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We also have an agency that's open every morning till 12.30 and it's quite well used. The lady who runs it is very friendly and helpful too. La Poste installed a large external post box just outside the office so that when the office is shut there's still the fascility to post letters. Parcels would have to go to another village though. There's less than 1000 people in our village, but it's slowly getting larger.

Unfortunately, no chance till next week as A d'bois is a trade place and ain't open Saturdaze.

One of the places we checked to see if we could find it was Weldom. They had the MDF, but it was the actual MDF. The bit that I looked at was 1m X 50cm and cost 7.50€ and 8 times that is NO WAY! I'll go back into Audoise d'Bois just down the road from the rip-off and see if they recognise either name? I just remenbered where I have seen some in the house. The back of a pikky frame, so now I have an example to take in.. I know the guys in Audoise d'Bois  so they will definatley help if they can.

No, they aren't the same Idun. Hardboard is also called HDF and apart from being cheaper it is more flexible, but not quite as strong. Here is the difference. As I will need at least 2 8' X 4' sheets MDF would be a lot more expensive.

We get them all the time here Paul. They are from the English speaking groupe in Carcassonne and they found out that we could speak English [:-))] Not too sure about that first one Cajal? I mean to say, Donald Duck, sorry Thrump will say that it was rigged [blink] As for the OP. I think that it's totally unfair to pick on a poor disalusioned French man like that. Good idea though [6]

Does anyone know the French name for hardboard please? I have got 'aggloméré' but when I do the translation back into English in our dictionary it comes up with the dreaded chipboard.. Is it 'isorel' by any chance [8-)]

Good, I always try to put the accent on the missing accent if it acentuates the accented problem, I think [8-)]

Did you know that if they were to shoot you that they would have boat loads of paperwork to fill in, BUT if it's a ricochette  it's OK and there isn't much writing. So, if they do decide to shoot you they aim at the ground in front of you and bingo, you get splattered with all sorts of bits, but not much paperwork for the shooter [8-|] "As for the chasse, they start off their day with a stiff drink and have hip flasks." I should think so too mate! It's cold out there at that time of the morning and they have to concentrate properly to insure they only hit someone else or their dog init [:-))] "which looked rather 'aise' (which needs an accent aigu on the e)." Like this ya mean Idun?  é, aisé [blink][kiss]

It looks like it could be shellac with a dark stain in it. The mix will soak more into the summer growth rings and not so much the winter growth wich forms more slowely and is more dense (bit like me??) and that shows the grain more.

Grain filler [8-)] When does it appear? All I saw was him using was what looked like PVA glue, commonly know as white glue for obvious reasons?

If you have a gander at this link that I posted above it shows how to do the splicing. Good 'ere init[blink] I have no idea why the curtains showed up again? I took me 3 tries to get rid of them and at one point I thought it was curtains for me [:-))]

I have the lathe that would be fine for a 2 piece que, but it would not be too easy to get just right. You would need to find out who selld the kits (brass joining threads, etc.) and I would probably go for some VERY straight grained ash wood. It's the wood most commonly used for tool handles and as well as being stable, when dry, is as tough as old boots as well as looking nice. It takes a nice finish too. Or you could do it this way I' never made one, but I did use the planing method for another small project [URL=http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Jonzjob/media/29/Curtain%20pole%205_zps9ivhzt2o.jpg.html][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/29/Curtain%20pole%205_zps9ivhzt2o.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Each one started from 55mm square by 2.5 m long, then planed and sanded to round. 40 curtain rings and the fittings turned and they now hang our lounge curtains in the 5 X 2.2 metre window [URL=http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Jonzjob/media/29/Curtain%20rail%20fifnishe_zpsysqvpam9.jpg.html][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/29/Curtain%20rail%20fifnishe_zpsysqvpam9.jpg[/IMG][/URL] SWMBO is very happy with them [8-|]

We went over to the S/W U.K. a couple of weeks back to see family there. We wanted to take something for a good friend who lost her husband a year back and as he was a real star I thought of this The star is made from the piece that came from the moon's centre. Getting the ballance between the 2 was tricky, but I am very pleased with the result. The wood is leylandii and came from one of the trees (82 of the things) that I had to cut down. The first time I turned it I was really surprised at how lovely the grain is. So it ain't all bad as a tree ?

