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Hello Been reviving my tools while the children are away! I have been planing boards to make a bathroom cabinet. Some of the stock isn’t great so has taken many passes to flatten a side - to get down to the hollow at the non feed end. Thing is, I end up with ‘wedge‘ shaped planks with the feed...

I have made a couple of horse name boards from a piece of American white oak. I’ve sanded them and really like the colour. However, I have used yacht varnish before and this gives a yellow finish making it look a bit like pine. Any recommendations for rough use finish that will keep the nice...

I have tried pushing the wood against the fence at the required distance from the cutter but a constant distance from the curved edge is difficult to keep by hand resulting in a ‘wobbly’ trench....it also turned the router table into a formidable weapon! Thankfully it was just a practice piece...

Newbie question alert! I have an HBM planer thicknesser which I've managed to use successfully on a few smallish pieces of mahogany. However, trying to make some planking from a rough cut lump, I'm having big problems: I can get the two wide sides flat and parallel but my fence keeps being...