Recent content by Simoli

Looks really nice. Olive wood is one of my favorite woods. So far I have not had the opprtunity to work with it, only look at it in stores in such. That stuff is however very expensive over here, even the ebay prices are high.

Looks good so far. That thing is going to be heavy.

Very nice and very elegant looking.

I flew RC helicopters for quite some time. Don't have any experience in the cars, but can give you one bit of advice... get out the $$$. For quality parts you will spend a bunch of money. I've looked at a few cars and figured out they are pretty pricey for the durable stuff. You may want to...

If I recall using a transformer only changes the voltage output, not the frequency.

Excellent project results with scraps. I wish I had some scraps like that laying around.

Pretty slick idea. It looks like mahagony to me.

Classy looking doors.

Some random thoughts from me, not trained in history ro culture. My experience from Italy is that the country does not have much in terms of trees. Northern Italy does have quite a bit of trees but that was not until early last century. This makes me believe that the people in that area would...

I agree, my brain only works in board foot.

That auction would do alot better with more detailed pictures. It would be hard to justify spending so much money on tools that you really don't have any idea of what shape they are in.

You may want to check in to Betty Ford's Spokeshave Clinic. :lol:

Ouch. I don't think you will be able to hone your way past the nicks and still have the three blades at the same height. I know what you mean about taking forever to get the blades adjusted, that's the worst part about my planer, next time I'm buying one with the carbide insert helix head.

Definitely not cherry (at least from my side of the pond) or brazilian cherry, the grain is waaay too strong. It's funny you should mention being a woodworker and not knowing what would you are working with, I go through that all the time. Every once in a while I'll find a cuttoff of some tree...

The current issue of Shopnotes has a plan. It's more of a cabinet system but may be worth a look.