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Hello everyone! For those of you who are interested there's an exhibition on at the Millinery Works of pieces by Betty Joel from 30 October to 18 November. Should be of interest to those of you who take an interest in Arts & Crafts designs. Check out the link below where you can also look...

Hello everyone. I'm thinking of lining the drawer bottoms of the drawers I'm making as part of my current project with green baize, and I'd be grateful for thoughts on attaching the baize to the ply drawer bottoms. PVA perhaps?? Is there a traditional method? All thoughts gratefully...

I've recently purchased a Trend T11 and PRT router table. I'm wondering whether I've got the set up right for the hinged guard. The reason for this is that it seems like the fence has to be spread quite wide to allow the guard to come down. Is that right? Just petrified about losing my fingers...

I'm trying to find somewhere that supplies figure of 8 fasteners for table/desk tops in the UK but I've drawn a blank. Can anyone help? I usually make my own buttons but I don't think I'll have enough access to use them for my current project. If anyone has any other suggestions for fasteners...

I don't know if this has already been posted but I found this rather amazing piece http://209.85.135.104/search?q=cache:zhta-rTkFYcJ:www.dbfletcher.com/capstan (Their website doesn't seem to work at the moment but it's still on the Google cache) If you click on the YouTube links you can see the...

Hi Everyone, I'm about to retune my shoulder plane (Clifton 3110) and I wanted to know how much the blade should project either side of the mouth. It seems to be too much at the moment to allow the blade edge to be parallel with the mouth and to have the side of the plane flush with a tenon...

Hi Everyone, I'm thinking about getting myself a larger powered 1/2" collet router - I have a little T3 at the moment which I can't use for some larger cutters - and thought the T11 looks like a good offering. As I also need a router table I thought I would get the Trend PRT table to go with it...

Hello Everyone, I seem to have a vertical misalignment between the head/tail points on my lathe (Record CL1) - head is lower than tail - which causes discernable problems while trying to turn spindle blanks to cylinders. I'm using the Record lathe bench. The misalignment is at its worst (1mm) at...

Hi Everyone, I'm thinking about whether to do my own veneering for part of my next project. The largest size of groundwork to be veneered would be about 3ft x 1.5ft (and flat). The groundwork would be manmade board. I was particularly wondering about what adhesive to use. I was thinking that...

Finished my console table (and drawers!) at last. http://www.filehigh.com/viewgallery.php?f=22036 I'm quite pleased with how this has ended up as I designed it from scratch and wanted to do some traditional carcass work and drawers - neither of which I have done before. I designed the table...

I popped down to Tonbridge last Friday to this place http://www.exotichardwoods.co.uk/ to pick up some ebony square lines. They had a really good selection of wood, especially tropical woods, so I can recommend having a nose round to anyone that's in the location. Regards, E

Hello everyone, I'm just finishing off some drawers for my current project and I'm wondering about finishing. I've gone for traditional construction with the front made from American black walnut, the sides and back European oak and the bottom cedar slotted into oak quadrant drawer slips. The...

Thought I'd share this for general amusement. I'm in the process of making some drawers. I decided to use some oak I had left over for the sides, back and bottom which I cut to 8mm thick from a 2 inch board. Problem was that some of the finished pieces cupped quite a bit. So, ever the...

Hello all, I'm thinking about fitting a new top to my workbench http://www.filehigh.com/serve/3221/58922.jpg, as my current effort was cobbled together from strips of white ash glued together then a couple of sheets of ply underneath. I really want something meaty to go with the chunky frame...

Hello All, Thought I'd show my first effort at turning a goblet. http://www.filehigh.com/serve/3221/157756.jpg It was slightly less painless than I'd anticipated, but I still have some tearout problems during the process. Had a slight problem with this on the base (hidden by the stem in the...

Hello Everyone, As a novice to turning I'm experimenting with different types of wood - which I rather like doing. I have a piece of Eucalyptus, which I think has really interesting figuring, which I've now turned to a cylinder (3" x 14"). I found it a bit harder to get a smooth cylinder - I...

Hi Everyone, I'm drawing up plans for a hall table (will be approx. 12"D 32"W 34"H) and am pondering whether I need to include stretchers. Having looked at various pictures some tables seem to have them some don't. Usually I'd go for the sturdy approach and include them but I wanted to know...

Inlay questions for you all. I'm planning on doing some inlay work on my next project. The inlay will be into a solid substrate (i.e. not banding or stringing with veneer work). So, 1. Is there an ideal thickness or minimum thinness for the inlay? 2. I've seen marquetry supplier supply "square"...

At last, after much effort and mistakes (and the most expletives I've ever used on a project) I've finished my table. I shamelessly made the design as a copy of pictures I've seen of moorish tables made by Liberty at the turn of the century. I found a nice picture of a Moorish arch at the...

Hi Everyone, I was wondering if I could someone could give me some more information on melamine lacquer. I am thinking of the pre-mixed rather than the 2 pack acid catalyzed. In particular: 1. I presume the resin is melamine-formaldehyde? Is this safe once applied, i.e. does the formaldehyde...