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Trig! The one thing I resent about my otherwise excellent schooling was that the graphical methods of calculating things which are useful in real life, were glossed over for the numeric and algebraic methods more useful in pure maths. This is no more evident than in Geometry and...

I got the following prices for "Unsorted Redwood, Russian" last week, it kinda makes for an apples to oranges comparison, but... 25×150mm sawn, £1.85/linear metre 50×150mm sawn, £1.95/linear metre 21×219mm P.A.R., £2.60/linear metre

https://london.hackspace.org.uk/ It wouldn't quite be yours... But it's well worth looking into, and it's open night tomorrow! I'm a member of the Nottingham Branch, I joined Initially for their metalworking facilities, but have since started using it more for woodworking, as having lots of...

The piece I took the inspiration from has aprons made from steam bent walnut... It looks like an impossible task! Thanks for the advice with regards to forming the joints first, logically it makes sense to make a functional thing first, then shape it once you've made it work... Otherwise you're...

Funny you should mention that, I was an avid mountaineer for some time but about 18 months ago made a dodgy assessment of the risks involved in doing a 1000m unroped scramble with short sections of Diff/VDiff climbing. Totally forgot to consider how secure the rock was and lo and behold it...

The last week or so has been hectic, so I never really got going in earnest, I just had enough time to make a start at all, As most of the little workshop time I got was used up scraping a damaged lathe bearing for a friend. Sketch: (I got very confused laying out the decorative bit, as I...

I'm still thinking about it seriously, fortunately (but not so good for my long term ambitions), I've ended up getting another reasonably paid job in chemistry, and I'm the sole earner until at least another 18 months (missus is doing a Medical Degree)... Apprentice rates are better than the...

Shrinking Trade might be more appropriate, I was made redundant last year and decided to try to get an apprenticeship as a patternmaker, speaking to about 15 pattern shops and foundries they all had a similar answer in the vein of "We need to replace someone who's retiring soon, and would be...

It can be worse... I once worked as a subcontractor on a site where if the Ops director got the report first, the H&S director would punish you, and if the H&S director heard first the Ops director heard first; because the MD would punish whichever director reported it second. If the MD caught...

It's about assessing risk, I decide whether to wear safety glasses when using a Planer Thicknesser on a piece by piece basis. I'll look for defects, loose bits and anything that might be ejected and decide if I reckon that the risk is sufficient to justify the decreased effectiness of my ear...

Going back 4 years my "daily grind" was carrying out untested reactions which were predicted to be highly exothermic on upto 5kg of highly toxic solution , with pyrophoric liquids and high-pressure flammable gasses. We used to keep liquid nitrogen baths in the fume hoods, so if something ran...

Following on from MIGNAL's post. This will get increasingly chemical, so I apologise if it bamboozles anyone just ask and I'll try to make a more detailed less technical explanation. Shelac is composed of long chain organic acids, they're almost insoluble in "Non-Polar Solvents" i.e. Mineral...

In a word: No, I can't. :| The Meranti is a reasonable compromise, low price (£900/m³ for 100mm thick stock), availablity of large sectional sizes and workability were all key factors in choosing it, and I knew I'd have to suck it up with the coarse open grain when it came to preparing to...

I'm just starting on a project which will culminate in needing to finish a coarse open grained wood (Meranti), with a much finer grained inlay (Sycamore), the aesthetics call for a glass like finish, not unlike the appearance of French Polish. I also own french polished furniture and whilst...

Ish... originally my plan was to recreate a Georgian/Regency era table for my grandmother, who got flooded. She doesn't have space to accommodate in her temporary accommodation at the moment, but my mother has some lovely Edwardian furniture which is essentially a repro of the Regency stuff I...

I started looking at the feasibility of making an repro of an Edwardian Table, probably two months back now and buoyed by encouragement from the Hand-Tools forum, did some practice legs in laminated softwood which went well... So on Friday I took delivery of 0.147m³ of Meranti (or Lauan, if you...

My thoughts exactly! As a starter for ten, a magnetic chuck would likely pull it flat at that thickness (unless I'm misunderstanding and the dip is worn rather than warped into the table), resulting in it removing material but leaving an identical warp when the magnet is released, not to...

We have a good relationship with a local foundry, so we're seriously considering trying to find a complete one to make detailed drawings and have a new one cast, as a backup plan (depending on complexity we may be up to making the pattern with guidance from the moulders, or may have to pass the...

I'm helping a friend restore a Wadkin BAOS he picked up for a song, it's been outside for a few years so has suffered with rust, but thankfully the highly enclosed design has left the mechanism freely moving and the electrics intact (apparently, we're yet to run it properly). However, It's...

Personally I'd rebate and glue them, no need for biscuits or other locating methods, a mechanical join and additional glue surface. With regards to making battens decorative, it depends on the rest of the decor really, I'd be tempted to use battens with dentil moulding (see below), to add a...