The not quite Elsecar haul

I didn't manage to buy anything from the Elsecar show. OK, that's not quite true; there are a couple of goodies for future Garden Rail articles, but nothing for me personally. We came close, but I have more than enough projects knocking around at the moment.This isn't to say my wallet escaped unscathed. You see, the venue is home to a couple of antique centres, craft stalls, and a beer shop. From the latter, I bought piña colada cider, and from the craft shops, some Christmas presents. In the antique centre, there is a tool seller, and there I found a cased Arcliner compass. I have part of one of these, but for a fiver, the new one has the extension bars, so I can now draw an arc over two feet in radius. This could be very handy, as I've found a few occasions when being able to scribe a reasonably accurate curve would be really helpful. Yes, you can use a bit of string, but it will stretch. The only other solution is to make a compass from a bit of wood. This works, but a proper tool…