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Hello, Soz, I was being light hearted; not trying to sound preachy with my recommendation. Regardless, Meddings in fully working order can be had for the price of a lower quality Chinese machine. If the OP had used a Meddings on a daily basis, he wouldn't be asking the question, he would be...

Hello, I would wait for a Meddings! In fact why wait, for this sort of money, you should be able to buy a tip top Meddings from a used tool dealer, which will be in a ready to use state from the get go. I use one in school, and an Elliott Progress at home. You wouldn't get anything new to...

Hello, Essentially they are just half lapped lattices of thin dimension timber. I have made a few shoji myself. The asanoha or hemp leaf design that I think you are referring to, that Pekovitch uses, is a design for Japanese transom and sometimes lighting fixtures. Try to find Toshio Odate's...

Hello, I've always thought MGB's were awful! :lol: Mike.

Hello, The Startrite 352 is in another class altogether. Superior saw to the Record, built like a tank and will last until the end of time. In my time, I've used on a daily basis 4 352's all over 40 years old and still working as smooth as the day they were made. They would probably cost about...

Hello, Freudian slip? Mike.

Hello, I'm with Jacob. Belt sander, power planer and handplanes are all better options. It could all be done with hand planes, especially if you have a scrub. But power planer will take the hard work out, initially. I would still get to the final finish with planes. Router sleds seem like a...

Hello, When first starting, I would not expect to make a lot of money by using family and friends as clients. I would (did) use the experience as a learning exercise to add to my kills, find out exactly how long things take, how to iron out problems that crop up, but couldn't forsee, try out...

Hello, I would still cut the veneers on the off side and try to get a cut straight off the saw. The waste generated just cutting is quite considerable as it is and planing between each slice just adds to the problem. Also, planing between cuts when slicing on the off side makes it even harder...

Hello, Try the LOCAL tab at the top of the page. Some people local to you will no doubt come up with some more suggestions. Mike.

Hello, This is the B taper that myfordman just mentioned. If you get the chuck off it will have the female taper in it and the male B16 taper will be sticking down from your drill arbour. Why do you need to remove it? Mike

Hello, If you want sequential veneers without too much loss of pattern between the leaves, then it wouldn't be planed between slices. Mike.

Hello, Birch trees growing as big as Douglas Fir, I don't think so. And thin veneer core ply is better than the thick ply stuff. I think the old video is showing construction grade plywood the new one furniture grade. Give me the birch ply any day, however it is made! Interesting video though...

Hello, How did they do it on the YouTube video? Best practice would be to have the stock running against the fence and the veneer free to fall away on the other side. This will give the most consistent straight cuts, but does have a problem when cutting sequential veneers. An accurate way to...

Hello, The easiest way to tell iroko from your 'mahoganies' is its feel. It is quite oily, whereas the the others are not. It had a distinctive smell, too, so plane a bit if what you are sure is iroko, and you will remember it's odour. You'll easily identify iroko from then on. Mike.

Hello, Isn't Sipo another name for Utilie? (entandrophragma Utilie) And Lauan is one of the meranti group. There are over 200 species in the meranti group and three genus, so they are difficult to tell which is which. They come in colours as diverse as yellow, through pale pink and deep red...

Hello, It is funny how people's experiences vary. I have used Rutlands many times, and not had a single problem with them. Axminster, on the other hand I have had problems. Not that it would stop me using them again (the fact that they NEVER have anything in stock these days is stopping me...

Hello, And after the glue process. Once you take the glued up stack out if the press/clamping boards, make sure both sides are exposed to the air, or both sides are covered. i.e. kept between 2 boards, perhaps with sheets of paper to absorb some of the excess moisture from the glue. Mike.

Hello and welcome! If you cross laminate the veneers and use a resin glue like cascamite, I think you'll be fine. Keep the glue spread as thin as you can, otherwise there will be bleed through, though maple is tight grained, so will suffer less than other wood types. Mike.

Hello, It is Axminster's own branded one, you might not be too happy with it. Mine is a piece of garbage. I am currently using aluminium T track extrusion as a straight edge; it is more accurate than the Axi. It might be a QC issue and yours is OK but I'm not the only one who isn't impressed...