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Hi stuartpaul I’m interested and not too far away Will send you dm

Thanks for your message but I’m looking at single phase not three phase

In case anyone has a single phase surfacer they are not using or wanting to sell I have been looking for what feels like an age, ideally in the south west although would consider travelling further - thanks.

Thanks for the very clear show and tell, i have not used the pocket hole jigs but am aware they are popular - i had imagined you may have a doweled /domino connection there. Also really interesting to hear that maple is a cheaper alternative to MDF !! Wow. I hate MDF so in your shoes would...

Nice workmanship! Can I ask how you joined your maple face frame together?

i use a low angle block plane on end grain and it works very well if the blade is sharp.

I’d avoid osmo - we used to use it a lot on doors and windows but have stopped after numerous customer complaints. Have you looked into polyvine products? Tristan

Thanks BEE13, you have given me a further line of investigation to look at the inductive type meters! And thanks for the link to your previous post about this subject

Haha thanks for the tip- not a fan of the sight of woodworm in the workshop, however these really do send my pulse racing

Thanks For the suggestion I’ll have a look at these tonight 👍

Well really it's for checking timber once its been delivered - but thanks for the pinless sugestion - having had a look they are a more than i want to spend so i think i will settle for a pin meter with an addtional hammer in probe to put my mind at rest about getting "into the oak". Perhaps the...

Funnily enough that is the exact one I’m thinking of getting, just can’t quite believe I’ll be able to get the spikes deep enough into the oak board to get beyond the surface reading 🤷‍♂️

Morning all, i have only recently discovered this greast forum and wanted to ask about moisture meters. I generaly work in strucutral timbers which are green , but also carry out glazing and similar on green oak buildings for which i use air dried joinery grade british oak for the glazing cover...