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I have to replace a front door - and probably need to make one as it is very small - only 72 x 30 and I cannot find any like it in reclamation yards I have made doors before and am happy with the concept.... however, I think I need to replicate the period feauture of the door to fit in with the...

Have a look through this bookhttp://books.google.co.uk/books?id=LphxtUJYtOIC&printsec=frontcover&dq=400+wooden+boxes#v=onepage&q=400%20wooden%20boxes&f=false. This is on Google books and it lets you see quite alot of the book for free as it were. There are some beautiful boxes there - I use it...

Actually I wondered after I posted here whether all the normal collets which you get with dremels etc will fit in a standard 1/4 inch router collet?? I will see when I get home from work but it seems more likely than not

I have a Bosch 1/4" palm router but would like to be able to use the very small router bits such as those made by Proxxon.... anyone know if there is an adaptor so that this router bit set http://www.tool-shop.co.uk/acatalog/Router_Bits.html which have 3.2 mm shafts can be put into them?? Thanks...

I remember watching a video a good while back on the WoodWhisperer website where he sandpapered oak after applying a finish - I think it was danish oil - whilst it was still wet - this had the effect of filling all the open grain with a mixture of oil and sawdust and looked great once it was dry...

Decided in the end to go for Fiddes hardwax oil which I think produces a lovely deep sheen and can be polished up when it is almost dry So, apart from polishing the mirror itself which has a small scratch, it is finished Close up of one side SWMBO now says she really likes it so could I make...

It's the Lie Nielsen radius cutter - a very reasonable £75! - I think it was £65 when I got it... http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=793283&filter_cat=&manufacturer_id=Lie-Nielsen&name=&user_search=&sfile=1&jump=48 It really does cut curves beautifully and the groove which the cutter...

Spent quite a few hours today doing the inlay for the walnut mirror. First spent quite an hour or so working out the angles and radiuses of the curves required for this line and berry inlay. Decided on alternating curves in and out, with 70mm radius for the inner curves and 100mm for the outer...

Thanks for the nice comments - I have saved the sapwood for the fire but it is worth just using the heartwood because of the lovely 'purple haze' that English walnut has. The new router cutter is going to be very useful as I do make quite a few things like this and I have struggled before to get...

I think that saw looks amazing - and you could do it in your lounge in the middle of the night and not wake anyone - but the price! - and I don't think there is a UK distributor yet is there?? It would be over a grand here I am sure. It makes the Proxxon saws look cheap by comparison!

Thank you both for your replies - I do use a shooting board and a mitre saw occasionally - but I also do alot of inlays where I cut 1-2 mm holly or ebony and fans made up of thin slices of holly and ebony and other woods which are a devil to cut accurately by hand - so I really think a small...

Thanks to all of you for your advice - what a marvelous forum this is where one can get 5 different opinions as to how to proceed... I got the cutter from Wealden, tried it out on some 4x2 and it looked good - using a card scraper and a sander gave a good finish So I mounted the cutter in the...

I like all those ideas - especially the last one - hadn't thought of that I do have a suitable router cutter now and I am going to cut some test pieces tomorrow to see what it all looks like The rebate on the back for the mirror is already cut and the mirror fits v well Big step to do the front...

I am thinking about buying a mini saw as I spend alot of time cutting small mitres etc for jewellery box drawers and so on. There does not seem to be a great range of possibilities - in fact the proxxon range seems to be about it in this country... Has anyone got either of these...

Thanks for your prompt replies I had a look at the wealden thumb moulding cutter and there is a bigger one which cuts 28.5 mm wide and 14mm deep I mocked this up on paper and it looks a good result - the whole thing is 75mm wide and therefore there will only be 18mm in the middle flat I can use...

Tasked to come up with a mirror for a house by the sea - I thought a nautical theme in the form of a 'porthole' would do I have some walnut which has been planked and drying for a couple of years and thought that would come up nicely... So first here is the wood together with an 18" circular...

I forgot to mention the finish - I tried a product on a recommendation I had not used before - Fiddes Hard wax oil. I though it was outstanding - 3 coats, rubbed down with very fine paper between (actually used a Festool DTS 400 with 320 grit paper for most of it). The great thing about the...

Finished yesterday Quite please with it although I did have to scarf a piece in as one of the gaps was too big - however I used a piece of oak from the original which matched and it is very hard to see the join Close up of top And here are the 6 pieces separated Overall I am happy with it and...

I am lost with it Shultzy - I have been through the (awful) manual - both the Minimax and Record versions - and there is definitely power getting to the machine, I have checked thwe internal fuses, the emergency switch has not been tripped and both trip switches seem OK. They are sending me a...

Got back from a week away with my lovely wife (hooray) and 4 teenagers (boooo) - but felt refreshed and ready to start again First, with my universal broken and awaiting Mr Record to come and fix it, I set up my ATF55 with the tablesaw insert and the CMS, together with a jig I had made to hold...