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Here is a plate made of Satin Walnut (Red Gum) and White Oak arranged to represent the sky over the windblown prairie fields. It is 11 3/4" across and 5/8" high, finished with Tried and True, a Linseed oil and wax food safe product. The pen is from along side the knot that was to the left of the...

I'm about to pull the plug and buy a 6"/150mm electric RO sander. I get tingly fingers even with anti-vibration gloves so would like to know which sanders vibrate less? Festool or Mirka? Would those of you who have used both please comment? Thanks Pete

........surfacers and thicknessers! 🙄 It has been said many times on this and other woodworking forums that surfacers, thicknessers, jointers and planers don't make fine dust, just chips. Tonight I was thicknessing a piece of Oak without dust collection an hour before sunset and the light was...

I've made some pens for gifts and my wife wanted one for herself. All the kits were bought from William Wood-Write here in Canada. Three Regal pens that are no longer available here with polyester resin blanks my wife got 10 years ago. The kit is available under the name Zoe and Diana in the...

Can the Trend Airshield Pro filters be sterilized by microwaving? Heat breaking down the plastic or fabric? Can it be sterilized by soaking in alcohol? The alcohol breaking down the filter fabric or glue to the plastic? The reason I ask is if I get one for my wife, a nurse, can the filter be...

A buddy on the West Coast of Canada is considering getting the short bed version of the lathe. Would it be out of line to ask what the going rate is for one of these machines assuming it is in good working order? The asking price is roughly 1,000 pounds. Pete

My wife bought an Ottoman to put in front of our couch. They are nice to put you feet on when reading a book but they are lousy at putting a beverage on so I made a tray that sits on top. A Quarter Sawn Oak panel framed in Bak Walnut, Boiled Linseed Oil and Paste Wax finish. One thing I do for...

For a while longer at least I'm the librarian of the Saskatchewan Woodworkers Guild. Our subscription to Woodturning has expired and I have tried to call GMC at the number on the renewal notice, 44 0 1273 488005, but get no answer or a recording stating there is no number in service. Same goes...

We recently bough some granite countertop remnants on sale. Part of the deal is they cut the granite into whatever you want. So we have a couple tabletops being cut. One small rectangular and the other an oval about 32" x 48". They are going on heavy Oak legs with skirted frame under the tops...

I was at the local Lee Valley store today with a few members of the Hub City Turners playing with/demonstrating some Rikon lathes. I made a Sirocco pen using one of my wife's feather blanks. Turned between centres initially with a gouge and then completed it with the skew. Sanded with 320 and...

It's been a years since I turned a wood pen so this was fun. It is a Tempest from Beaufort Ink. A nice click with a Parker style refill. The wood is Spalted London Plane that we bought when we lived outside Vancouver, B.C., Canada. I believe the tree is a variant of Sycamore. CA finished, sanded...

This is a PSI Raw pen I turned with a feather blank my wife Marla made. The pen is aluminium so doesn't weigh much but is a little unbalanced when posted. Nicer to write with the cap off. Pete