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I had similar problem recently trying to use Blackwood so went with walnut. This technique would be worth a try if you’re set on Blackwood:

Nice few evenings pottering in the workshop yielded this Sycamore with walnut breadboard ends drawbored onto triple tenons. Reminded me that accurate marking out and squaring up stock is easier than just working it out as you go along -as I did a lot of fettling to get the joints tight with...

Assuming you’re referring to this where he uses a mitre saw to chop them off: If you don’t have a power saw big enough then a handsaw would be the next option. Mark carefully and then saw to the lines.

The old tormek forum on yahoo used to be full of people asking why the honing wheel didn’t work as well as the hoped - the first question was usually have you oiled it, the answer was nearly always yes I followed the instructions, the next advice was about trying to get some of the oil out...

I wouldn’t bother with the oil and just use the paste. Too many people add too much oil and then find it doesn’t work as well. I’ve only ever oiled one strop and wished I hadn’t afterwards as it wasn’t the same

The motor setups start getting towards the cost of a spindle moulder that’ll take a router chuck - any reason why they’re not more popular - seem a much more solid option?

Brennenstuhl arrived today will find a battery and give it a try tomorrow

I thought of doing that but would be hassle unstacking and restacking the pile every time. What stopped you using the one you bought?

Hi all, looking for a moisture meter to help check timber. Have been buying air dried pieces from a local yard, they feel like they still have a way to go to get dry so would be handy to have something to check with. Does anyone have any recommendations of one that’s reliable? Cheers, Tom

Looks very much like subsoil- you can take the long approach of incorporating organic material, top dressing and letting it form a topsoil structure- or the shortcut would be to dig it out and ship in topsoil, or put a good 10 inch of topsoil on top and add a perimeter to hold in place.

Stones will only improves drainage once you get over 70% below that it impedes drainage and moisture holding capacity. It goes against commonly accepted tv wisdom but part of my degree included soil science at the institute for grassland research. We made mixes and put them through lab...

Grit and hardcore is the worst thing to add if you mix it with the soil- too many tv gardeners advise it but it’s not right. It reduces the flow of water through the soil as it has to go round the stones, and the stones don’t hold any water so until you get up to over 70% gravel by volume it...

Am steadily sowing as the weather warms, have some poppies, echinaceas, rudbeckia etc coming through now Tomatoes from last week aren’t up yet but has been cooler here in cardiff

Greenheart would typically cost a fair bit more than oak, so depending what you paid you may have had a bargain

I’m with the masses, greenheart groyne

I wasn’t clear I was trying to say I agree with your thinking that brass would be fine without an electrolyte. I then added that if the whole thing was exposed to salt water then the mild on its own would rust so any concerns of galvanic reactions would be overtaken by just general corrosion.

I have an old corded drill driver that’s great for workshop use and I’m expecting will last for years. It took me a while to find and I had to get second hand as they had stopped making them. Makita do still do them, and that’s pretty much the only choice of new. Cordless are great but I agree...

That was my thinking, and given its mild steel salt water will corrode it badly even without any galvanic reactions

That’s the eclipse style jig so you’re all sorted. I’ll let other recommend saw blades, I’ve had good experience with CMT though

Fancier than mine that was just lap joints. If you usually buy logs, useful to make the size to hold 2 deliveries - I get builders bulk bags so sized it to take two of those, that way you can reorder when halfway through and have space for them without having to run out first. Also consider how...