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'Viking' Tafl game. White pieces are Ash finished with BLO, black pieces are Oak finished with India ink. Board is plain old pine from...

I often do that kind of drilling and when separating them I will always hold the chuck as well as move the tail stock

No, I think he said he was thinking of sanding it off, and you can simply dull down the finish from gloss to matt if gloss is too much...

You mean a varnish like the one coming off?! 😀

Sand it off, then use Osmo worktop oil - I would do two or three coats and give it a light 240grit sand in between… Used that a year...

price of a laser is roughly based on the power power is roughly a metric of how thick a piece of wood it can cut to cut wood you don't...

I think I have my route forward - adapter arrived today to allow me to put the festool hose onto the drum sander - tried a few planks...

Camvac has been mentioned a couple of times, so I thought I'd add a warning. One of the motors in my twin-motor Camvac begins emitting...

Thank you for your analysis of my post ;) I think that if the OP is looking to move to something automated to replace scroll saws then...

mmm :) you have posted the thread as laser cutting and then you talk about CNC and ask about replacements to scroll saw work... Lasers...

thank you all for suggestions - I have an adaptor coming so that I can try the shop vac on the sander - if that works it will be the...

I had a drum type, never found it all that great, either for extraction or noise. Now have the top bag type, forget the make but £100...

Get yourself to an axminster store and ask to listen to a nvd750 - they are made by numatic in axy colours. Or in numatic red from...