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I've worked on enough old timber to know using normal trad materials they can last just fine. But neglect and poor water...

I'm with you linseed paint is mostly hokum smoke and mirrors. But it must have something to recommend it. Dulux weathershield I have...

My own feeling is rustic is very lacking in the world!

There probably best at putting a tenon on having a tightly controlled and bushed exit hole. Whole components can be a bit bent and have...

Oh sorry . The ashem rounders are unmistakable having ashem cast in the body. I know Fred regularly cast these on courses but I'd never...

I made my entire kitchen over a few months. I used maple faced poplar lightweight ply which because birch wasn't available then was the...

Maybe one for sgian dubh? Who met the man I believe.

I've just got some Fred lambert rounders. I can never resist these and there I'm great nick. There not the normal ones or even the...

Don't plunge cut these solid wood worktops honestly that saw will spit out when the wood tension grips the blade. Composite worktops are...

First off never plunge cut solid worktops. Its lethal. The chance of kick is very high. So it's jigsaw only. The rest is new coarse...

Another observation is thickness of the sides can be variable as long as the fingers protrude past the thickest side.

Another thing I pondered was how making 2 props that snug into 2 opposite corners an immensely strong item could be made. As the only...

Also by cutting a guide board using the same set up its easy to ensure a full finger at the board ends.(just measure your board. It...

One thing that did cross my mind was by tilting the work forward or back multi sided boxes could be possible...

The 2 index pins will close down enough for a sawblade as long as its flat topped.so narrow fingers are fine But I can't see how the jig...