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Thanks bc again chaps. Sadly my bc quite to get three phase power connected here was in excess of £500,000 which is clearly a non starter. They needed to bring it 600m underground down a couple of lanes, revamp the transformer and add another substation supposedly. @deema if there is anyway...

Thanks for the replies chaps. Looking at possibly buying some reasonably high end (from bc a complexity standpoint) bits of three phase woodworking machinery that contain various electronics. Been told that the quality of the phase converter output needs to be very stable for these to work...

Hi Rob. Did you ever end up putting in a phase converter? In a similar situation and looking at JFK too. Thanks

Be very interested in anything you find out. Please post it. Many thanks

Would highly recommend the drive up to LN from Boston if you have the time. Lovely venue. They used to do a tour of the manufacturing facility but not sure that is still running. Either way they have a show room that you can try their different hand tools in. You also have the Centre for...

I can recommend Our Courses - Ian Parker

Been on one of his courses which was excellent. Take a look at his website and IG feed to get a good feel https://ianparkerstudio.co.uk/our-courses/

You could take a look at this. A most excellent three days https://ianparkerstudio.co.uk/art-course/

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Agree about the style of Paul's rocker over Charles Brock's one, although it is more the technique and detail that Brock goes into that I found invaluable. That said I'm sure you'll be fine without it. One thing I forgot to mention is when you get the plans it is well worth popping down to a...

Hi Adam, I see Brock's set is currently $89 at Highland. Definitely worth it in my mind. Here is the line to Hal Taylor's book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Make-Beaut ... or+rocking From memory he recommends against making a chair in cheaper wood, although from memory I can't remember why...

Hi Adam, My pleasure. I have also bought the rocker plans from Paul but haven't had the chance to start my own rocker. I would say that just doing it with the plans and not some form of guide would have been pretty hard in my opinion and I'm not sure I would have made it through, or at least...

I've made a couple of Maloof low backed chairs. Not yet tackled a rocker. Presume you have seen the three US guys selling plans/videos. I used Charles Brock's for the low back chair and it was extremely helpful. Also Canadian woodworks on youtube has some great videos. If you have any...

You could try Osmo white on the Maple. Will help keep its original colour. Osmo raw for the walnut

I was wondering whether anyone on the forum had explored the CAD software Onshape. It looks pretty interesting, particularly as it looks like it could work on an iPad or phone, and is probably free for most woodworkers who don't have huge requirements. Link is...