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Hello everyone I've been looking at some natural oils to finish wood, in my case oak. It's an oak apple press, so needs to be food grade and stand up to the elements somewhat. I've read a lot about Hemp and Tung oil, but there seems to be a lot less info on Walnut oil, application, duration...

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This is kind of a dual purpose thing. More of a general burning pit / kiln below ground, and a fire pit bbq above. Since the kiln part won't be used most of the time, on top of this lid will sit a cast iron firepit. So I can't put a sloped lid there. I suppose I could then build a removable...

You only have to dig 1ft down, and you hit solid clay round here. I used some of this dug out clay to line the walls, so there is a fairly impermeable layer all round. So hopefully no water from the water table can get in. So I can't just drill holes in the bottom. However, once rain gets...

Thanks Inspector and Andy. Two reasons I won't use ply. Delamination and appearance. I appreciate that pressure treated timber isn't exactly rustic, but although it is only an allotment, I'm trying to make it look a bit more wood like and natural with everything I build there. This is a...

Hi everyone I want a cover for my fire pit/kiln on my allotment. It is quite big, an 800mm wide x 600mm deep hole. I need to protect it from the elements, and more importantly needs to be strong enough to be stood on as I'm certain it will get walked on. It has a clay edge of 100mm for...

I just had a look at my grinding wheels, which I suspected were caborundum (silicon carbide) because the grinder was so cheap. But I noticed some alu oxide wheels are infact grey, and the stamp on the wheels you can see in the photo has an A 36 or A 60 Obviously the 36 and 60 are the grit...

In answer to woodfarmers comment, that they could be Tool Steel, this as confused me. I came across an extract from a book. Unfortunately I can't tell the book, or post the link but this is what it said: Under page 55, section 6.3, it says "High carbon steel", also known as "Carbon tool...

Great many thanks. As far as the grinding wheel goes, from what I have read an alu oxide, 60 grit, hardness I to K wheel is an all rounder for high speed steel wood turning tools. My current cheap grinder likely has standard silicon carbide wheels on it Assuming these are carbon steel tools...

Hi everyone I just purchased these second hand wolf cub tools. Given that they have "made in Sheffield" stamped on them, and the company no longer seems in existence, they are clearly several decades old, probably made in 1950s. I'm not asking for a definite, but what would be your hunch as...