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Dear all After asking (and receiving) great advice a few weeks ago I have made good progress on my coffee table. I have some photos but did not take them at every stage so apologies for that. The design changed (obv) so that the main section is now a veneered panel measuring 600x1400 consisting...

Interesting thoughts gents many thanks I will try the PVA technique on some less vital practice pieces. I think my eventual panels will only be 400x240mm and will be floating panels within the frame of the table top - with a chessboard in the middle - maybe like this sketchup image but still...

Afternoon all I need to veneer a table top and having done small boxes etc before I think that the size of these panels means I am going to have to get a pump So Ive been doing some reading (and also placed an advert in case anyone is selling their vaccuum kit) Am I right that an ordinary...

I've got one for sale if anyone's interested with the 3 blades from WSH. I will put an advert up this weekend BW Mark

I hope you enjoy using it. Ive had mine for 4 years and it is truly a masterpiece. I never worry about mitres etc now - that are all spot on and perfect. I made my own shooting board using the LN plans - fully intending to get a 52 shooting board if and when LN made one - or even like you to get...

Thanks gents for your kind comments Best wishes Mark

I'm not sure if anyone is following this thread any more - my fault as I have been so slow with it all - but I am close to the end so will finish off this in the next week or so My iron arrived back from Philly - beautifully hardened thanks so much Phil such a gentleman With the iron placed in...

A little more of this - now creeping towards the finish line! I used the dummy rear infill as a guide to get the adjuster in the right place and then transferred the markings and position to the ebony Meanwhile I had to file a little of the rear wall away to take the adjuster All fitting...

Meanwhile I turned my attention to the lever cap itself. This kit came with a bronze casting roughly the right shape Lots of filing, belt sander etc etc followed by finer files and then going down from 120 to 240 grit abranet Finally I cut the lever cap screw down to an appropriate length...

I worked on the lever cap over the weekend I took a 1/2" length of brass rod and cut a 7/16 ACME 10tpi thread in it and also cut a lump of bronze about 35mm square from a piece I used a couple of years ago to make a previous lever cap and then used a disc sander to roughly reduce it to nearer...

I agree with almost everything thats been said here but I think you have one extra thing on your side You have a wall at one end - so to help weightbearing you can screw a wooden batten on to that side wall. If the batten is 1/3 the thickness of the shelf, and you rout a slot in the end of the...

Another month or two has passed.... A little progress made... First I spent some more time fettling the infills to fit better Next a big decision as to whether to use a Norris adjuster - and although it would be easier to say no, I like them and I like the challenge plus I had one I made for an...

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Eynsham Sawmills is where I get almost all of my hardwood. They have a kiln and a shed at the back where they keep it all racked. They have lots of oak, sycamore, walnut, cherry, cedar, beech etc etc - all home grown. You can spend as long as you like in there with a tape, small plane and...

Hi Nev I have used them a bit but.... Its really a trade place for sheets etc - they do a bit of hardwood and can order stuff for you (which they get from Timbmet - don't get me started on them) So not very hobby friendly Difficult to self-select They can deliver You can't order online NO...

Thanks Chris for yr nice comments. I actually like the fact that when I’m really fed up Ive got a project on the back burner to pick up and spend a pleasant couple of stress free hours on. I’m away fir 10 days now so there will be another delay!! BW mark

Time seems to just fly by without me doing anything to this plane. Sorry I found a lump of ebony under a pile of old wood which I thought I had lost in the move 3 years ago - its actually a 6x6x3" turning blank and I thought that would make nice infills - don't have any ebony infills Cleaned it...

I went to the exhibition this summer - one of the students is dating my daughter. It was very good quality stuff - I was impressed with all the exhibits and displays. I met Tom Lie Nielsen there a few years ago when they did a Lie Nielsen afternoon demo day

It never ceases to amaze me how quickly an innocent thread deteriorates into nuclear war. God help us all. Surely - if you ask an open opinion from a forum like this one - you have to be prepared to take whatever comes your way? I agree I think there's been some sound advice here. Good luck to...

Agreed with MusicMan re volume in metres but that is only half a cubic foot - not 4 - there are 40 cubic feet to the cubic metre I get most of my wood from Eynsham sawmills which sells beech at £50 a cubic foot plus VAT. So with the VAT your beech plank would be about £25 Regards Mark