Recent content by Doodahdebs

Is that black edge a metal frame? If it is it makes more sense.

I fitted my ducting about 20 years ago and couldn’t afford metal at the time so used plastic soil pipe. I was aware of the static issue so I ran a copper wire along the outside of the pipe fixed at intervals with a self tapping screw that went just through to the inside of the pipe. I took the...

Wearing every time

I’ve been making furniture professionally for twenty five years with no accidents, until this spring. I had made a cut on the bench saw, turned it off and for some unknown reason went to clear the waste away before the blade had stopped running. I caught the tip of my thumb in the blade and now...

I have mixed artists acrylic paint into cascamite in the past. I mixed the glue as normal and then added dark brown to colour it. I was glueing some beautiful burr veneer and it had a few little holes that would let the glue through. It worked a treat, had no effect on the strength of the joint...