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I have a Startrite 14 S 5 with a rectangular extraction port. I have scoured the interweb to find a coupling for this so that I can connect it to the round hose on my extractor but can find nothing. Can anybody help me with this ? I have thought of turning a section to fit the hose leaving a...

There are people on this forum who know what they are talking about when it comes to wiring up a workshop but you may be better off on a forum with professional electricians. I used this forum when I wired up my workshop and got some very good advise. There will no doubt be someone on there who...

I have been using the smaller version of this for years, it is an essential bit of kit if you are going to be taking stuff apart. http://www.axminster.co.uk/japanese-reform-bar

Why did you use Tung oil? Is it because you are going to put foodstuff into the bowl? If not you will be better off using Danish oil which has a higher build and will dry in four hours or so. You could try grain filling again but I doubt it will stick now the grain has some oil in it. Try...

French polish should not become sticky once it is cured. If you put anything hot on it it will melt. Putting pieces next to radiators or in direct sunlight is okay but the heat will dry the shellac which eventually will become brittle and flakey. Sunlight will fade both the timber and the...

Hi Vinnie, as bob said you will need to seal/prime your timber first otherwise any wax you apply will just sink into the grain. You can use just about anything to prime, danish oil, shellac, varnish or cellulose. My choice would be shellac sanding sealer because it is clear, goes on easily and...

Everything on a yew tree is poisonous except for the one thing that looks poisonous .... the berries !

For stubborn stains you can bleach up to three times with A+B which usually takes out any stain or blemish, after this you have the risk of the timber turning grey. One method of increasing the bleaching effect is to use Ammonia 880 instead of the A solution. You will need breathing apparatus or...

Hello Jean, I have never heard of a pre stain conditioner and I cant think what it might be. If you want to stain your beech to a walnut colour you can use a variety of stains, spirit, water or naptha would be the ones that you would find in most DIY stores and any of these will work well on...

I had a word with a friend of mine who has made his own paddle, he said there are lots of different ways that paddlers finish their paddles but his is to use boiled linseed oil. He said he prefers it because when the finish wears where it scrapes on the side of the boat it is just a matter of...

Hello Jinx, I make pens from time to time, this is my method which works well. Sand your pen while still on the mandrel and spinning, start with 100grit then 150grit. Stop the lathe and sand with 240grit with the grain making sure you have all of the scratches out from sanding across the grain...

I used sikkens cetol on a south facing oak door in 2007. Although I have not seen the door since then I did bump into the customer last summer and he said the door looks as good now as when I first did it.

No need to apologise for that !

If you are sure it is Mahogany Swietenia macrophylla then it will be worth a few quid. I would say two places to sell would be ' The Antiques Trade Gazette' and or the members of BAFRA ( the British Antique Restorers Association), if you send admin an email they usually forward it on to all the...

A method I use for aging oak, ( I'm not sure how it will work on pine ). Mix up some vandyke ( in solution ) with soda crystals not caustic soda. Leave overnight and then finish. For pine I make up a casein lactic paint then add raw umber and yellow ochre to the shade desired, works well for me.

Woodfinish Man is right, you will get a much better finish if you prime your wood with shellac sanding sealer first which will stop the wax from sinking into the wood. You do not have to use shellac though, you could use several things to prime the wood that you may already have like linseed oil...

I had never heard of Mango wood before reading your post so had a look on google images. Looking at the pieces on there I would say your best bet to get a match if you cant get Mango is to use satin birch, olive wood or even beech with the right stain would give you a closer match than Oak. The...

Hi Chas, there are many different styles of drawer pulls for dressers of that age, some had turned wooden knobs which could be doweled or screwed in like Tony said, some had brass pulls like you have described and some had brass knobs with back plates or swan necks with various designs of back...

Is this what you are after? http://www.redbridgemarquetrygroup.org/ ... 20saw.html

You could paint the hinges with smooth Hammerite and do the same with the screws.