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This article is referring to Quartz type material (man made stone) and has been well publicised within the industry for quite some time now. I believe it has been banned in Australia and the concerns have spread from there. It does not however, refer to "Solid Surface" type material, which is a...

Sorted! A freshly sharpened mitre saw blade and it cuts fine now. Thanks for the advice everyone...👍 Edit. In case anyone was wondering what I used to sharpen the saw blade with, here is a picture of what I used. It's not a top quality tool by any means, as it takes longer to set it up...

When I cut the mitres on my Kapex, I did use the clamp to hold the maple in place but it still left a burnt cut. I've freshly sharpened a blade today at home, so will try it in the Kapex tomorrow ......🤞

I've been asked to make a small gift for someone and have been requested to make it out of 2 different offcuts of wood that I've got "spare"....😁 The 2 woods are Spalted English Oak with a minimal amount of spalting and a section of a reclaimed Maple kitchen worktop. As part of the gift, I...

I work with a lot of sheet material of various types & thickness and the rule of thumb that I always adhere to is,.... When working with ANY sheet material, ALWAYS assume any factory edge is rough and not to be trusted as straight or square.

Quite! 👍

Due to the description of your kitchen layout and the weight of your worktops, just apply a couple of beads of silicone around the front & rear rails up inside the base units, it will be fine. Solid Surface does have a degree of flexibility, but I would suggest you carry/ move any worktop...

With a good quality router & router cutter, an accurate straight edge to act as a guide for your router, good dust extraction wherever possible, a decent quality random orbital sander with the correct abrasives & pads, and a firm & steady grip on your router, you should be fine.👍 Make sure you...

@mal165 If the worktop is Minerva, I hope you've got good dust extraction on your router coz it's real messy without it...😯 When routing out a Hob cutout in this type of material, the best way for you to cut an accurate aperture & rebate would be just to use 4 strips of MDF and hot melt glue...

Please forgive my ignorance Fergie, I know what CFM is......but what is FAD....? Edit. I just looked it up on Google....Free Air Delivery......Every day is a school day!😁 I've been thinking about getting a media blasting cabinet and I have 3 different sized compressors, but I want to be certain...

Depending on how much plating you need to get done,...Have you considered doing it yourself..? https://www.gaterosplating.co.uk/product-page/nickel-plating-kit It doesn't seem too complicated in my opinion.

Thanks everyone 👍 I'm going to proceed on the basis that it is Iroko and find some sort of use for it. Cheers, Tim.

I find it hugely satisfying to bring tools/ machinery/ appliances back from the brink, so to speak. SWMBO usually just says " I'll just order another one"...and I always say " Not until I've taken it apart and looked it over you wont..." When I see old wood in a skip, I turn into Stig of the...

Regarding smell,...the redder wood has a slightly pepper/ spice aroma, but I cant decern any particular smell from the lighter brown timber. On closer inspection, the lighter brown wood appears to have a few flecks of White " salts" in the grain? (Its not paint..!)

I cant say it smelled of anything, to be honest...! I know the redder timber is a smaller section of wood, but it feels far lighter and less dense than yesterday's rescue..😁

Here are a couple of photos showing both freshly cross cut ends and freshly planed faces.... The redder timber is what I had always assumed was Sapele......I also rescued it from a skip more than 10 years ago and I have loads of it....👍

It definitely has more weight to it compared to the "redder" wood. I'll make a fresh cross cut on both woods tomorrow and show the end grain of each side by side.

This is what I thought was Sapele next to a bit of the skip rescued wood this morning.....Both were freshly wiped with DNA....

I'll put a section of what I "thought" was Sapele next to this stuff.....

Really..? I have a quite a bit of what I thought was Sapele and it is a lot "redder" than this threshold.......Perhaps what I thought was Sapele, ....isn't??