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Hello, there is some interesting stuff here, but I'm not sure the prices are reasonable, in the sense they are in between IKEA and high end handmade. http://www.sebastiancox.co.uk/shop/hewn-bench-hyfny £320 for a rough ash board with a few branches stuck into it. 21st century and we are...

Hello, 15 hours is nearly 2 days which is still still a minimum of £400 asking price, made from a rented workshop. A bit different than Jacobs £250. I think 15 hours is a good time, too. Ash is a bit of a marmite timber, especially when is ages to that amber colour. If you can sell these, then...

Hello, So what do you do when someone asks for one? Tell them to find 4 other buyers wanting exactly the same or expect them wait till another 4 fill the order books and then charge them the batch price. Or do you charge them the batch price for a one off and make a loss. Or ask the one off...

Hello, Ray Iles makes replacements. Try workshop heaven. I don't think any other makes fit, including other Record plough/combination models. https://www.workshopheaven.com/hand-too ... irons.html Mike. Edit, sorry just realised it is the 044c different again. If you have beading cutters...

Hello, You are dead right and you are as likely talking about me not fitting the bill. I do find self promotion hard sometimes, especially person to person. To be honest, this was my failing the last time and why I couldn't make enough and had to stop. I need to try and be better at these...

Hello, I think we still agree, I didn't say quality was the only thing that gives hand made stuff a purpose, all those other things you mention are there too. But a shaker table isn't unique, or necessarily made to measure, so aside fabulous timber, the quality is an important differentiator...

Hello, Wow, nothing gets by the posters here. Think school holidays, for which I do not get paid. So, while the school holidays are extra time to spend in the shed, which is a good thing, my pro rata salary is something else. Also, local authority hours has been harmonised to 36 1/2 a week I...

Hello, Thanks Vankou, I have thought of renting the rooms, in fact I did consider it in my last school too. Then the HOD got me to remove all the planing stops and re top all the benches with phenolic laminates so they could no longer be used for proper woodwork! The new school I'm in is, in...

Hello, Thanks for the input, Peter. It is funny, but the written word here often doesn't convey the real feeling behind them, and it might seem that I'm being overly negative when a few consecutive posts answer others questions with 'I can't', but I'm only trying to be realistic. I know my...

Hello, You'll have to suggest an existing design for a table that only uses one inch thick boards, then, otherwise I can't make one. I can't think of a classic design that is made like this myself. You've pretty much buggered my weekend, unless you find one for me, or let me design my own. Mike.

Hello, I've no live edged stuff in at the moment, just some 2 square edge ABW. All 1 inch thick boards. I did some designs for console tables using 1 inch thick boards some time ago; it was an experiment that I tried to see if I could design something with the limitation of not having thicker...

Hello, I would if I had enough wood! I'll make one for now, if it ends up being satisfactory in terms of design and reasonable manufacture, I'll make 4. Tyreman, as soon as I get enough stuff together, I will do some shows. I have done a few before. They don't always get immediate work, it is...

Hello, I'm surprised you think this, I'm sure the windows me staircases etc. you made were all bespoke! But point taken, I'll have to do what I have to do. I'm going to make an occasional table this weekend and see if that will sell. Mike.

Hello, I know you are being helpful and your advice is much appreciated, but I just might know how big me shed is! Go on, think about a shed construction that has a footprint of 6 by 5 m but has a 25 sq m internal floor area. Dung wall (log) cabin?? :| In fact the max size shed without...

Hello, I'm not familiar with the videos, thanks, I'll look them up. Mike.

Hello, How high though! Internally 30 sq m is more like 25, building regs measure footprint not floor space and internal ridge height is perhaps 7 ft 6, but roof joists interfere and max is perhaps 6 ft 6 trailing off. My bandsaw stands in the centre line of the shed and grazes the middle...

Hello, I do agree that alcove furniture is a seller. I would have to commit to premises to do it though, as doing stuff on the side in the shed is limited by space. I have no problem in principle with the idea of doing alcove stuff though. I did a fair amount of it when I had my workshop...

Hello, I have the Bosch, can't fault it. TBH these things shine at the margins. A little better dust extraction, a tiny amount better here and there in accuracy, smoothness, lower weight, ergonomics, etc. etc. all add up to a better experience in use. None alone would be a deal breaker, but...

Hello, Many thanks for the advice so far, everyone has something useful to say, and I will consider everything you have suggested. I agree that speculative stuff is hard to sell and fitted stuff always has a market. And I think it is sensible to keep some form of salaried job to keep the wolf...

Hello, Yes, this. Go for a 6000 or 8000 Waterstone and don't bother with stropping. Stropping tends to dub the edge, even on MDF but particularly on leather. Not a terrible thing, it increases the bevel a few degrees and this can sometimes be advantageous if your tool's edge chips a bit. But...