoffman / Dovetail keys

Sorry everyone....just found a great thread about it on our forum. https://theframersforum.com/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=16943&p=129860&hilit=hoffman+router#p129860 I really must stop being trigger-happy starting threads on subjects that have been covered! I promise to use Google and the sear...
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 2:07 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hoffman / Dovetail keys
Replies: 4
Views: 2081

Re: Hoffman / Dovetail keys

Aaaah, just found a thread on the Grumble about this!

http://www.thegrumble.com/index.php?thr ... ter.54366/

But views from this side of the pond would be great to see (e.g. do UK framers use this system as much?)
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 2:02 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hoffman / Dovetail keys
Replies: 4
Views: 2081

Re: Hoffman / Dovetail keys

Thanks, Justin. Jeez, that looks like an expensive set-up.

Is yours the same...may I ask what sort of money a decent router set-up would cost / good models?
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 1:25 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Hoffman / Dovetail keys
Replies: 4
Views: 2081

Hoffman / Dovetail keys

Hi All,

Are these keys used much in the framing world?

Saw them on Lion's site and wondered if they are often used (if so, why), as opposed to stacking wedges.

:)
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 11:20 am
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Massive Mouldings
Replies: 43
Views: 31702

Re: Massive Mouldings

Yes, but if one butchers a mitre, I can't imagine how expensive the mistake is. Even cutting the longs first, you still have to have more moulding for the replacement long......at £!!! per foot (and/or have to make it up again - like the one in this thread). Anyway, you're kidding no one: you're pro...
by cleaver
Tue 05 Feb, 2019 10:14 am
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Massive Mouldings
Replies: 43
Views: 31702

Re: Massive Mouldings

LOL. but I am genuinely scared someone would ask me to make such a beast one day. And I'm guessing it wasn't hung with D.I.T.H (or whatever it's called) :lol:

BTW, What are you doing up at 3.41am!!
by cleaver
Mon 04 Feb, 2019 6:34 pm
Forum: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
Topic: Massive Mouldings
Replies: 43
Views: 31702

Re: Massive Mouldings

Any road up, that monster moulding this thread is about gets more amazing the more I look at it. Take a bow, prospero! :clap: :clap: :clap:
by cleaver
Mon 04 Feb, 2019 5:00 pm
Forum: Help!
Topic: making multi compatment frames
Replies: 15
Views: 3749

Re: making multi compatment frames

I hope you are doing your best to relieve him of some of his millions, mate! :wink:

Without going all Howard Hughes, it's gotta be an issue with all that bacteria being sealed in, hasn't it?
by cleaver
Mon 04 Feb, 2019 12:23 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: D.I.T.H.
Replies: 37
Views: 13985

Re: D.I.T.H.

I wonder what crushing the wire with a screw twisting round and round does to its strength? Aside from that, if I were a customer I might thing it was pretty sloppy (the sort of thing I could do badly myself). As someone said on another thread, customers very quickly turn over the job to see what it...
by cleaver
Mon 04 Feb, 2019 12:02 pm
Forum: Introductions
Topic: Potential Newbie seeks advice
Replies: 18
Views: 6745

Re: Potential Newbie seeks advice

Many, many thanks for saying that, Steve...it means a lot. I'm very aware that I don't have much to add to the forum, and mostly just leech off the knowledge of folk like yourself. But I just wanted to give the OP my impressions from a newbie's point of view. When I posted it, I thought maybe I was ...