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Hello, Planing the splines for a batch of trinket/jewellery boxes. The next 3 of a batch, 7 already complete. TBH I'm not making the most of this batch production in terms of time saving! I keep having ideas for the interiors and going off piste to make them. Then I had a few people like them...

Hello, Interesting, I'll look out for that. I suppose if you had a lot of very sappy walnut, it could be a good way of harmonising everything. I was thinking of making a sideboard from American ash and bleaching that, as I really don't like the way it yellows over time. I don't suppose I'll...

Hello, Ahh, the little 'gearbox thingy' Bugbear mentioned might make your simple ratio unworkable. Doesn't look like a regular differential pully system to me. It is a lovely thing, though. Mike.

Hello, That price might sound steep (see what I did there) but they have done the R and D and obviously take the insurance out for their product. It has to be accounted for somewhere. I'm not saying it is worth that much but bespoke items often are. It just makes me think that perhaps you are...

Hello, Dying the wood doesn't frighten me, as such, just that I made sure there wasn't any sap when I made it, so I wouldn't need to! You are right about the steamed stuff being dull, though. The timber merchant that is most amenable to me seems to have that as a rule. However, I got a batch...

Hello, OK, I think I might have to get out the sander and take everything back to bare wood. Leaving the shellac in the panel edges probably won't show, they'll be in shadow, so the paler timber there shouldn't matter. I'll gently stain the rest to try and get a match. Staining ABW seems...

Hello, I thought of darkening, but there is an awful lot more to darken than there is to lighten. There are 8 panels to the chest, and their frames and the 4 posts as legs! It is still an option,but there is a slight complication. I previously finished the panels before I fitted them in the...

Hello, I made a blanket chest from American Black Walnut a few years ago, all finished except for the polish. Just after I'd done, I moved out of my workshop and with one thing and another, the chest got sidelined and never polished. At some point, the frame of the frame and panel lid got...

Hello, It would be a perfectly practical fix to a user, but I can see, unless my eyes decisive me, the front and rear sole is no longer co-planar, by quite a margin. Could even be twisted in relation to each other. (Azimuth error) Might be a pig to actually use. Mike.

Hello, You can't really make a curved panel out if plywood, unless the curve is extremely shallow, or the plywood is extremely thin. Plywood is made flat to stay flat, so trying to curve it is going against its nature. Aero ply comes in thicknesses of about 0,9 and 1,5 mm, of slight variations...

Hello, Modern commercial veneer is cut with a wide knife, but the thick stuff was sawn. It can be done with hand tools, a frame saw for instance, though there were industrial saws in the Victorian era that could saw veneer. I bandsaw cut some veneers from solid if I have a particularly nice...

Hello, I would buy a proprietary kit that does what you need, or not suggest it to the client. If you make up the rail, source hooks and build or source a ladder and devise your own, then make sure your product liability insurance is cast iron and worth a couple of million. If anyone has an...

Hello, I like the 2 piece as well, so they weren't listening to me! Let's be honest, it was an economising stunt advertised as an 'improvement' As was not forging the irons anymore. The only thing that distinguished Clifton from the other premium brands were the forged iron and Stay Set cap...

Hello, If you don't have access to a pillar drill for a jig to keep your drill upright, it is easy to cut a bird's mouth in some hardwood and use that. Mike.

Hello, When you make furniture that has some aesthetic quality and you are not just breaking stuff out from boards as they fall, then you cannot do it with minimal wastage. You have to consider the timber colour and grain. If you buy barely enough to do the job, you will without a doubt, end up...

Hello, That said, the Bosch saw is excellent. Mike.

Hello, HELL NO. Mike.

Hello, Bosch! Kidding aside, Mafell, I believe, so if you were looking for a cheaper alternative saw to run on Bosch rails, you will be disappointed. Mike

Hello, Bloody luxury! Mike. (Other Mike.)

Hello, Screws into the bottom rail, wooden pegs at the top rail. Mike.