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Recently moved house, simple 1980s concrete panel garage with concrete roof. No visible leaks inside and plenty of air flowing through garage.
Why am I getting such problems with damp? Wood is moulding, anything made of crappy steel rusting v fast. See pics of lathe and...
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I'm trying to buy some Amber for a base stain on maple for guitar finish to be darkened over to build up a decent finish.
Does anyone have a recommendation for a decent yellow/Amber widely available in the UK that would work for this base colour?
All help appreciated.
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I'm trying to finish a basic pine desk in white epoxy (wife wants it to match son's other furniture) Anyways--where can I get enough white epoxy to finish the desk surface (circa 1200mm x 750mm)? Seems pretty expensive stuff (i.e. more than the wood itself!).
OR--an alternative white...
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Finishing some maple in tru-oil on the lathe and getting black marks when attempting to cut it back with superfine steel wool: any better ideas much appreciated? Am I doing something wrong?
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Simon.
thanks all--v interesting. @Iain Allen those yew smallpipes at lochalsh look brilliant--lovely set up. great to see these native woods being used for real instruments.
Hi @niall Y yes--interesting thanks--I've done it roughly this order:
Rough turn the blanks to round
Bore a 3mm hole all the way through in one go--I am basically using my nova chuck to hold the spindle blank in contration mode, and using the tailstock with a Jacobs chuck in it to make the full...
I've got some amazing Yew--and am aware of it's toxic properties--always wear a respirator when turning it--but I'd really love to use this for a practice chanter which would involve blowing into the thing. Can I do this? Should I use epoxy or something to seal the whole thing inside and out--or...
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Newbie here, thank you for adding me.
I’ve just bought and had delivered three M4 taps to make a thread in some mild steel—the three are supposed to be used in order—is there an easy way for me to tell which one to use first, second and third please?
The only difference I can visually...