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I have made yet more progress, and a potentially massive miscalculation with the carving... I will explain how I did that fully sometime tomorrow (today?) when I get a chance to sit at an actual computer to post a biggish update; long story short I mixed the approaches from three sources...

Thanks Andy, stretching is definately the way to describe it, as the thing I've found interesting, is that each new operation on the initial leg, is a challenge... By number four I begin to develop a set of working practices which allow me to do it for smoother and quicker than I might have...

Thanks Billy! I try not to get worried about mistakes, they happen sometimes; and in this case I'm still learning about the limits of this timber, so the mistakes teach me something important... In this case the teachable moment saw me realising that with a very sharp blade and lowish angle it...

Got a bit more done last night, all the legs are now exactly the same shape ready for trimming and carving. One of the approaches that made it a lot easier than I expected when I embarked to get them all the same was using the first one as a model. It's suprisingly easy to spot minor...

I variously do/have done work for the Waste, Chemicals, Oil & Gas, and Logistics sectors... Meaning I get to work with HSE, VOSA/DVSA, Environment Agency, SEPA, NRW, DEFRA, APHA, OGA, MCA & ECHA Of all the regulators APHA, HSE, MCA and VOSA/DVSA are the fairest, most consistent and most...

White spirit, mineral spirits or lighter fluid are the least likely of all solvents to cause damage, as they're just lighter fractions of the same material an mineral oil (white/mineral spirits are usually the 60-100°C fractions, Light Hydrotreated Naptha; lighter fluid is more likely the...

Ace, I'm part of a group who have one of the far eastern laser cutters (A0 bed size, 80w laser) and most of what you say is correct, but perhaps a little exaggerated. In practice the water cooling is almost maintainance free as it's a sealed system, the machine lives between a welding/machining...

That's yet another really excellent piece of toolmaking Stewie. Out of interest, did you find the very slight skew to be easier/harder to produce than a more pronounced skew angle? And did you measure the angle out exactly at layout, or start by creating a flat bed and then add the skew by...

This was last night's contribution to my current project... Although by the time I cleared up, it was actually this morning; whoops! Also sneezed, a lot, the bandsaw needs better extraction.

I've managed to squeeze some more work on this in, and a lot of progress has been made... So that looks vaguely table like, no? Apart from the missing apron... In adjusting the mitred tenons to fit as closely as possible, I caused some spelching on one of the tenons, (in spite of...

Norboard's MSDS's suggest no formaldehyde hazard, and knowimg the uses and chemistry of Urea-Formaldehyde resins, I'd think off-gassing of formaldehyde after curing would be a fundamental failure of process control. Did you know that Urea-Formaldehyde is used as an agricultural fertiliser too...

TBH the angle is more about the hardness of the wood and toughness of the steel, than the task in hand. I have chisels sharpened to a variety of angles between 20-35°. Paring Chisels & Paring Gouges and my nice B/E ones, all of which are used without striking, tend to be at the shallow end of...

Disposal to a well engineered landfill would probably result in near total decomposition with minimal environmental impact... It's quite alarming what bacteria and fungi can digest! (Of course you have to collect the leachate from rain washing through, and chemically treat it to remove the acids...

Lurker, I can see about speaking to SIMT at some point, though an idea of time/date and group size would help. Is it worth reposting to General Woodworking to see if there's further interest?

I live round the corner and will take any excuse to visit again. As a thought, If we speak to the SIMT, we may be able to arrange to look at their storage area with one of the curators, in the same vein, anyone with an interest in a specific company could arrange to look at the archives. Also...

I think you fundamentally misunderstand the purpose of safety features in this instance... The gist of your argument is that you can remove it, and then remain safe by virtue of vigilance and skill as an operator, that's probably true given you still have all your digits. However the point of...

It's best done as a a two man job... I have little scars on my arm from forgetting to put my Kevlar sleves on, and subsequently loosing just enough grip to let the blade spring an inch or two as I took the wire off, lesson learned. On topic, these saws come up pretty frequently, in part I think...

Howarth's Wakefield is (posdibly was) one of only a tiny number of their branches to deal in hardwoods regularly, and even then they're not in a position to hold lots of stock, I'd go speak to them, but not hold out too much hope of them being able to meet all your needs (but if you want quality...

I don't want to sound harsh, but you're coming across as quite inexperienced (at least as far as the timber industry is concerned), and that could really bite you in the behind. Things to consider: Timber is a commodity, prices and supply fluctuate frequently and this is more pronounced in the...

As already mentioned, you'd have to grind an Allen key to make a router iron (doable, but not "easy" as Grinding operations go)... However, you already own the perfect router plane blade and don't know it... Your wood chisels! I have an old "old woman's tooth" router plane which is made of two...