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Behlen UK have now in stock their stringed instrument lacquers in aerosol can form. They also have a DVD which shows you how to use these (I was going to do one but no need now) and are introducing kits for finishing. I use Behlen lacquers and they are great. You will need one can of lacquer for...

I am amazed at the high quality of skill demonstrated in the projects section often applied to mundane and dull designs. We all got to start somewhere - may I suggest that before you make a project you look at real Shaker (this fake catchall modern style is miles away from Shaker philosophy)...

I have never seen anything like this :shock:

I bought Norton 3X from Lee Valley whilst i was in Canada. It is excellent but I cannot seem to find a supplier here in the UK. Any ideas?

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As a musical instrument maker, I don't need big heavy machines and have for years got away with a sander which I fixed in my pedestal drill for thicknessing down to the likes of 1.65mm. This did a great job and I still use it for creating precision veneers. Howver, in the tradition of all...

If so I wouldn't want to read it but my guess would be the table saw as the number 1 culprit. Without divulging the details can we establish if this summation by me is true or no?

This is a heavy piece of kit so it's pick up only from NP18 2HN - 4 miles from the Severn Bridge toll into Wales. Works great but the electrics need looking at... £75

I know this is a topic at the front of the site but my take - I lived and worked in America and brought a lot of my power tools there. When I returned to the UK I had a transformer made up for me that would accept the very weird and flimsy 2 pin plugs that are used in the US and now have a...

I've just converted a try plane for novices so they can bookmatch thin sections for musical instrument backs and fronts... see: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRC_QZv0-3A I flatted the sole of this plane and the shim makes the sole dead flat and yet I still get slight crowning when I am...

I'm a musical instrument maker who builds ukulele. I have developed an indigenous uke but need a source of laburnum to make it 100% British. Here is a view of it with a Welsh yew body, Scottish alder neck, burr Englsih elm headplate and, sadly, an Indian rosewood fingerboard. It is the...