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little Iroko cabinet with marquetry drawer that I’ve been working on for about the last year (feels like).

So, looked up greenheart. It does look quite a bit like that, only thing that threw a bit of doubt was the wood database entry that said “no characteristic odour”. This stuff definitely has an odour. Smells quite strange, especially when cut.

It’s quite a bit darker than that, even though the colour varies quite significantly....

I’ve also just put a coat of danish oil on it (after wiping down numerous times with white spirit to clear a little bit of the oil out). Looks like this:

Sinks like a stone.

I’ll try tomorrow and get back to you...

Not sure how to describe the smell when you cut it.....but yes I think you could call it sweet. It’s quite pungent.

So, found this stuff in a reclamation yard. It’s very heavy, very dense, feels oily and when cut almost looks green for a couple of days. Anyone got any clue what it is? I’ll try and put photos of all of the different coloured bits in, might help with identification.

I’m a site carpenter and have used all the major brand track saws, many of which are quite serviceable tools. About a year ago I bought the festool ts-55 and like the other festool kit that I own, I found it out-performs other tools on the market: the ease, comfort and accuracy of it stand out...

...in fact, to put it succinctly; I’ve never regretted spending more on a tool but I regularly regret spending less.

I second what sometime-worker said. I know this is nowhere near budget but I bought a festool 1/2 router a couple of years ago and it’s worth every penny. Absolutely would never go back on any of the festool tools I’ve ever bought.

I’ve got drill press envy.

I was searching for a old bench top drill press recently and people seem to have caught on that the old machines really hold their value. I was searching for months and didn’t see a fobco or meddings for less than about £550 in good condition.

....using abranet pads and a shop hoover the extraction is excellent.

I got the festool rotex six inch thingy recently. I absolutely love it. Couldn’t imagine wanting to move to air after using that sander!

Yeah, I do everything with a Japanese Santuko too. One good knife, keep it sharp, beautiful!!

I used 12mm ply. Burnt 20mm cedar on both sides, bandsawed it in half, thicknessed both sides down to about 3mm. Built my own laminating press. (Could send photo’s if you want) Laminated it up both sides. Aluminium edging.

I’ve literally done this exact project:

In my experience all mitre saw dust collection is atrocious. I see a lot of joiners build them into a kind of funnelled box with a 100mm port on the back.

Personally I’d stay away from Makita for modern chop saws. I’m a carpenter and hobby joiner and I’ve used a lot of different chop saws over the years and makita’s quality I feel has waned of late. I’ve got a 216mm Makita sliding compound in my workshop and it has a tiny bit of play in it which...