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Hmmm... they might not be happy with you carrying a few 3m planks, either.... just kidding :giggle:

No rain here until today and then only a quick shower. The gardens could have done with a bit more. Glad you managed to keep your powder wood dry. ;)

Unassuming dusty brown boards... but, as you say, once through the planer and the beauty shines through.

Just wanted to say thank you to you and Steve for all the help today (Sat 10/6/23). I bought some very nice pieces from your sale. Well worth the 4 hour round trip.

I made a moxon vice a while back. I clamp it to my bench with a couple of steel bench hold-downs. I made the slots for the threaded bolds about one and a half times as wide as the diameter of the bolts and that seems to allow sufficient movement for the front plate to be tightened unevenly if...

Wow... undertakers have special dispensation to chop down trees! Well, they do have an important use for the timber ;)

A magnificent table. Not to my personal taste, but clearly excellent workmanship and imaginative design. Great job; I'll bet your wife (to be?) is very pleased.

That's a beautiful piece of timber.

A "*****-willow" tree collapsed in my neighbours garden recently and I offered to remove it. Most will end up as firewood but I rescued a few logs from which I hope to get some short boards. One of the logs was just too big for me to pick up so instead of cutting it in half transversally, after...

Ah yes. In fact I also treat cutting boards with mineral oil first and then give them a coat of wax which is home made from mineral oil, bees wax and carnauba wax. The advantage of home made stuff is that I can make it as runny or hard as I like. In the end it is all the same; mineral oil with a...

Brave man! I hope you wrap up warm... cold fingers and sharp tools are not good playmates! ;)

Ah, you used a router to flatten your piece. Thanks for the info.

Nice work, a very pretty board. Images 2 and 5 seem to show boards joined (or butted up) end grain to end grain, however, I don't see that in the finished board. So do those two images just show two separate boards? By the way, you mention treating with mineral oil and butcher block conditioner...

I made a trolley with coloured bricks for my niece's twins. They are coming up to 1 year old later this month. I already have some delightful pictures where the boy is sitting in the trolley with the girl pushing him along. The trolley is made of 24mm thick cherry wood, the base is inset 12mm...

Impressive.