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I am getting some Howdens veneered oak interior doors fitted and I am wondering what finish to use. I am thinking of OSMO Polyx oil hard wax. The doors arrived today and I broke the habit of a lifetime by reading the label. Here is what it said. "You can use water based or solvent primer...

I have been following the recent posts on the Thien Separator with great interest. Looks like another item on the to do list. When visiting Phil Theins website:- http://www.cgallery.com/jpthien/cy.htm I found a section on an Audible Tension Gauge. The idea is to use the calculator on the site...

After decades of using metal planes I am starting to appreciate how good a Phillyplane can be but I have found that learning to adjust it precisely is taking a while. I concluded that I was using too big a hammer since I was always under or overshooting on shaving thickness so I decided to make...

I have nearly finished a jewelry box as a present for my sister in law in Australia and it has just occurred to me (a bit late I know) that the Oz customs might be upset about importing wood. Of course they are right to be fussy about rough timber but are there regulations about finished...

As I get older, the range over which I can focus my eyes is getting shorter. This is not too serious because with glasses I can see perfectly for driving, and with reading glasses I do not have to hold everything at arms length. I am sure that many forum members are in the same...

Since this has to store everything but not be too big and clunky we decided that anything not actually necessary, like legs for example, should be left out. This is what we came up with. Identical carcasses should mean reasonably rapid construction. Some of the fronts will be split across to...

This post is just a confirmation of the excellence of the basic design being used by Lord Nibbo. Mine was made from whatever wood I could find in my workshop plus some ply panels from B&Q. I was worried about carrying all that weight on the wall so I used a stand to take the weight which also...

David Charlesworth recommends using a microscope to observe progress when sharpening so I bought a cheap plastic microscope from ebay and gave it a try. The images were very useful but I found it very fiddly trying to manipulate the blade in its honing jig, the focusing adjustment of the...