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You will also need to take time to work out the various thicknesses you want cut a lot of spacing sticks 25mm x 25mm (I think I spaced then 300mm apart ) time to put the timber into the kiln think it took me 2 days for the 5 trees then checking temp & amount of water coming out each day to...

I built a Kiln 10 years ago for a mate out of polistiren using a arrowsmith drier what ever they recommended as a drying time I ether doubled it or added 1/3 and only had one pice with any shakes the timber consisted of oak elm beech and ash all dried at the same time I worked out that...

Thanks Paul that is what I want the bullnose plane would require the removal of the door which I want to avoid Thanks again Stairman

I have a customer that has doors binding on the door stops (no I did not fit doors or stops) the stops are Oak and full width I am sure that in the past I used a "SLIP plane " only to increase the clearance but can't find this tool listed on any tool sites. Can anyone help?

what is resitant to big diamond ring scratching (a solid diamond worktop ?)

I haven't compared prices lately but wealden were 1/2 the price of trend for the bits I use and I have not been aware of any difference in quality or ware rate between them

Trend tend to be readily available in local shops and have a extensive range but tend to be expensive Welden are the company I use as they are cheaper then Trend and if ordered before about 4pm have seen them arrive the next day

I got advised to look away from the monitor every 20min and focus on something further away (supposed to be good for the EYES

Nice when that happens hope it behaves now

Have drawn what I think you want here. You can either pack standard thickness timber to height or cut larger timber down If the floor only slopes one way place the timber across the level direction

sorry no work-in-progress shots was to engrossed in making it to remember the camera

First paid lathe work took me 14 hours (don't have a Legacy JFC) http://gofor.whatisruleone.com/barley%20twist%20003.jpg http://gofor.whatisruleone.com/Barley%2 ... %20001.jpg Had to match the exsting cast iron spindles

I believe there is a problem with auger bits as they have lead screws and pull the bit into the work, I would suggest foster bits or filing the screw threads off to a point

Merry Christmas everybody :D and a Happy New Year My first attempts turning a Snowman http://gofor.whatisruleone.com/woodturn ... %20003.jpg The one on the left is unhappy according to my brother because I showed it to him and he said it had no face so I proceeded to mark a face with the...

The way I saw a Axe sharpened on a film was to put the heal of the axe against a fixed bit of wood and fit the handle end of the file into a hole to give the required angle and swing the file back and fore turning the axe over and doing the same to the other side. This I have used and find it...