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As the title suggests the shaper trace is a brilliant invention. I do not have a shaper origin but do have a normal CNC router and a 3d printer. I saw a video of the trace and thought it looked good so for £109 I gave it a go. It is basically a plastic frame with dots on but combined with the...

I have to build a large panelled front door with 2 wide side windows and frame soon. Probably be using Utile or maybe Abodo though a little concerned it might be too soft for the frame/cill. Maybe a combination. Regardless it needs finishing in a solid colour. I have used Morells omnia before...

I have been on a quite annoying search today for a nice quality combo 300mm square in metric only, I would not have expected it to be so hard to find one. The Empire one I have is adequate but getting super worn, hard to read and I have never really loved the markings on it, no one seems to do...

Hi everyone. I have to make some under stairs drawers for storage and need some runners. They need to be 800 to 900mm long ish and full extension and if possible with push to open. Normally I like the Blum ones with tip on or whatever its called but they don`t go that long. Wondering if there...

I am about to repaint our house again. Just white matt emulsion is what we have used before but it gets so grimy with the kids I am looking for a better more cleanable emulsion. The first time we did it we used the Dulux trade matt and it was ok but didn`t like being wiped at all, last time I...

I have just ordered some Abodo wood which is supposed to be a good alternative to Accoya. It is made from the same radiata pine from New Zealand but is heat treated at source rather than being shipped to the Netherlands for pickling. Aparently its a class 1 durability, the best part is its only...

I have to install some engineered Oak flooring soon which is laquered. My problem is I have to make a few trims and a large nosing for a step from solid oak and some other Oak bits in the same room. I called the supplier and asked if they knew what laquer it was but they told me the...

As you can tell by the title I am having an issue with the drains. We have had a flood emenating from a manhole cover on our drive and one inspection cover in the garage, it`s gone through the airbrick in the garage and under our hung floor too. There is black sludge everywhere, Thames water say...

I am about to build a little lean-to roof over my patio doors, mainly so we can open them even if its raining. I will use a simple timber frame and single sheet of twin wall polycarbonate 2.1m wide and 2m long, this is nice because I won`t need any joins in it and I have some reclaimed joists...

Hi I have been trying to run my cnc router better and taking more notice of the recommended chip load settings for the bits etc. In doing so I have already decreased my spindle speed for many bits to 18000 rpm and increased my mm/min on X and Y, still very conservative at 5000mm/min but I...

Hi I have been meaning to build a briquette machine for some time to use up my shavings in my woodburner in the winter. My initial plan was to use a log splitter and modify it as I have seen several versions of on youtube, been looking for a local cheap log splitter for a while to no avail...

A bit of a random one but does anyone here use any kind of joinery specific software such as endtoend, Joinery soft, Calwin, Cinch, or something I haven`t found yet. One thing they all have in common is the fact that the price is not shown, which is a worrying sign to say the least. I am sort...

Hello I have been asked to do a job making some windows and need to calculate the U value for the proposed design. I will be using heritage Double glazed units that give a U value of 1.2 ( 4/8/4 krypton filled ) so I know that value at least. Utile or Accoya timber and probably AQ21 or similar...

Well, now it looks like we can become festool powered cyborgs. The future is clearly now ! https://www.festool.co.uk/campaigns/microsites/exoactive#ExoActive I nearly spat out my coffee, then checked if it was April 1st. However, upon looking at it I thought it might be helpful for people with...

I am making a guitar kit ( electric ) for my Son at the moment. The body has a thin figured maple veneer on the front which we want to stain in a fade like this sort of thing The body not the fancy neck and headstock. I have bought some Chestnut spirit stains and done a couple of practice...

Hi Just wondering if there is a way to do what I am trying to do. I have some guitar part STL files, they are accurate and good files ( I purchased them ) but I want to modify some of the parts to my own design, adding and modifying the outer shape but keeping the important geometries of the...

Hi I just picked up a couple of boards of OSB3 from Wickes. I am going to use them as a roof deck for a combined bin/ log store next week. This will have a fibreglass applied to it. The instructions for the fibreglass stuff says to have the "rough side " or the "printed side" up. I didn`t...

As the title suggests I am annoyed with Screwfix. I have been a customer as long as I can remember. They have always had the book in store, they used to do the nice big one with laminated pages, then during the lockdowns they stopped that and just put a dog eared copy of the small book on the...

I stumbled accross this guy on youtube yesterday, watched a couple of vids where he tours a pretty awesome tool shop and the owner sorts out his ryoba as it wasn`t cutting right. Thought I would post a link as his channel name has nothing to do with woodwork at all so could be easily missed...

I am making some gates and a door from air dried european oak, they need finishing with a satin matte non film forming finish, so an oil I guess. Was going to use Owatrol textrol but they say its not for "new" wood and either needs ageing a year (not really an option) or treating with another...