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We all rely on quality assurance systems which combine factory assessment with sampling of goods supplied etc ……of course you can have every single pillow checked & tested etc if your will to pay £50 each sir

I had the Bosse ‘polo mint’ cut into three rings a few weeks ago Over the weekend I’ve inserted a 9mm ply supporting sheet into its base And fitted three beech bowties to stabilise the splits Now has 1 coat of expos resin to seal the grain Nice ring lines

Fine sunny weekend here to speed up the drying of my finishing mix ….got the table to 1000 grit now and 5 coats of the finish.

…or Swedish meatballs 😂😂

I use a variation of ‘Mikes Magic Mix’ Roughly 1/3 ds of white spirit/ pure tung oil /outdoor satin varnish with about 10% of boiled linseed oil added to enhance the grain. Dries ‘hard’ in a few hrs in spring/ summer. BLO on its own might takes a few days or more. I use several coats...

The last I heard was the Jag iPace at >60k had a battery life of 5 years ….a replacement battery pack was over 30 K 😱😱😱😱😱

A quick squirt of hot melt glue to seal the void is an easy option

and you can guarantee that the walls won’t be at 90 deg …just to add in more fun

The sapwood is relatively soft so you have to handle it carefully and the heartwood can scratch easily from poor sanding techniques…..but it’s more than compensated for by the grain/knot structure and the ripples revealed by good sanding and surface finishing.

After a few hrs work in the nice sunshine yesterday morning … bracing rail of spalted sycamore now fully installed Pegged at the steel leg und with a 19mm beech peg Just sanding / surface treating down to 2000 grit to do now …here it is at 240 grit and two coats on my home brew finish...

https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/members/olgibson1959.44162/ This guy was after some old mahogany..maybe pm him

Or simply oak dust from sanding mixed into your glue of choice

…and nice on toast too 😂😂

Which potentially would be soluble in 40% alc or greater…and the website has a lot of caveats in how to use them 😂😂

as a life long single malt fan ….WHY 😱 A good single malt is appreciated for it colour and nose as much as the flavour ….a wood based drinking cup I feel would interfere with both nose and of course you can’t appreciate the colour.

Sequoia is lighter than it looks. Cuts and machines well but is quite soft so you have to be carefull with course abrasives …my 80 grit belt sander use to smooth out the inevitable router cutter marks left an occasional deep score line. There are 3 biscuits in the joint which of course is...

Good luck convincing eBay on closing it with 1 live bid 😱😱

Have you contacted Ifor Williams for a copy of the one fir your trailer ?

Been working on the table over the past couple of weekends and yesterday completed the waterfall The other leg is a x shape in black powder coated steel ….has a hole through the centre so I thickness down a length of spalted ash with a live edge to use as a rail which will be recessed into the...