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Having a wood burner installed next week and have ordered a ton of kiln dried hard wood for this season. During the recent storms a good sized lime came down on a mate's land. The tree surgeon was called and dealt with it as it was part in a neighbour's garden. All the branches and smaller...

When making a workbench top from laminated sticks standard practice is to laminate lengthwise. That is, if the length of the bench is 1.5m, we laminate 1.5m pieces together. But might you use shorter sticks and laminate them perpendicular to the length, gluing across until you get the length...

Evening all... Last 9 months or so, been using my No 5 and 6 planes to flatten some large slabs. These are really rough sawn, and take a bit of work to get them approaching flat and ready for taking out wind / twist and final flattening. Invariably they have large hollows or bumps. See picture...

Hi all. Me - been a weekend not so elegant maker of things in wood for a couple of years. Can't even say I'm a woodworker - nothing so craftsman like! Mostly garden benches, various planters, shelves and some agricultural laminated worktops and trestles . All made in the garage, no power in...