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The big silky saws with coarse teeth are great for this, quick cutting, taper ground so no binding, a pretty good finish, the downside is the cost so depends how often you’ll be doing it. Have had my Ibuki for coming up to 10 years and is indispensable when needed.

Then a brush on cold bluing solution, or a can of matte black spray paint. Just need to thoroughly degrease first

My approach would be wipe with boiled linseed and let it age with use

As said it seems to be a dro and stepper motors a bit like posh mitre saws have I don’t think it diminishes much skill if a computer moves the fence to 10mm from the cutter or I do it. The lack of flexibility to modify the programmes seems an oversight, being unable to easily do variable...

3m make some really decent spray adhesive- I ordered the non repositionable one by mistake as is a similar code number and stuff was a pretty permanently adhered

Main thing will be the burner quality and the presence of hotspots You can reduce hotspots by using a big metal pipe that fits what you’re heat treating inside so that the heat is more indirect A k type thermocouple rated for your target temp will help with getting the temp right If the...

Yeah I wouldn’t mix end grain and edge grain

I think this is the best option I’d leave Oak out and just use walnut. I find Oak no good in the kitchen

If you keep chucking wildflower seeds on it and then letting them reseed, the varieties that like it will thrive. Is fairly cheap to by seed, can be sown by just scattering over surface so no planting per se, and good for wildlife etc. Otherwise I’d second cotoneaster. Will form a carpet and...

If you let me know the dimensions you’d like I’ve probably got an offcut of steel I could harden the next time the kiln is on.

PVA with branding :D

This is the question as otherwise people will keep suggesting other cavity fixings……

Pva is fine, focus on tight joints and you’ll be good

If that’s not a stud wall the plugs used can’t expand Also if too close to a stud they can’t expand Another factor would be the thickness of the piece being attached may mean the fixing isn’t deep enough to allow the lugs to expand out behind the board If it was fully expanded I’d expect the...

Could you put posts and rails and then fix to that or do both sides need to be visually appealing?

Looks like something that kolrosing could work well for

If you put the ruler in the right place the edge of the pencil line facing the ruler is in the right place- if the middle of the line was to be in the right place you’d have to somehow mark underneath the ruler…

Using a knife to cut a line will help

Turn the blade 90degrees and you don’t have to worry about the width of the belt, just grind the bevel vertical. Means you can see the angle easily too. I use a belt grinder to remove the bulk and then set the edge bevel on stones. Once the edge bevel gets too wide I re grind on the belt...

A small wooden plane like that could be a nice project to make