Recent content by Rich C

Patio gas has a different fitting (clip on rather than screw on) and sell for more money because you pay for convenience I guess. The bottles are sightly different sizes too.

I stained an outdoor wood store with a cheap paraffin gun and a compressor. Messy but works well for that sort of rough work and cheap as chips. I used an outdoor spirit based stain so it was quite thin from the tin and just sprayed straight on.

Shelf span is about 800mm, aiming for 200mm depth. There are current shelves in mfc that I'm replacing as they have sagged badly hence wanting to use ply or timber.

Mdf is much less stiff than ply or hardwood, I don't think it will take the load.

How does it compare in terms of strength?

I'm planning to make a painted bookcase, I was planning to use bb/bb birch ply but with the way prices are now in considering alternatives. Any thoughts on a wood or material that is at least as stiff and takes paint well? Maybe some other grade of ply or a cheap hardwood? Beech and poplar...

18mm bb/bb up to £168 a sheet at my local place. B/bb nowhere to be found.

@Ttrees I sterilise by using some neat isopropanol. It's to hand and won't ruin the temper.

I use a sharp pair of tweezers.

I would use whichever is cheaper.

It's double barrelled. Pat-tina. PT for short.

Goblets is an interesting thought. Not sure muy branches are straight enough. Trunk is 12-14" (only just less than my chainsaw) so a bit hefty for that.

I think wood turpentine is traditional. That said there doesn't seem to be much difference between them, they're both extracted from pine.

Well now I have lots of apple. Thinking ill get a few bowl blanks out of the trunk sections at least.

Build a frame and hang some welding blankets? They're pretty cheap online.