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I have a pine bench that needs finishing. There doesn't seem like a lot of options for a clear finish except for wood preservatives. Does anyone know how they work? When you paint them on and they are absorbed into the wood does the liquid harden inside the wood grain, like Danish oil? I'm also...

one of the best things about making your own sausages is that you know exactly how much fat you put into them and the quality of meat. I don't go with this 50/50 fat mix. Firstly you put too much weight on and secondly I don't consider the flavour being any better with more fat. Having said...

I think the whole supplier customer thing has changed to such a low level that people are ordering blind. Trying to have demonstrated, set up and working table saws is virtually impossible today. I have been given a long list of stockists by one recognised supplier, but after wading through it...

Just to let you know that Abbey Hardware, Shrewsbury are selling 15 piece 1/2 shank sets of cutters for £29 including postage!!!! Limited numbers available. Trend price £45. Screwfix price £35 They are on e bay buy it now and take CC. Just thought it may help some newbees out!!

I was surprised when I called Trend to order a dovetail cutter for the DS 400 dovetail jig to find that they have now stopped selling it. A fantastic bit of equipment, that when set and the depth gauges made for setting the cutter depth takes ten mins to set up. It made me consider what exactly...

A friend of my wife's wanted a sign post making for her daughters wedding. So I made one based on the old black and white road side signs, with four direction pointers a sturdy non blow over base. It could all be taken down and put into an estate car. It had a box of numerals and letters that...

Thank's for the advice. Will give it a try.

Good afternoon chaps! I made a couple of nesting tables. For a change I decided to try the drop in top, that sits inside the frame of the table, rather than the conventional top which overlaps the frame. The top was made in three pieces. I was conscious of shrinkage when I designed them so after...

Amazon was once small so they just didn't arrive at the lower shipping costs overnight they went through a learning curve and addressed their shipping costs as they grew. Ok they are massive now, but they still change shipping charges every now and then to cater for low value orders and give...

I wanted a new rule. £3.99 on one of our favourite suppliers sites. Found what I want then when the pay page comes up I find a £5 carriage charge for orders under £50? So, off I go to Amazon, who will deliver free for orders of £10. So I top up with another couple of items to make the £10 total...

Dovetails by hand...... for a hobby...cut dovetails by hand.... to make some money and reduce time..... use a jig.....but a good jig... I can hear the purists blasting me now!!! :roll:

MMUK No that is not the case. I have imperial and metric collets and always run the mic over the shank even though the cutters go back in their respective Wealden cases which have the shank dia marked on the outside. I sometimes wonder if some of the larger cutters that require a full cut to be...

Ohhh heavens, no!!! I was just thinking about straight cutters, general cutters. That would scare the ******* out of me!

Just got round to splitting the top, after removing the finish, and re glued. When I re finished the top there was little evidence of a glue line. Must just have been poor glue up on my behalf!!!!!!!!! Thanks for the advice!!

Just has an experience where my router cutter, set up the table slipped back inside the collet. There was no damage and I always use as much guarding and feather boards as I can. The cutter shank was tight in the router. When I took it out and examined it there wasn't any scoring inside the...

I had considered that cutting down the joint would probably the best way to go.

Just finished a small table. The top is made from elm and three glued up boards using PVA glue. Although the panels looked fairly matched when I dry fitted them together, on glue up and after sanding staining and top coat, I find that the glue line is very visible, well it is to me and doesn't...

Justben this seems to be a re occurring issue. I have posted above re Rustins, which may be a solution. first you will have to establish what finish is on the table. I made a tv console from elm and finished with Danish oil mixed with a stain. After two months the wife decided she didn't like...

I have searched and searched for reviews about Ronseal waterborne quick drying varnish with little success so I thought I'd add a few comments. I have used different finishes in the past, but always wonder why someone makes a table for instance, that will be taking hot plates, have water spilled...

I have got the Knobs handles doweled and ready to install.... sorry to now ask Should I glue them and then finish or try and mask off and try to finish.. will be using poly finish with a brush. Thanks sorry for being a pain!!!