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On a good quality table saw it cuts very cleanly. Routing wise …a sharp cutter is best 😀. In respect of sanding the long grain ….it can scratch easily from the edges of folded sandpaper.. I’d avoid using a belt sander. The parts of the redwood heartwood can stand proud of the background.

Second slab (42mm) of sequoia just cut to size on a friends industrial table saw

and if your not careful with sandpaper will scratch very easily too

Well you make an egg first 😂😂

Not the best idea to put your email address on an open forum

I see small side tables 😍😍

….id be scared of marking it when I used it though 😱

Update ….the seller has now offered to cover the cost of the pad as a partial refund 👍👍👍

I got a replacement pad next day from Amazon (£21) …might just bite on the bullet and stay away from this seller for future purposes

Fair enough …but a week off work this week to move a few projects forward and I loose the use of the sander until next week in reality

Was in comms with the eBay supplier today concerning the backing pad that fell apart after 4hrs use. The supplier wants me to return the whole unit inc case etc back to them !!! That’s a potential 4 days loss of use for a simple backing pad …..not acceptable in my book

An old friend of mine was at one time the Head of R&D for Fibreglass. As they were developing the plasterboard/ bonded on fibreglass idea for retrofit house insulation (this was the 1980’s) they did an experiment using two std rawlpug plasterboard fitting (the plastic type that expanded behind...

Another idea if this is a ‘floor level’ drawer with by wheels (suitable shimmed to touch the floor etc) underneath the base to take the load and the side rails then are purely guides.

Or just use one set of heavier duty slides

….and then we have an issue ☹️ after almost finishing the second slab of chestnut today …on 40 grit discs in the forced rotation mode the backing pad split in two. The white side rubber layer between the hook/loop pad and the steel mounting plate has ripped off the steel plate. After around 6...

Two 2400 long 40mm thick slabs of chestnut milled off on my table and a 1st wipe over with finish …trip to my mates commercial table saw ahead to trim it up/ create a centre joint line

Larks tongues in aspic jelly was a Victorian delicacy

Sweet Chestnut cookie 1200mm x 700mm after flattening and first coat of finish

Been on holiday all this week so with the fine weather today it was another chance to test out the 6050. I needed to prep up a pair of chestnut slabs - 2400 x 400mm for a show I’m attending in late June, so after milling flat one slab out came the 6050 instead of my monster Wolf belt sander to...

Spent 90 mins or so with my newly bought Makita 6050 this afternoon….quite impressed so far