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As others have said above I was quite excited at the title and expected to see Britain's best woodworkers. I wouldn't rate any of these competitors as being good, let alone highly skilled. The standard is pretty poor. The projects and challenges are unreasonable I think for the time the...

I have recently dismantled a dining room chair as the joints were all loose. I used steam and vinegar to separate the mortise and tenon joints. It is a simple country chair with poor fitting joints. I need to re-glue them and will ad dowels for added strength. I have never used polyurethane glue...

I had the same experience as R Retired above. Internet information seemed to suggest soda blasting would be ideal for stripping antique furniture particularly in hard to get areas. I had the same setup. It took ages to get the pressures and mix right. clogging was a constant issue. The mess was...

Do any forum members know where I can get a manual for an Elu Radial Arm saw 1251 that I just bought?

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Over the years I exhibited on many design and home shows in my profession as an Architect as well as another career as a cabinet maker. These have varied from Grand Designs, to local agricultural shows to specialist high end craft shows and general craft & Christmas fairs. What I noticed is that...

Thank you for your replies that was very helpful. I have learned something today!

I can't see a search button on this website that enables a search for a specific topic. There is much I would like to find out about but don't want to ask something that has been discussed before. Is there any way of searching the database?

Well I was going to put up an almost identical post! I bought a load of window cills and bump rails from a bank being demolished in London and I think it looks much the same as this. I thought given the age of the building and the fact that teak was widely used in that era internally that it was...

I used the Liberon to finish a mahogany desk. I have used Osmo on many occasions. I found it slightly disappointing and flatter compared to Osmo and required more coats than I would have expected. Ultimately it gave an acceptable finish but with more coats obviously the darker it became and as I...

Great! Thanks for your answer, very helpful. I assume this has the same guides as the 350. Perhaps other members of the forum can comment on the guides. I have never used this saw and the guides were supposed to be an improvement on the old system.

Thank you for your response. On paper it seems to spec well against similar priced bandsaws. I really wanted to know whether the newer sabre guides worked well and the saw stayed true when ripping and didn't wander. I was recommended to buy a BS400 by someone and when looking understood this to...

Hello Newbie here to the forum. Look forward to interacting with you all. Need to buy a single phase bandsaw with a large capacityand am looking at the RP Sabre 450. I have read the rtopics here on the 350 but haven't seen any comment on the 450. Does anyone here have any experience of this...