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Hi all, So I have a SIP planer thicknesser which I bought pre-loved a while back. Changed the blade recently as one of them had a chip somewhere (and I'm no good at sharpening them). Anyway I don't have a jig for adjusting the blade, so I used the method shown on many YouTube channel where...

Hi all, Does any know if wood yards are open at the moment? Have a project in mind but don't have enough wood to finish it. ](*,) Thanks. A

Hi all, So I've been trying to teach myself dovetail joint. I'm sure I was taught that a school 25 years ago, and I was never that good at it back then. Bought myself a Bahco dovetail saw (Bahco PC-10-DTR Dovetail Saw Right 10in) and a cheap dovetail marker. Have been trying to copy what Paul...

Hi all, Being a hoarder, I keep buying things that I think I might need... ...I now have 3 dust / chip collection devices in my possession: a 1000W 15L "ShopVac", a Record Power CX2000 Dust/Chip collector with a 100mm hose, and now a Aximinster BB100 50L Dust Collector with 63mm hose I...

Hi all, I'm hoping Santa will bring me a table saw... but Santa is on a tight budget (and is a tight turnip! :-p). I was looking at the Evolution Rage 5-S. It was £200 during Black Friday but I had to spend the cash on something else instead at the time and now it's back at £250. :-( Now I'm...

Hi all, The people at my local yard can't work this out, and quote me quite "random" prices for pine. (I normally buy hardwood for bandsaw boxes but trying my hands on workshop furniture so using pine/ply instead). They are selling me 8'x4'x18mm ply for £36 per sheet. Can I assume a) that's...

Hi all, I do have a table saw... a cheap one from Screwfix which I bought about 9 years ago now. Terrible saw because the table was rubbish: plenty of play on the mitre slot; fence doesn't line up straight without support; dust everywhere despite connecting the shopvac to the tiny exhaust port...

Hi all, I was bored, and instead of making bandsaw boxes, I made a few bandsaw cups instead... ...not sure whether it's going to be a drinking vessel or a pen holder yet. (The joint/glueing looks a bit suspect on one of them.) Is polyurethane the way to go? Or is Osmo going to be ok? Would...

Hi all, I have a SIP planer/thicknesser (hobby type). I can't remember why I thought the blades might be blunt (maybe because it was secondhand) and decided to change the blades. Managed that using info from various part of the net. However I'm still getting lipping on the planer table which I...

Hi all, I've only just been playing with different finishing products having had less than satisfactory results because of wrong application methods (I think). With Osmo Oil, I like the simplicity and fairly decent finish it gives (I'm using Stain Clear). However having gone into the website...

I know it's a rubbish question. I got this off cut from somewhere... not sure where, when or who gave it to me/bought it. It looks nice and love the grain. Want some more, but not sure what it is. I'm sure someone here will know. Pic show plain and (trying) different finishing products...

Hi all, Not been active on here recently but relatively active in the workshop... Anyway since I was here last I've upgraded my bandsaw from a cheap and nasty Aldi-type bandsaw with 80mm cut depth, to a Scheppach Basa 1 (100mm cut depth). Really enjoyed my bandsaw boxes making, but found the...

Hi all, For those who didn't know, there's a Woodland Festival in Elvaston Castle in Derbyshire this weekend 23rd and 24th Sept. http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/leisure/co ... ndfestival http://www.derbyshire.gov.uk/images/Woo ... 294833.pdf Has anyone been before? Looking at their programme...

Hi all, Not sure whether I've been stung on eBay... in any case I bought another bandsaw from the bay. It's a Scheppach Basa 1.0, which is an "upgrade" from my Guild baby bandsaw. Having said that mechanically it's essentially the same saw! 300W (less power), but 100mm depth, bearing guides...

Hi all, Just found quite a few wood worms and holes on one of my pieces of spalted beech. Bought them almost 4 weeks ago, sawn to the correct size for my bandsaw, planed to square and left in my study for the past weeks. Just noticed them tonight when i picked them up for planning. One of the...

More bandsaw boxes. Slight variation to a drawer type... I thought I would make something that's a bit more practical for the size. Bought a couple of blocks of spalted beech/ash three weeks-ish ago. Thanks again for the heads up from Racers. Couldn't decided what to do with them. The...

Just a quick thank you to Malcolm for spending almost 2.5 hours with me yesterday, tweaking my baby bandsaw and offering me advice etc. Also let me use his nice bandsaw for my next project (and whetted my appetite for a bigger bandsaw in the process!). I was really impressed by this ideas for...

Hi all, I've hoarding timber before my next project (not sure why). Looking for some thinner boards (6mm-ish) to make laminated block for bandsaw boxes. Looking at my local timber yard, they stock common hardwood in various lengths. I notice however that the thinner boards are invariably bowed...

As above, 2nd time I've worked with sapele. The first box I've made wasn't entirely a success (the grain on body and back doesn't line up perfectly) so I haven't finished that yet. I made another block last week with sapele and oak, and made this box over the weekend while the family were...

Using my Tuff Saw Carbon 3/16" 4TPI blade for the second time yesterday, and as the title says, it snapped on me. I wasn't making big turns, and was cutting slowly (after coaching from Steve Maskery). The only other cuts I've made was to make this box. Now I'm no expert at bandsaw but I...