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    Douglas fir blotching

    Hi guys I’ve hit a bit of a problem regarding finishing a Douglas fir project. Ive made three partition wall frames that are to be clad in t and g for a boat. The frames are finished with two coats of osmo clear oil. The first two frames have turned out great with a consistent absorbing of the...
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    Tool chest, seasonal movement can I screw small dividers To a solid base

    That’s great thanks for all the advice guys, you’ve put my mind at ease I’ll crack on now 👍🏻
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    Tool chest, seasonal movement can I screw small dividers To a solid base

    all options are still in the table haha iam holding off until I’ve got more info. That definitely sounds like a neater solution and solves the movment issues. Do you think I should leave the long dividers slightly shot to allow for expansion?
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    Tool chest, seasonal movement can I screw small dividers To a solid base

    Thanks James, here’s a picture of the basic idea with the dividers in loose at the moment and I’ve just rested a few bit of scrap to illustrate the cross grain ones. Hope that make it a bit clearer.
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    Tool chest, seasonal movement can I screw small dividers To a solid base

    Hi there thanks for the response. Yeh the case is all assembled, iam just playing with the lay out. I have two big strips the width of the case left and right that I’ll screw to the sides to support a top tray. At the moment I’ve just shot them to a snug fit but I can remove them. I was toying...
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    Tool chest, seasonal movement can I screw small dividers To a solid base

    Hi guys just a quick question. I’ve made a small tool chest to house my essential tools and iam at the stage of lining/ dividing out the inside to hold my planes in place. The chest is a through dovetailed construction with a solid 25mm base (similar the the David Barron chest if anyone’s is...
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    Mystery blue shade on plane mouth

    oh that’s a relief thanks. There was a second where I thought hold on have a closed the mouth up to much here and going to cause myself a problem. Haha
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    Mystery blue shade on plane mouth

    Hi Adam your bang on there. I was flattening a large euro oak table top
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    Mystery blue shade on plane mouth

    Hi there everyone, I wondered if anyone could help identify this strange blue tone that is starting to form around the mouth of my Stanley NO5 type 11? it almost looked like the steel is getting hot after use lol but iam sure i don’t plane that fast 😂 any way any suggestions would be great. Thanks
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    Startrite Mini advice needed!

    That’s brilliant Keith thanks for that, mine arrived yesterday looks in great condition and is perfect. Am well chuffed with it, just need to get some new saw blades and planner knifes and iam cooking on gas......maybup date the on/off switch for safety also.
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    Startrite Mini advice needed!

    Croatia blimey! Well am glad to here I have a fellow woodworker starting from the same point. Thanks for sending over those instructions, that’s great! I’ll send some shots when iam up and running.....very exciting!
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    Startrite Mini advice needed!

    Hi there Keith, apologies for piping you to the post on that one haha. Thanks for all the info Iam really looking forward to it arriving. I presume the bearings are those on the saw arbour and the planner block? I spoke to the previous owner this morning and he says it’s fully working and has...
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    Startrite Mini advice needed!

    Hi there guys, i’ve just purchased a Strartrite Mini combination machine for my small workshop, and was wondering if any of the members could give me any info as to there Quality and accuracy. I thought I’d start a thread now as the machine is due to be delivered at the end of the week and I...
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