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I’ve received a good bonus from my day job and looking to upgrade my sanding kit for my tables ….two options so far are the 6050 or the 6030 150mm units…..has anyone any experience with them ?

A bit of advice etc from those in the know ……how close to or what gap is required between a kitchen wall cupboard and the sude if a combi boiler ?

They are back in at Lidl at £6.99 fir two large clamps or 2 medium plus 2 small

After my recent trip to a wood supplier in Stafford I acquired a large piece of Sequoia After assessing it I ran my circular saw across it to separate the piece into a top section and a longer narrow piece that would form the waterfall leg and leave around an 800 mm length for another...

After getting my slabs cut into useable large ‘planks’ my current milling setup is not big enough to cope with a 2.1m x 1 m project. My current table was a very simple low cost build from ‘scrap‘ timber with a 4ftx4ft ply bed and 4” high sides from mdf. The router sled was made up from 18mm...

Been out most of today getting some of my stored up slabs on a mill - found a great guy in Lancashire … Treecycle2020 aka Keith who has a portable mill and two Alaskan chainsaw mills that can cut up to 5ft boards. Took my slabs of oak, beech and chesnut beech slab 2400 x 900 x100 so the 6...

Has anyone here got one or used one etc …what’s your thoughts

Is anyone going to it or exhibiting etc…it’s a free pitch 3mx3m ….so I’m going with some slab tables and my wife is taking her sweet treats.

Cut down a dead hazelnut tree today ….it’s been dead as long as we’ve been here -7 years or so . saved the trunk section s 4-5” dia and in approx 30” lengths for al you turning enthusiasts I travel to lots of areas of the uk with my daytime job so could meet at convenient places etc to hand...

My journey into making slab tables started back in around 2012 when I bought a 70mm thick piece of very old oak off an eBay seller in Lincolnshire. Not having much in the way of tools/techniques I simply sanded the cupped and twisted slab before treating it with danish oil. It was mounted on...

Having finally got my hands on this very interesting book matched..ish slices of figured elm I thought I would document the journey from receipt of the wood to finished project. Here is the elm as I received it The elm is 22mm thick but the reverse side isn’t anywhere near flat …..and isnt...

Spotted an older Axminster dust/chip extractor on eBay whilst I was away this week …. collection only - but 6 miles from me Collected it at lunchtime today including a short length of 100mm hose some spare filter bags too ….£28 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Travelled across to where I lived almost 10 years ago today to collect some oak slabs from a new contact A real treasure trove of a place …hes actually a stone mason but a real hoarder too 😁 Got a 88 x 27 x 3” thick slab of oak …quite a split down the middle but will work as a stiched bow tie...

Currently working on some end grain spalted beech cookie slabs ….thinking of using the Oli Natura hard wax oil as a finish. Has anyone on here any experience with it ?

On my extensive travels around the UK with my job I recently hit my hands on two cookie cuts of spalted beech from a fantastic timber merchant in Weston Super Mere. over 800mm across and approx 80-90mm thick I’ve spent some time levelling one of them so far on my home built slab milling...