In Blekinge they don't know what a plank scarph is. It is akin to showing a hewn garboard to an Englisman. Unknown. They have been using butt blocks...
Around here we always try to fill the cells of the wood with something that stays there so they cannot be filled with water. Following the principle...
I have rewound a burned out electric engine. I have poured by own babbitt bearings and scraped them to fit using scrapers made from scrap metal. One...
Some Norwegians call them "tiljer". In my dialect of Swedish we say "faarvied" or something like that. I don't know how to spell it. The wider and in...
Working on some new sole boards or whatever they are called around the engine. I have also put in new ceiling in the hold. In Österhankmo at the time...
In my case I transport my logs using a 1971 model Massey-Ferguson 165 equipped with winch and log trailer. I can handle logs up to 8 metres long or 9...
To make wooden threads you normally start by making a tap. That is the only difficult part of it. Older taps were hand forged, square in section and...
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