I wonder if he could do that without CNC help?? [URL=http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Jonzjob/media/Wooden%20clock/bratchetgear1_zps8693112b.jpg.html][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Wooden%20clock/bratchetgear1_zps8693112b.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Done with the aid of a lathe, a band saw and by eye.. The ratchet works like a dream too [:-))]

An even better idea would be for me to go to the Pic de Bugarach. And catch the last spaceship out [8-|] With SWMBO of course [blink]

I will go into the old Cité of Carcassonne, after all it's stood the time through the Romans and gawd knows what else. Also, it should be OK as the neuk won't be able to penetrate the French border will it. After all, the Chenoble lot didn't manage it! [8-|]

This is made from 1" ply, stuck together to make it about 5" tall. It was awful to work with and there's loads of epoxy in the holes all over the blasted thing! [URL=http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Jonzjob/media/Plybowl2.jpg.html][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Plybowl2.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [URL=http://s47.photobucket.com/user/Jonzjob/media/Plybowl1.jpg.html][IMG]http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f180/Jonzjob/Plybowl1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] Box in a fuel tank? That would problaby be best done with some 12mm marine ply, but I wouldn't get ply to make a hen shed from M Bricolage if the one near here is owt to go by.

I used to have a plywood mirror [:-))]. On reflection, it sialed wonderfully with its red sails in the sunset [8-|] (Thinks --- I could write a song about that [I] )

I agree that the quality here is about a rough as it gets and that includes a good wood yard near us. I used to buy a load of 12mm ply from Severn Ply in the UK before we moved over 12 years back. Russian birch. It was top quality and not expensive. I have even bought a small amount of so called marine ply here, a couple of square metres,  and it would not have got anywhere near that cat in the U.K. I have turned ply here and spent 1/2 the time filling the holes that appeared. C r a p doesn't describe it. May I ask what it's going to be used for Nectarine?

Getting back on thread. We picked up our Vauxhall Corsa on Friday afternoon from Bristol airport. Low and behold, the dammed 12 socket doesn't work!!! The cigarette lighter if you want to call t that. Not I'm trying to find out whhat fuse is responsibe for the supply? I didn't discover the problem until we had left the hire car place and it would have been too difficult to return it! Has anyone any idea of which fuse it could be???

You mean this lot Alan? I love it when you go into someones house and the cats are wandering all around the kitchen work surfaces and tables [:-))] Very hygenique [blink]

But Gluey, the voltage will not drop. The voltage will stay at 12v, or nearer 14v with the engine runnung, and when the resistance rises due to a bad connection then the current must drop, not the voltage. Just as if you put a low wattage light bulb into a light socket at home it will take less current than a high wattage job. The resistance across a low wat bulb is higher than a high wat bulb. You have a circuit with a battery, incandescent bulb, switch, ammeter and reostat, OK. You turn the reostat to the minimum restance setting, switch the circuit on. The ammeter will read high and the bulb is bright. You now turn the reostat to the max resistance setting. The ammeter reading will drop and the bulb will dim. That's because the voltage across the bulb will drop due to there being a drop across the reostat. You have not changed the bulb wattage, but what you have done is to share the volts drop across the reostat and the bulb. Say that the battery is 12v, bulb 12v 12w, the reostat at min is 0 Ω. When you switch on the current will be 1 amp. Volts drop across the bulb is 12v.  You now increase the reostat to 1Ω, the same as the resistance of the bulb. The volts drop across the bulb will be 6v and the same across the reostat, the current will halve to 1/2 amp. Now, if you were to put 2 12w bulbs in series you would get the same effect and halve the current, but if they were in parallel then you would halve the resistance and double the current to 2 amps. BUT, that isn't taking into account the slight inductive load caused when you switch on an incandescent bulb and the current builds through the tight coils of the filament and Faradays Law kicks in for a moment.

No cats is an easy decision for us in that we don't feed and encorage the birds into our garden to feed the local uncontrolled, overfed cats. They are just not welcome in our garden1

You could always make good use of them?? [I][6][6][6][:-))]

Ah, but that don't not get very far before it are recktumfried do it an then it be DC already. Is it an alternator or an AC generator these days [8-)]