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My old Triton Router is about ready for the scrapheap, it has been a good bit of it apart from all the plastic parts which are all disintegrating, I no longer can reduce or increase the speed nor can I change the cutters as easily as before as it will not raise above the table anymore, which was...

A friend asked me to make a box for their partner, I might add that they asked for it in November to be ready for Christmas but for health reasons it wasn't possible and I have only just finished it. They had their own design which was more like a Chest of Drawers rather than a Jewellery box...

I am starting to do some letter carving on some of my boxes and what is confusing me is the gouges and their sweep, if I were to carve the letter O an 1" diameter what sweep would i want, in other words is there any relation to sweeps and radius, I don't to go and buy every size chisel at over...

I make a few boxes in my spare time and I am always looking out for ideas, not so long ago I seen some marvelous artwork done via pyrography and thought this would look good on a box lid, so I got in touch with the artist to see if she would be interested and lucky for me she was and this is the...

Its time to upgrade my bandsaw. At the moment I have an SIP 01489 14" which has been fine but at times I have wanted to resaw some timber that is deeper than 200mm. The model that I have in mind is the Record Power BS400, Its the right price, has a good depth of cut and is the correct height to...

I make some chess boards and stonecast chess sets such as pic What I want to do is make a box for the pieces, not a problem with making a box but how do I place the seperate pieces so they are seperated and be protected when moved from place to place, any ideas. I have a couple of ideas but...

If anyone is in or nearby Uppingham tomorrow 10am till 2pm drop in and say hello, I have a stall at the Craft Fair in the Church next to the Market, there is normally a turner there, last time there were 2 turners, one being solely a pen maker, quality pens made by Mike Ringham from Oakham. Be...

What do you use for racking to store your timber? Does anyone have the Triton Wood Rack? is it any good? My shed is very untidy, to the point where it becomes dangerous, so looking for a solution.

The Drum Sander is a great bit of kit but the price of the loadings/abrasives is ridiculous, £10 a time or £35 for 25 metres, I have the Jet 16 - 32, and these are not made with the woven material, I make quite a few games boards which need to be sanded flat but the paper loadings don't last...

About 6 Months ago I bought some slabs of spalted Beech and stored it in my shed, the other day i went to resaw it as I was going to make some tissue boxes, I picked up one of the slabs and noticed that it was full of splits but did find a bit to make about 4 boxes, the whole lot should have...

Maybe some of you can help me. A few years ago I started to feel lifeless, lacking energy and troubles in the stomach area, and it got worse as time went on, then 6 weeks ago I had enough and came home from work and visited my GP, and was sent for a sigmoidoscopy, but before that I injured...

I wanted to make a decorative jewellery box and thought about having some marquetry on the top, so I had a go and found it very dificult, I bumped into a chap at a hobbies and craft exhibition whos name is Quentin Smith and trades under the name QJS Marquetry & Web Design, I approached him and...

Is there anyone out there that can precision drill some 1/4" or similar steel plate with 1/8" holes 34 altogether, I am talking an index milling machine, I need a jig to drill some cribbage boards. Here is what I want to drill, there is more than one, thats why I want the jig.

Just after Christmas a chap gave me a call and asked me if I could make him a Halma board, I said if I knew what one was I could give it a go. I did make him one and whilst I was in the process of making the board I had another call from another chap who wanted the same, in fact he wants loads...

Hi all Someone has asked me to make them a box for their Grandfathers medals and what I want to do is line it with some kind of cushioned lining that I could cover with felt or silk so when the box shuts it will hold the medals in place, does anyone have any ideas or has anyone done this kind...

About 5 weeks ago I admired Rob's (Woodbloke) Oak box with raised dovetails and said that I wanted to do something similar, well here are a few pics of what I have produced, bearing in mind its only had 1 coat of oil so far I have made variations with the wood which I have used for the top, some...

Wish me luck, I am doing my own stall at my first Craft Fair this Sunday at The Golden Pheasant in a village called Etton just a few miles north of Peterborough. It can go one of 2 ways, either I will sell nothing and change my hobby or I'll return home with a few hundred smackers and spend the...

After seeing Rob's Oak box with raised dovetails, I wanted to do something similar myself but with finger joints. I would like to hear your views on how you think it looks.

Free to any body that wants to collect. There are American White and European, most of them are about 1 inch thick and range from 6" to 30" in length and 1" to 8" in width.

Hi all, I haven't been contributing to the forum much over the last few months, mainly because I have been busy doing stuff and its been the summer. One of the things that I have been doing is making a batch of Chess Boards, some made from Walnut (don't know what type) Maple and Oak, some made...