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Get on over to Clockparts.com and you can pick up these excellent mini quartz movements for 20% off - that’s just $3.96 each. That’s a very good price, but it’s just the start. Order 5 and it drops to $3.16 and the more you order the more you save. Order over 100 and the price for each mini quartz movement is just $1.20!

These mini quartz movements set the standard for the industry and have a 10 year guarantee. They run of a single “AA” battery and are accurate to 2 seconds per year. What’s more the prices include a free choice of hour and minute hand and clock hardware!

We don’t know how long this offer will last so if you want to take advantage of these superb mini quartz movements you better get on over there a.s.a.p. That web page is Mini Quartz Movements

With just nine weeks to go until Christmas many of us woodworkers are busy with Christmas gifts - whether that’s one or two items for friends and family or a bunch of different things for craft shows and Christmas fayres.

If you’re anything like me it’s quite often difficult to come up with new Christmas gift ideas. It’s with this in mind that Rockler have set up an area of their online woodworking supplies store which might well provide some inspiration.

Personally I love the domino template (perhaps it’s my age!) or maybe a cribbage board or a poker chip box would be more appropriate for someone you know? How about a cast iron coffee mill mechanism to make a special gift or a kit to make a xylophone for a younger member of the family?

There’s a range of over seventy different items that woodworkers could potentially turn into unique and treasured Christmas gifts. many of the items are currently on sale and all offer excellent value.

The whole range can be ordered online at: www.rockler.com

It’s a problem woodworkers have had for years - made worse by the introduction of composite board - what length can you make a shelf so it doesn’t sag in the middle?

The rather unhelpful answer would be that it depends on the material, the thickness of your shelf, its width and length. But how do you work it out? Personally, I’ve always guessed - base on the size of the project I need to build - and by trial and error, sometimes having had to buy the shelf material in the first place. At best it’s a dreadfully inaccurate way of doing things, at worst it’s an expensive waste of board!

Well over at Woodbin.com there’s now an excellent online tool that can to a great extent solve these problems. It’s rather amusingly titled “The Sagulator” and you can choose from a wide variety of materials (hardwoods, softwoods, composites, even glass) and then input thickness and predicted shelf load.

It’s an excellent idea and a very good guide. It’s not foolproof of course because if you’re using sheet material the quality and structure can vary - but even then it should provide a very good place to start from. It’s definitely going on my favorites list.

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