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Hello, The guy in the video gave the wrong explaination of the cause of the cupping, though. He seemed to think the inside of the board was dryer than the outside and humidity made the outside wetter which caused the cupping. It is almost always the opposite situation. The board is wetter...

Hello, They are 13 TPI, so no different to a tenon hard point saw, I should think. If you want the inline handle, then give one a go, but I'd just get a hard point tenon saw with the same TPI and 300 mm long blade would be better for the Ulmia . Extra depth under the spine, useful too. I've...

Hello, No, it wouldn't work and I do believe it has been tried. I recall seeing a picture of a hand plane in a book many years ago which did just as you suggest. It may have even been patented. The hand plane works precisely because the infeed and outfeed soles are a single plane. Wood is a...

Hello, For tapping chisels, a regular wooden mallet is unsurpassed, Thor hammers are for different tasks. Mike.

Hello, Anything wrong with a spring washer? Designed precisely to prevent nuts coming loose until you want them to.? Mike.

Hello, There is no rip or crosscut per se with man made boards. You can cut it all with a fine toothed blade for better finish, but it can be done along the fence as though it were a rip cut except you do not need to use a short fence, in fact a full lenght fence is best. The only danger is...

Hello, Just bear in mind, commercial property measurements are the space the unit occupies ( external dimensions) not the size of the floor area you see. 300 sq ft is a start, but I think you will outgrow it very quickly, so be prepared to move again soon! Of course if you just want to make...

Hello, Wouldn't making all the poor bits of a cheap machine better, just make the machine into the expensive one, which had all the bits well made in the first place? You can't have your cake and eat it! Buy the expensive, good machine or be prepared to fettle the cheaper one. What the OP...

Hello, Clients seem to like, be impressed with, CAD drawings. I really don't know why; the talentless and the gifted all produce drawings that look exactly alike to those who do not know what they represent! If you are drawing for a client, and they really must have them, then learning to draw...

Hello, I'll give it a watch on iPlayer later. Am I going to be upset? Mike.

e Hello, Yes, the 40 tooth is OK for rough crosscutting, but ripping 2 inch thick stuff, you need a dedicated rip blade. Ripping as you are will generate lots of heat and needs a slow feed fate. cherry is a bugger for burning with slow feed rates. Mike.

Hello, If you plan to mortice these hinges into the frame, which you should otherwise the lid will sit up high by the thickness of the closed hinge, then they may be a little wide. The hinge needs to be set so about half of the knuckle stand out from the edge. This means that there will only be...

Hello Tapered which way, though! Of course mortice chisels can be honed on the outside, and need to be to remove the burrs when sharpening them and to polish them smoother in the first place if cheaper ones have machining marks on the faces. However, they should not be allowed to become...

Hello, You can get 'bowl and tray' bits, which have the radius you want with a flat bottom. Not sure you will get one to fit into the narrow portion of your template, though. It might be worth looking around, I have one but never needed a narrow one. Otherwise, Pete is right, scrape the...

Hello, Since they are primarily spindle tooling, possibly not, and may be very expensive if they exist. If you are thinking of a groover with a kerf wider than a standard saw blade, then I think you are stuck with spindle groovers. However you can get TS blades with a flat top tooth form in a...

Hello, Possibly not, in fact, since the peripheral speed of the smaller blade will probably not be fast enough. A 10 inch saw has its speed optimised for that size blade, and within reason a slightly smaller or larger one can be used. But generally I would say an 8 inch is as small as I would...

Hello, Ahh, I was half remembering the bit about the debate about the walnut being just Californian grown black walnut or otherwise. If it is not a separate species, it certainly is special enough to be given its own distinguishing name. What is certainly true, there is grafting of nut bearing...

Hello, Many thanks for your reply, I was not confident about the success of these finishes, but hoping against hope you might have discovered something wonderful! TBH it wasn't saving the colour from south facing rooms as such but rather trying to give more longevity to the colour in general...

Hello, What is the UV protection you use, advise for such timber, Custard? Will it also have an effect on keeping very blonde woods white, rather than becoming increasingly yellow? Many thanks, Mike.

Hello, It's a cynical ploy to get someone to buy them quickly, IMO. Mike.