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First time with veneer and I have a few questions. I've just bought some birds eye maple veneer for a project I'm working on. My intention is to glue it to some walnut and lightly carve into it for contrast, which will be finished in some clear osmo polyx. What's the best way to glue this...

Hi Guys, I have some smallish parts that I would like to stain and finish to a smooth finish. What's the best method and products for this as stains I've bought in the past leave brush marks or build up on the edges. I'd like to get a consistent coat all the way round with a smooth finish so...

I'm after a bit of help/advice on dust extraction. The setup will be for dust extraction on my CNC Router and only for that sole purpose so I don't need to run it to multiple machines. I've been using the "hold the vacuum at the tool" method which last for so long and I think stuff it and suck...

I'm after a small bench top band saw for rough sizing metal sheet, not huge sheets, A4 sized probably, and also the odd sizing of small wood sheets/items. I was straight on Google to have a look to see what bench top machines came up and portable bandsaws came up as well. If I bought one of...

Treated myself to the set of plans from Derek Hugger for his Colibri Kinetic Sculpture from http://www.derekhugger.com/colibri.html Spent the afternoon looking for hardware, which I'm struggling to get without paying through the nose or ordering from the States and getting stung on postage...

Does anyone make and sell their things on either of the shops mentioned? Or anything else similar? If you do/did? Can I ask how well do you do? How long did it take to get established, get orders? I make odds and ends on the CNC mainly for friends and family, I've listed things in the past but...

Next part of my project... Is it possible to sandwich a piece of brass between two copper sheets permanently and strong enough to mill into rings? Is silver soldering a possibility or would the solder not flow across the sheet completely? I'd probably be looking to sandwich either 100mm or 75mm...

Anybody any ideas on the best and safest way to do this? I have a piece of 28mm copper pipe about 6" long and need a 3 or 4 mm slot cut end to end. It needs to look good as it will end up being polished and would also need to be straight to work with another piece it fits over with a bit of a...

In my pursuit of getting a lathe I've been given the above to play with on loan. Work and what not keep getting in the way of getting to any clubs and I've not even managed to follow up on members offers to go round and play :( Over joyed with a freebie I've gone straight to google and found...

I've been trying to make some boxes, puzzle boxes to be precise. I have a set of plans I purchased off the net a while back and having a couple of sheets of 3mm walnut I had a go at making it. The stuff I had was the sheets the model shops sell usually in 100mm wide and 450mm long. I picked it...

I've read quite a few posts on lathe's people have and what other people have bought but their budget has been bigger than what mine is. Axminster have a starter package for just under £500 here...

Hi All, Thought I would introduce myself with a picture from my workshop! Its not the tidiest, only been in about 6months so still building storage when I'm feeling motivated, that said, it's not the messiest either :D (hammer) I'll post some more as things progress. I have a few tools the...