Recent content by gulvalgoose

I made a coffee table with Lacewood top and Sapele legs that worked nicely, but I don't think would have worked at all had I used Sapele on the Top. I feel a darker contrasting timber for the top such as walnut would be nice. You could always consider fuming Oak with Ammonia to get a lovely...

Triton appear to have just released a bench top planer available at Yandles https://www.yandles.co.uk/triton-1100w-surface-planer-152mm-6/p26288 As it's new I cannot find much information about it online. Does anyone know if it's a clone of a machine from recent past? I rate their...

MikeG , Droogs - very good points, and something I may consider once/if I get the PT in the space. Never really considered a track saw as I rarely work with sheet goods, but recently I am being wooed by them. Particularly with so many budget models picking up decent reviews - could certainly be...

Hi Trevanion and MikeG, thanks for your responses. Trevanion - that was what I was weighing up, I was looking from the budget end of the market for a surface planer to compliment the thicknesser, but there was not really anything apart from cheap combined PT's ie the Erbauer. The only machine I...

its approx 12 x 8 ft , though a fair bit of that is lost with table saw, workbench, router table and general niks naks

Hello all, I am new here. I am mainly a hobbyist, but occasionally get small paid carpentry and furniture making jobs. But it's early days with that. I have just taken a punt on a planer thicknesser (12", reputable firm), as it was offered at a price that seemed worth a gamble. I currently...