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Thanks for that. But what is SWA?

About seven or eight years ago I had my current workshop built, it's about 80 square metres and sits about 12 metres from my house. There's a 16 amp electric supply from my house to the workshop via a buried cable. However, I've just noticed that the cable, which runs under a flower bed adjacent...

Did you make those designs on the lid with pyrography? If so that's pretty impressive. I'll be honest I'm not normally a fan of pyrography, but those designs, and in particular the texturing, looks amazing! =D>

Those glue joints and chamfers look very clean and tidy. =D>

I'd send an email to Sikkens technical support group. They'll probably say something like "sand or scrape back to bare wood", but you never know, there may be some little twist here that could be critical.

For an open grained timber like Oak or Walnut there's really very little improvement once you go above 180 grit, for a fine grained timber like Maple or a fruitwood you could go up to 220/240 grit, but you'll see little practical difference above that. That's not to say however that there's no...

They look terrific! Couple of questions, 1. How thick is your saw kerf? 2. How is the grain of the wood orientated relative to the comb's teeth?

There are lots of different designs for boxes, but as a general rule I use veneered ply for the top and bottom, and solid wood for the sides. This method solves at a stroke all the problems you're currently encountering. I've made plenty of boxes like these using this basic method, I'm...

You know, for a beginner with a Japanese saw, that's actually not all that bad! Japanese saws, by and large, deliver cleaner cuts pretty much straight away, but demand more skill to deliver accurate cuts. Also, as a beginner, don't expect to cut accurate joints straight from the saw. That'll...

An elegant solution, tidily executed. Great job! =D>

Seeing any job through to completion counts as a triumph, and when that job is a useful piece of furniture for your home then it's an even bigger triumph. So very well done! =D>

There's something very satisfying about knowing the exact location of the tree that went into a piece of furniture, and doubly so when that location is only a biscuit toss away from where the furniture will reside. What's an Oak tree worth? Under those circumstances I'd say quite a lot!

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I think the internet is actually a pretty poor resource for woodworkers, spreading as much disinformation, fallacies, and prejudice as it does hard facts. I watched the first twenty seconds of this video and that was enough. This guy is just an armchair warrior trying to maximise his Youtube...

These are Snipe's Bill planes, as made by the supremely talented Philly Planes. I guess they were originally designed for use with mouldings, but I find them useful for all sorts of jobs. Incidentally, it's quite tricky finding an old pair in good condition, they may look okay at first...

That's an interesting board Trevanion., is it Claro Walnut? I've never seen Claro Walnut for sale in the UK . The only reason I've had some is I have family who are timber merchants in Vancouver, they source from Western Canada but also south into California where most Claro Walnut originates...

It's really difficult to be conclusive working from a photo. But if you can't feel any undulations on the surface of those boards, then I suspect you've stumbled across some quite rare and very desirable "rippled" Walnut. I regularly work with similar Black Walnut, but I have to work very hard...

For future reference, you don't necessarily need sash clamps to glue up a top. If you use hide glue you can do the job "old school", with a rub joint. There are two main alternatives. Either you can stick to the traditional method and use Scotch pearls in a bain marie type arrangement (like the...

I really like the MFSlab idea, in particular the way it rests on trestles which means you can have a tool shelf underneath. My MFT table has an extension table and I've fitted a small tool shelf to that, but I'm still short of space to store sanders or routers, two tools where I'll often have...

That's astonishing Andy, I live and learn. I expected the biscuits joint to be at least x10 stronger than the glued joint, instead there was no meaningful difference!