Cross drilling is the process of drilling through the head of the bolt, this allows for lockwire to be pushed through the head of multiple bolts. Once pushed through lock wire pliers can be used to spin the lock wire, this locks multiple bolts together and stops them coming undone. This can be seen in the example picture.

I'm a Scottish writer, poet and musician, born in Glasgow in 1972. I’ve lived in Edinburgh since 1995 and am very fond of cats.

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If you require any bolts that you have purchased to be cross drilled this can be done. Please just select the quantity of bolts that you require to be cross drilled. One you add this to the cart you will be required to fill in information of which size bolts you would like to cross drill.

If you require any further information please contact us on the following details, Tom@godivaif.com or call Tom on +44 (0) 7740448916

All text and photographs on this site are by Brian Lavelle unless otherwise credited and are copyright © Brian Lavelle 2024.

I'm always interested in opportunities for playing and recording with other improvising musicians. Please do get in touch if you're similarly inclined.

If you require any bolts that you have purchased to be cross drilled this can be done. Please just select the quantity of bolts that you require to be cross drilled. One you add this to the cart you will be required to fill in information of which size bolts you would like to cross drill.

If you require any further information please contact us on the following details, Tom@godivaif.com or call Tom on +44 (0) 7740448916

The practice of improvisation is important to me. Since early 2023, I've found my way back to the electric guitar, an instrument with which I've had a relationship for nearly 40 years; more and more I feel my focus now is on free improvisation and its possibilities.

Cross drilling is the process of drilling through the head of the bolt, this allows for lockwire to be pushed through the head of multiple bolts. Once pushed through lock wire pliers can be used to spin the lock wire, this locks multiple bolts together and stops them coming undone. This can be seen in the example picture.

I’ve been involved in improvised and experimental music since around 1990, and my work has involved acoustic and electric instruments, electronics, field recordings and other things which seemed fitting at the time.

I've had poems published in aswirl, whiptail: journal of the single-line poem and Password: journal of very short poetry.

Cross drilling is the process of drilling through the head of the bolt, this allows for lockwire to be pushed through the head of multiple bolts. Once pushed through lock wire pliers can be used to spin the lock wire, this locks multiple bolts together and stops them coming undone. This can be seen in the example picture.

If you require any bolts that you have purchased to be cross drilled this can be done. Please just select the quantity of bolts that you require to be cross drilled. One you add this to the cart you will be required to fill in information of which size bolts you would like to cross drill.

I’m half of Blind Roads Press with writer and walker Murdo Eason and half of Seacliff Press with author and poet Mark Valentine. You can see what we've produced on the Publications page.

The lines at the head of this page ('One thin cry...') are from The Wreck of the Archangel by Orcadian poet George Mackay Brown which can be found in his collection of the same name (London: John Murray, 1989).