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It looks like walnut to me. Is the piece Queen Anne or thereabouts?

I've always got mine from the local electric motor rewinds company (Cambridge Rewinds)

I've found that timber from the USA is very bad for this. I've had a couple of conversations with sawmill or timber yard workers where they have told me that the way they season timber there is pretty savage. It's cooked hot and fast. I've also had log sawn North American timber- cherry and...

I've done several but over many years and spaced far enough apart to have mostly forgotten how to do it! I don't think it's a big problem. I think you need to make the door width what they say it should be, minus the thickness of one side panel, and to narrow the space with a false side panel on...

Hi all, I'm opening my workshop as part of this year's Cambridge Open Studios. The dates are 9th-10th and 16th-17th July, 10am-5pm. All welcome.

A parliament hinge would work. You could paint it the colour of your fabric and it wouldn’t be too obvious

The other thing to consider is auto switching on your extract which obvs only works with corded. Festool do a bluetooth module for their extracts but that adds up to quite a pricey package.

Holesaws are designed to cut metal and they don't do wood etc very well. They don't clear the sawdust at all after they have cut the first 6-10mm. You can greatly improve this by drilling a hole or holes just inside the outer radius of the holesaw. This will allow the sawdust to fall through and...

My friend Daniel Humphreys (4th plank carrier in the photo) has been involved. The table is finished and is being unveiled at Ely Cathedral next week. It's staying there for some time and then going somewhere else.

It isn't as strong or a rigid- if I'm using it for shelves over a certain length I'll put a solid wood lipping to stiffen it up. It's more dent-able too. However, it's a lot lighter which is a big deal if the bit of furniture is going up some stairs! It is also reputed to be flatter than birch...

That is very clever and would be perfect if it wasn't for the level of finish required and the quantity. I had a job a few years ago, making viaduct kits for Brio trainsets, and this has made me very wary of large numbers. What might seem a bit trivial, like taking 10 or 20 minutes to fine sand...

make sure you get the ones that screw in not the ones that knock in.

Thanks Jacob. Can I get a half round cutter off the shelf or is it a custom job?

Hi all, thanks for the responses. I am planning to use a spindle moulder with a power feed. I’ve used a dowel plate many times but I think driving multiple 2.4 m lengths of 50x50mm through one would lead to my early demise!! I was really looking to see if anyone had done something similar and...

Hi everyone, I have a job coming up which involves making about 36m of 50mm diameter walnut dowelling. I am thinking of making it on the spindle using a cutter set that does a 1/4 radius of 25mm. Has anyone else done this kind of thing and if so, any tips? Thanks for looking!

Hi, the best price I can find for collection is £3.90- is that OK? Pete

Hi Dave, I think you might have problems with expansion if you used dovetails. I would go for the clamp idea. It seems to me that you could have a single holder to fit all positions if you scoop out the inner bit of the channel that fits over the gunwale, so that it only touches on the outer...

It’s 2.3 m long and about 20 mm diameter. The extractor end is 35mm OD and the other end is 22-28mm OD and 17mm ID. It’s in ok condition. Pick up from CB58LD or I can post at cost.

I've done lots of these. My favourite way is to make a cabinet that will just fit in the space, with the stiles over-wide to allow for scribing. You lose a bit of width and it uses a bit more timber, but you can have adjustable shelves which I reckon is pretty high on the list of things you need...

It doesn't seem like ideal honours board material to me. You need a good smooth and rather bland surface to do your lettering on. If you fill the cracks with black epoxy those black areas will swallow any lettering. I would suggest that you or they think of another use for the beams more in...