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My recently finished 8 person chestnut zipper style dining table was finished off with a blend of white spirit, satin varnish (solvent based) and pure Tung oil with a splash of boiled linseed oil added. First coat was brushed on, the wiped after 10 mins with subsequent coats applied with a soft...

My wife & I did a joint even on thurs/friday …me showcasing my tables and Jane her cake bakes, sweet treats etc. Footfall wasn’t as expected, people just wanted to taste the samples and low sales. Table wise …lots of positive feedback & comments, a few people took details etc maybe I’ll get a...

There is a limit on bringing ‘gifts’ back of around £250 as I recall

https://www.gov.uk/export-goods

Looked you up on instagram …..I see what you mean …..it ate that oak without even blinking 👍👍👍👍

No sound ….that would of been incredible to hear

Aka ..artistic deviations 😂😂

Nip down to the Uckfield area …there were lots of pieces suitable for turning

We were away in East Sussex this weekend at a gig …at a very nice country house venue. At the rear of the venue were 4 100+ year old oak trees and around the base of one of them were a collection of 2ft lengths of a fallen bough. A quick chat with the owners and I had a nice crotch piece -...

I would use a simple spring clamp and some baking paper to stop the clamp sticking to the disc etc

Carbon fibre sheet strength is very dependant on the orientation of the fibres with the force applied and the resin quantity. In your case I’d guess you would use a disc on either side of the wooden bobbin as a strengthening washer …glued with epoxy - strength shouldn’t be an issue.

I did it for 13 years ….when the software systems we have now weren’t around for a small business….so yes I do know what it entailed

And you become an unpaid tax collector for uk gov …been there many years ago

The Finishing 101 book was interesting read and one idea that came from it was the use of drying additives in oil based finishes. I use my own tweaked version of mikes magic mix and get occasional sticky patches from the Tung & linseed oils slowly drying out. The book mentions the use of...

physical shop based retailers have high overheads with bith rent and business rates etc before they even open the door. In the restaurant business they as a min work on 1/3s….1/3 food cost, 1/3rd overheads, 1/3rd profit - bear in mind that they are high turnover operations ……a piece of...

For decent surfacing you need a spill board cutter running at the lowest speed your router will go. I use an extension with mine and there is vibration etc but it’s still controllable. Bonus of the spill board cutters is that they have replaceable cutting tips

The table now finished down to 10 000 grit and 3 coats of wax. Legs fitted on m6 inserts today and it’s now ready for my show in two weeks

I’ve heard that the sunshine factory is currently on a shut down for essential maintenance…..you can place orders but the delivery date is TBA. 😂😂😂😂

Scariest units are the 3ft dia carcass cutters …..think of it as a rotary cleaver - slices clean through a side of pig including bones to divide them into shoulders/ middles & legs

The commercial units have a cutter head with two ultra sharp curved blades ….come with their own honing machine and a blade set is over £4k !! Bacon or cooked meat is sliced after cooling down to less than -4 Deg C, and sliced to 1/100th of a mm !!!