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I've been looking for day's for the post picture of the last thing you make and I can't find it So I have decided to post in General woodworking Sorry Made and posted for Christmas for my brother-in-law pool shed with a bar

Yep an invaluable lesson. after changing a design by the wife of my coffee table I have found my self short of Elm. so I have rang all my local wood suppliers for one length 3x2 by 1 meter I have had one quote for £187.00. The original sawmill is playing silly pippers with me. My time is now...

Ok my river table is on hold for a week or two as I'm waiting for epoxy to cure and also extra wood to come from the saw mill. On a good point the wife is in hospital for the weekend (knee operation) so I thought it would be a good time to practise a Dovetail box. Having never ever made a...

Ive only gone and treated myself to a pair of 12 mm skew chisels. but now I'm panicking on how to sharpen them with a honing jig is there a honing jig on the market for a skew dovetail jig ?? skew chisel I have bought a left and right

Yesterday I was sharpening some chisels and a plane blade. all the above where new so I had to start from scratch as the angles and finish is never right. My plane blade had a big hollow in the middle of blade, but that's not this post is about. I'm sharpening the chisels and plane to cut hard...

Hello all well I've started my River table this week. Well not this week I started the top for the river table in September after finding a nice slab of ELM. But when I got it home I realised how twisted and bent the slab was. So looking at it for a week or two I cut it in two hot glue melted...

After Christmas I intend to make my wife a craft room with a moveable storage centre. I will be making the top out of Elm and hopefully elm (machined) edged plywood for the base units. I want to make four dovetail drawer by hand But to help with cost what material should I use??

OK I'm planning on turning an OAK quadrant on my Axminster lathe. Now the quadrant is 76 mm in size by 900mm long that mean's it 152 mm square block of timber. I need only two oak quadrants so I am gluing up the waste quadrant in pine, with lot of weight of differences would it be better to...

Ok so this week I'm picking up some ELM 3 x 2 stock for bent lamination ( Coffee Table Legs) I wood like to know some key factors. I normally resaw to a thickness of around 2.5 to 3mm is this a good thickness to work with ? I've see a video on this subject where the person just glued his...

Morning all Well today I'm planning on making a donkey ear jig. I've machined all oak timber required for the project and I decided to cut the first 90 deg guide rail only to find out all 4 90 deg cutters have a 2mm flat on them witch is no good as the plane will not ride in the grove. For...

I need to under stand I have bought some Plywood from B&Q But I suspect it cheap ply and full of gaps in between the layers but I also think it has contaminants in it as well bits of grit and even some metal I'm sure when I cut it on my table saw I a spark coming from the wood Is this usual

Hello all I'm quite embarrassed to ask this question but I just can't get the hang of using it. I start out with the Jointer plaining a lot (correct) amount of stock but after about quarter of the way down my length of wood I seam to be planning less stock and end up with a wedge in stead of a...

Morning all I'm making some boxes with Burl Oak and decided to cut miters and insert a hardwood key (3) but I need to make a shooting board. The image below is the design I've decided to go with BUT I'm open to other designs So please help me decide what is the best way forward Thank you...

Some time ago I bought a Rexon GPT-317a Thicknesser. I bought it from new so the only person I can blame for losing the manual is me. It's really unusual as I like most I keep everything, however I can't find my manual and it's time to replace my blades. I've looked on line for a manual but...

hello All I've not been on here for quite a while but I do need some advice or help sourcing a new set of Jointer blades for my Rexon Jointer it's quite old now also I bought it second hand, any way the Jointer is model J-1516A I have found Rexon Spare's web page here...

I'm doing some work in the work shop OK is my Garage I'm in tending to shape some walnut Now would it be best to cut it down to 3mm thick lengths and laminate it on the template or just steam it and then bend it I've never bent walnut so advice will be greatly received will walnut bend if...

Do you make your own instrument if so I would love to hear your views and advice I am really new to stringed Instruments and music in general I have started to learn to play the guitar But I am struggling as I have short fat finger BUT........... its on my bucket list to learn a stringed...

Next week I pick up my Bandsaw plus with a new saw bench also on the cards it's time to rearrange my work shop as I'm running out of space I plan to use my CNC and band saw to complete this project materials I'm using is beech framing with maple faced MDF The frame will be cut on the CNC...

I know it's early But is any one going or even trading at the NEC-woodworking show in October I plan on going to this. All so I have this virus illness of wanting to go to wood-turning shows where and when is the next one in Warwickshire area Tom

I'm looking at buying a bench saw I only have limited space and funds left in my pocket and garage This is the link to the saw I'm looking at http://www.axminster.co.uk/axminster-ax ... rod833225/ has anyone had experience with this saw or recommend a suitable saw Tom