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I think it's how it's dried. Once the moisture levels are really low it's dreadful. Air dried it may be lovely(beech is) but hard kilned...

Let me help you. Don't use American white oak for hand tool working. It's stupid hard. Get something nice and buttery that's dry but not...

Powder pigments can be added if your after opaque or aniline dyes work well. Liberon did small concentrated spirit colours.

I had a load of brand new clico augers I'd acquired. They were a hard sell taking years to get rid. I was half retail. They were good...

Many chisels are to hard to sharpen with the older countersinks. They just skid. Mine only sharpen the ridgeway ones. I'm guessing the...

Oddly I found a reference to moninger in the old edition of the spindle moulder handbook. They made a block with both softwood and...

What's it like(if it's not a daft question!) Is it technical or mainly coffee table. ?

Making a frame from cedar soft but nice. Making a door ditto. Using a door blank clad with cedar is the odd bit.

? ? ? I don't like anything about this(apart from using cedar which may be lovely but really expensive)

You do realise I'm now regretting not buying that overpriced Moninger catalogue at the steam rally a few weeks back.... Doh! Lovely...

Honestly if no one knows anything about moninger or ridgeway or a boxed set like this it's fine. It just shows many things are not and...

It was just an amusing remark in the hope it may catch someone's eye .

Wow that's a spectacularly poor response!

The method is always the same. Precat is much better than cellulose and acid cat/pu is the best. One coat. Allow to dry denib with 240...

Always redwood pine is my favourite all round wood. My least favourite is iroko or hard oak(American white oak) But walnut bot black and...