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I got my Graduate for £350 on eBay- it involved patience and luck. It's the 5th lathe I've used (Picador Pup, antique treadle lathe, Record Power, Myford ML8) and the only one I've liked. If you have used several lathes and found them wanting, you won't be disappointed. However, it would be...

Me too

And I agree with AJB Temple above about drawers being better than doors. However, the drawers I use come in at at least £110 each when you add up boxes, runners, fitting etc. People often have a lot of stuff in their kitchens (fondue set/ spiralizer etc) that they rarely use, so spending a lot...

One thing I always ask my clients is what they dislike about their present kitchen. Price also figures- drawers more expensive than doors which are more than open shelves.

So the consensus seems to be that I can go on telling my story, but substitiuting 3 hours for 10 minutes!

Several years ago a power tool repairer who was fixing something for me told me that DIY grade Black & Decker electric drills had a total designed running time of 10 minutes. That is that they are designed to run for a total of 10 minutes in their entire lives! I was outraged, then a bit...

It's for a mosque. There are 6 prayers whose time varies with the seasons so the outer faces show when those prayers happen. The middle one shows the time of day. It will go somewhere on the facing wall in the photo. It is replacing the aesthetically challenged clock you can see to the lef of...

There will be 7 movements but only the central one will have a battery. The others will be set to times for prayers, which vary according to sunrise/sunset. I'll post a pic of the back and front when it's finished

I would make a plinth. I used to put screw adjusters on all my fitted cabinets but have changed to plinths only. I make a frame the same width and about 50mm shallower than the cabinets, with crosspieces at the joins between the cabinets, and about 10mm less than the minimum height under the...

Hi all, here’s what I’m working on at the moment. It’s a special clock with 7 faces. Made with cnc’d birch ply, veneered with sand shaded oak and finished with satin lacquer

Something to aspire to! He is pretty damn good at it

I would look for someone with a CNC router and an edgebander. If you're lucky they might cut and edge three bits for you. Expect to pay roughly 2-3x what the material would cost.

Looks like it's all oak to me

Agree with most of the above. Also, get a panel optimiser program. There are free ones out there such as Maxcut. You can put any size of board into them- they aren't just for 8x4's. This will reduce your scrap pile, increase your profits, and help the environment.

I have developed some products that I sell in yearly Open Studios, which use small bits of wood. If I have the time and the inclination, I turn scraps into components for these, to be glued up later>

BTW, if I was doing it today I would use T4 PVA and a vac press

I have used that lino, but it was so long ago that I've forgotten glue what I used! I can tell you for sure that it was either contact cement or PVA, and it was definitely not Forbo glue. I saw the desk a couple of months ago and it was still perfect>

I think you are talking about Abranet and similar. It's very good stuff- lasts longer than normal sandpaper, and it extracts well because it's permeable all over. It has two drawbacks- it's a bit fragile so if you are sanding things with edges and corners, it tends to tear quite easily- and it...

I have the Jet/Axminster one. It has a tilting table that I use very infrequently. However, when you need it.... It has a range of grits from 60 to 240 as far as I can remember, and 2 spindle diameters- 50mm and 20mm. Both very useful. It's quite slow, but does a good job.

Have you thought about making your own table? You can buy a plate and some t-track for less than £100.