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I'm very new to woodworking and bought a Stanley No 4 Smooth Plane 2 Inch to flatten some hardwood cherry boards I have. I was surprised and let down that the plane is unusable as new. Looks like I need to work on the blade with a couple of grits, some leather & green compound and a Honing...

Hi all, Newbie woodworker here ! Might be an odd question but when it comes to applying Danish Oil on a hardwood piece that's fairly small eg 20cm by 20cm, 1cm thick, instead of multiple applications of Danish Oil, why couldn't you just (or can you) pour the oil into a large flat container...

Just learning about and considering getting into hand planes, specifically for smoothing. Looking at youtube vids I would need some sharpening stones, one example I have seen is 250 course 600 fine 1200 superfine where's a good place online to buy these, at reasonable cost, as I say I'm just...

Having some confusion in regards to sanding a hardwood. Initally used a Mouse style sander which is 55W but the swirling was horrible, so i grabbed a rotary sander this is a 430W and a beast to handle. Really poor control and it goes where it wants. Doing straight lines with the grain was...

I have some machine planed wood that I am going to now use a mouse sander on to get truly smooth and flat (going through a sequence of grits). Can/Should I wet the wood first and leave it for a while to encourage fibres to raise? I'm new to woodworking and can recall reading that somewhere and...

Just wondering if anyone can recommend any good safety gloves to give me a bit of protection from my table saw blade. I'm taking all other safety precautions but am thinking a pair of reinforced gloves wouldn't do me any harm and might do me some good. I know nothing would protect me if i place...

Slightly vague question for which I apologise but I'm basically thinking out loud here. I am happy with the results from my planer thicknesser, one of these the wood comes out pretty much smooth as glass. Roughly speaking what sort of level of grit in sandpaper is it equivalent to? I've no...

Hi all, I'm a new woodworker having fun with some power tools. I learnt quickly that these things make a lot of dust and chips so got a quick dust extraction system set up. Basically its a Henry Hoover to a Cyclone (over a large plastic container) to the powertool eg Table Saw Now I have to...

I'm fairly new to using table saws. I'm changing out the blade my Bosch GTS 10 J to one more suited for cutting wood via rip. But for the life of me I cannot understand what the manual is telling me... My new blade is 2.8 thick. Will this cause a problem? In my mind, the `cut` is .5 thicker...

Hi all, I am a fairly new woodworker who has been surprised by the amount of dust my new powertools make (planer thicknesser, table saw etc) Want to err on the side of caution and get some type of Air Filtration System. Currently looking at a model on Rutlands for £200, can anyone suggest...

Hi all, I'm a newcomer to woodworking and currently using a planer for the first time. Just having some teething troubles I suspect, if anyone could advise me with these issues it would be greatly appreciated! It's a brand new machine, a Triton TPT125 Issue 1 - Horizontal slices? I seem to...

I have some rough wood I wont be using for a few weeks, is there a correct/best way to store it? Must it be flat or unstacked for example? I'm letting it acclimatise to the environment basically and dont want to do anything to negatively affect it. thanks!

A woodworking newbie (me) continues his journey with yet another question :) I have a table saw (this one https://www.amazon.co.uk/Scheppach-8-inch-Sawbench-Sliding-Extension/dp/B00DOZYZQI ) that takes a 210 by 30 blade. I want to cut (just) wood accurately with a clean smooth edge, across the...

I'm new to this woodworking lark :) I got some rough wood that I was curious to know the moisture content of. So I grabbed a highly reviewed "Wood Moisture Meter" from Amazon and stabbed the wood with it. I was getting readings between 1 and 4 percent. I was surprised how low this is. Is this...

Hi all, I am going to be making some painted art pieces onto wood blanks for a project. The wood blanks are an attractive cherry hardwood, about A4 sized and about 2cm thick. I am buying the wood as "rough" and then planing it down to expose the grain. The wood blank will be square and...

Hi all, First time poster, apologies if this is a dumb question. I am new to woodworking and looking to purchase some wood. The type I need is available as "Sawn Board" or as "Planed All Around" It's Cherry American Hardwood and the amount is 3 metres x 25mm thick x 300mm wide As Sawn Board...