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A friend dropped off some old boards from his yard for me to clean up. He thinks it's teak but I'm not sure. They've been out in the weather for years and looked pretty bad but I ran them through the planer (with old blades) and ripped off the grooves from the side (not tongue and groove but...

Hi everyone, New to lathes and turning.... I have been building/renovating an old house and have made some cabinets: bedroom-wardrobe-wip-t92229.html I've made some out of maple in a different bedroom too. I'm about to make a kitchen in a similar style (no exact plans yet/still :) ). Anyway...

Hi, What finish would you recommend for baltic plywood? I have some drawers made of baltic ply and was considering using some of the finishes I have at home or buying something new. So far I've tried some blonde dewaxed liberon shellac but it seems to soak in like crazy. I was thinking of...

Sooo... I wanted to make some storage and had no idea how to do it but I think it is working out. I have been procrastinating on the kitchen build (don't know what I am doing!) but bought alot of the sheet material a while back. I found a design in Taunton's 'Bookcases, Cabinets & Built-ins'...

Hi there, I'm trying to design a kitchen and am strongly leaning towards 18mm birch ply for the cabinets. Probably with 6mm birch ply backs. I also have some bedroom cupboards to plan and was wondering if birch ply would be a good choice or overkill? I thought about 19mm MDF (MR) for the...

Hi, I have an empty room that needs to become a kitchen and would like some advice on all of the aspects. I've been looking online a bit and reading some books but have become a bit bogged down in the choices. So far I've worked out that at a very basic level I'll need to cut sheet materials...

Hi everyone, I have been renovating my house for a while and have got on to the kitchen and storage bit. I was looking at buying a Festool track saw and was wondering: Whether to get the TS55R or the 75? I was thinking the 55. What are the most useful rails? I can find a fair few deals...

Started making a garden gate from scrap oak: The top is through tenon/morticed. Made the mortice with a Domino XL with the 14mm bit and then squared up the ends - also I increased the width to about 16mm. Hand cut the two tenons in the top rail Messed up the planing of one of the stiles...

Hi, Nearly finished a bathroom undersink cabinet. Roca sink - they wanted £600 for the official cabinet so I thought I'd have a go at making one. Had some scrap maple and some scrap walnut - went with the walnut. Construction was a bit unplanned but seems to have turned out. Main criteria...

... domino XL :) I was thinking about it for a while then a mate was using one (the little 500 one) and was impressed with the ease of use. Managed to convince myself that it was a good idea and got the 700 kit with the 12mm cutter as standard along with a box of dominos and the 8mm and 10mm...

Hi there, I recently bought a planer/thicknesser - Metabo HC260C - and have been putting it together. Just tried it in planing mode and can't seem to get it to work, then just tried thicknesser mode and again not working. Right pain and I feel stupid! What am I doing wrong? I've checked the...

Hi everyone, I've been looking at increasing the rate that I work on the house renovation project and am thinking that some kind of planer /- thicknesser would be a good idea. I've got the following projects to start/complete: 1 - kitchen from scratch (nothing currently) 2 - garden bench in...

I've never made a spoon before but had a stick of firewood and finally got chipping away. I'm not sure what is a good finish for maple.... It might be used as a serving spoon a little bit too so I need to find a finish that is food safe (well at least non-toxic) as well as looking good...

I've been meaning to buy a moisture meter for a while. I've just got 1300kg of oak flooring to go down and have been waiting for it to acclimatise/dry etc I mainly want a moisture meter for determining whether the oak is dry enough to lay but I'd like to use it in the future for furniture...

Got a whole lot of skirting and architrave to fix. Got delivered today and it's softwood (175mm ogee skirt / 63mm ogee architrave). So far I've put knotting solution on the architraves and also used primer on them (only on the faces - not the back). I've just started to do the same for the...

I've got about 80 m2 of solid oak flooring coming next week. They say you have to let it sit in the house for a month.... I'm really keen to get the flooring don and finished - what will happen if I just start laying it straight away ? I have heating at the moment in the form of a woodburning...

Hi - I have some tiling to do (I think about 70m sq). It's limestone and marble for a kitchen floor and bathroom floor/wall. What is a good wet cutter to get ? Help ! Thanks Ed

Have worked out the lengths of skirting boards (87 metres) and architrave (76 metres) I need but have no idea on pattern or width. Any thoughts ? I can get in softwood (for painting) the following : 125mm or 175mm or 225mm skirting boards in ogee. 50mm or 63mm architraves in ogee. Never...

Just been oiling oak doors with Osmo poly hardwax oil - what is the best way to clean paint brushes ? Sorry - too tired to hit the search button - have white spirit and maybe some other things.... Can said to use a special Osmo cleaner ?! Will white spirit do ? Thanks Ed

Happy Christmas and have a good new year one and all ! I was wondering about gouges.... I've seen the Henry Taylor and Kirschen ones on Axminster and the Ashley Iiles ones on WHeaven and I've seen several on eBay but I was wondering what people have been using and to what success. Was looking...