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Thanks so much for the help, makes sense now. Sorry, I put my measurements in ml's, I meant to say grams as it's mixed by weight on a scales.

Forgive me if this sounds rediculous but I've always had an issue with maths and numbers and stuff so it's probably a relatively simple problem. I'm using a product that requires a mix ratio of 9:1 by weight. But I've obviously gone wrong somewhere as I've run out of acid catalyst while I still...

Based in Ireland here, I use 12mm birch ply. Before Xmas a single sheet was €57, a month back it was €64 and a sheet I got yesterday; €70. All from the same local supplier.

Hi all. Quick one. So I'm producing dash panels lately for classic cars and using a santos rosewood veneer which is applied over a 12mm nine ply baltic birch plywood panel. All seems well until some time later, usually during the finishing process, small hairline splits appear in the veneer...

Thats a beautiful box, well done! I know its a lovely idea, but pineapple that, can you imagine waiting a year to open it (never mind whats inside, but even to have a look at your work!) I'd have the lock picked!! :mrgreen:

I studied Industrial Design in college and for model making we used to use slabs of foam that I only ever heard called 'blue foam'. Pretty dense and great for model making and finishes well too, we used to cut it on the band saw, hot wire, etc etc. (couple of pics nicked off the web)...

Say hello to LYN, a small maple and walnut table, th name, well thats of my choosing, I'll show you why at a later date, the design, well is not mine, its one of Rod Wales from a book I bought a few years back. Anyway, as per usual I start making this, had the best intention of taking pics, but...

Still paranoid eh? you dont say! :lol:. Your concerns, although legitimate arent a cause for worry really. I mean, unless you're working with the stuff 5 days a week 50 odd weeks of the year then its not going to be an issue and even then appropriate masks would reduce a lot of the risk. I...

Your ammendment came too late Studders.....I spent the day sweating in the shop :( but, on the upside I got some carving done! =D> Thanks jackass and Jen, will have some more pics up later I reckon, working on it at the mo' (well, not literally at the moment).

But but the weather is so nice out :cry: Oh ok. (hammer)

Wow, how long has it been?!! I'd like to be able to say 'hey she's finished!!' and produce a array of images of a beautifully finished and mounted carving.... ....but alas I'm far from that stage yet! She's literally been 'on the shelf' these past number of months, the project frozen like...

Dont get it on your hands either or you'll be going about for a few days with black marks all over them looking like you dont wash at all! :P Has anyone discovered a quick way (short of using acid) to actually removes stains from your hands?

I got a few theories Re: name difference. 1. Was a Friday afternoon/Monday morning, employee out of haste/sore head got the dies messed up. 2. Dies manufacture was outsourced to China, lack of understanding of the English language :P 3. Its a Khyber pass/Afghan knockoff! :P Let me explain, I...

Voila! :wink: http://www.leevalley.com/en/html/16j4010l.pdf From what I can remember your best course of action is to drill the screw hole out first at the correct angle and then cut out the shape. You can always adapt it a little to suit your own hand or add a bit of extra flare 8) Keep...

Ahh.......the ol' 'distressed' look, hmm, I dont know, I have my own opinions on that and to be honest I think you'd be doing your table a disservice to paint it and then make it worn and tired looking, but, thats just my thoughts. Nice job though and I like the handle grab rather than a run of...

I think I got it sorted, or at least I'm getting a lot better cuts than I was getting! It was all down to the fence, it wasnt exactly (and I mean 'exactly') parrallel with the mitre slots and was being slightly distorted when I'd tighten on the wooden face piece. The fence is only folded sheet...

Its the potatoes.......and the Guinness you see......they have mytical powers! :lol: Absolutely beautiful, modern contemporary box, I love it, especially the little abstract details, nice touch! Admittedly it took me a while to figure out the 'C' part, I thought it was a 'K' he was marring...

I was trying her out today, doing a few tests and getting mixed results! Like, for instance, I got a 1" thick piece of pine lam-board approx 2ft square, cut one side with the sliding table....perfectly straight, then flipped it over and cut the opposite side using the rip fence and I got some...

Cheers for the help guys! Benchwayze there is a slight wobble in the blade, this is noticable when the blade is turned by hand, but no more wobble than was in my Makita saw that cut fine. I put a dial guage on a 12" blade and I was only reading a wobble of .04mm at its worst, I believe I read...

Hi, Ok so I more or less have my Startrite TA275 sorted. Recieved a set of new belts last week to replace the badly worn and misshapen old ones (the belts were the wrong size to start with and the pulleys were badly out of allingment), so, she's singing sweetly and has lost the bad shudders it...