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Every finish will fail in pretty quick time. Unless you want to sand and refinish every year it's best to let nature take its course.

I saw it mentioned on Fine Woodworking that nitric acid would oxidise the pine. And dissolve any bodies hidden away in your shed. 10% solution is supposed to be the strength. After consideration and advice from someone who'd actually done it we decided against doing it with students. I'm...

The problem is that you're looking at a natural product which will continue to react to its environmental and expecting it to suddenly stop doing that. The way the tree grew with pressure of its own weight, wind and any other factors will put pressure into the timber which when it's cut and...

Thanks again Sideways. The router will be staying in Japan. It really was grabbed as a bargain which is why I missed there not being any speed control. I took a festool 110v 1010 router with me last time but decided I would need the 1/2" router so got the Makita. I did wonder if being a 240v...

Thanks Colin and Sideways. I started finding possible switches on Amazon but as with anything electronic I always worry that the wrong choice will burn down the house. I'm going to have to try Amazon Japan in the hope that the ones they sell are right for their 100v supply.

I recently bought a Makita 1/2" router off Amazon while in Japan. Not my favourite way to but tools but needs must. It all seemed good until I realised it doesn't have electronic speed adjustment. I bought it to be the big dog in a router table so for those big cutters I could use the...

I only learned about the Tianli today. It does look interesting and I'm surprised that Banggood don't have a version yet. It's interesting watching reviews and demonstrations on YouTube but has anyone here used one and also used the Domino for comparison?

Hi. I joined because I was trying to find the answer to a problem. Something that proves the point that we never stop learning or at least needing to learn. I started over 30 years ago as a hobbyist trying to furnish my home with furniture I could never afford to buy. After 8 years I went to the...