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Every now and then at various timber merchants I've come across thin boards of various wood species usually 10 - 15 mm thick and...

It's true that sapwood has the most nutrients that the grubs of insects such as common furniture beetle, powder post beetle, and so on...

Technically, there's no good reason to not use the sapwood for the purpose you describe, i.e., drawer bottoms. However, Cedar of Lebanon...

I went to a cafe the other day, ordered my food and sat at a table already occupied by another guy. We got chatting and I discovered he...

The only way the stain can be removed is to take away enough wood to get below the staining, and that depends how deep the stain is...

Their solid wood products are of European beech, which may be of high quality, but useless for field gates with beech being non-durable...

Sticker stain most likely. Slainte.

In January this year I started the process of getting a replacement front tooth, an implant, because I didn't like the gap caused by...

1. Pedestal 2. Column 3. Foot (feet) See here for how to arrange the grain in the feet for optimum strength. Traditionally and...

Maple = non-durable. As Fitzroy suggests, it's a very poor choice for outdoor furniture with a life expectancy of five years or less in...

Eat your heart out at this link if you want - there's even an excerpt at the link you can open. To be honest I find all the hoopla about...

People have been rhapsodising and drooling over this tool chest for many years, even decades perhaps, but an alternative interpretation...

The problem for me with whom in phrasing such as 'To whom shall I write the prescription', or 'To whom shall I send the subscription' is...

Okay. No really good reason seems like as good a reason as any... maybe. Slainte.

Yes, exactly my question. There has to be a good reason to go to all the trouble of making pieces of veneer just 0.2 mm thicker than...