Search results

I rescued this garden table from a neighbour and I've started to sand it down. Can anyone tell me what wood it is (I'm guessing Teak..?) More importantly.. what's the best way to protect / finish ? It will be outdoors in the spring / summer but under cover in the winter if that helps ?

I meant the snatching question Brian.

Here's something that I made for my grand daughter. It was my first project with the Shaper and used a free (community uploaded) Shaper template. I should say that the photos were pre final sanding and finish. The photos are tiny, so apologies, but hopefully you'll get the gist. The...

Oh I see - apologies. The Origin is accurate to 100th of a millimeter (I believe !). I've not had it snatch in any of my (small number) of projects but they do recommend that you don't go lower than the bit diameter for each pass. My projects are usually in hardwood (Maple, Walnut and Oak...

I was really hoping not to get into the justification argument. Do you really need a bandsaw to do this.. or a bobbin sander or a router..? The answer is no to all. You could do it all with a hand saw and some sand paper. But they all help with the precision and they all help with the speed of...

I dont understand the question?

Ive only had mine since Christmas, and work has gone mental since then so I've not had much workshop time. However.. I've used it for detailed engravings and to produce templates for other projects. One of my personal projects is to produce cutting boards that are exactly the same shape as...

I'm not sure if this is appropriate to post, but I've received an email from Festool basically saying that out-of-warranty repairs to sanders, dust extractors or saws will be carried out labour-free until 16th June. I've posted the main text of the email below if it helps anyone. There's...

Well.. I had a very fruitfull day today. I persevered with a project in Sketchup.. and continued to find it very irritating and struggled. I got to a certain point and put a message on the Sketchup forum to ask for help with my frustrations. My queries were answered on the forum by an American...

As I get into more complex (for me !) projects, so I'd like to be able to design them properly and take advantage of cut lists etc. My background is in software design so I'm very computer literate and generally pick up new packages quickly. I have a copy of Sketchup 2017 which I've tried on...

I do plan to do a proper video.. from start to finish including creating the design etc, but that'll take a couple of weeks due to other commitments. I dont have anything to show-off at the moment but hopefully by next weekend...

I bought mine before Christmas having asked the same question on here.. and one of the members kindly invited me to their workshop to play with his. It has many advantages and some disadvantages, but I'm delighted with mine.

I haven't read the arguments about the MFT, but I can imagine the content ;-). I think it really depends on where you are in your woodworking journey for both these items. I have an MDF MFT top (purchased from a third party supplier at a very modest cost) and I find it invaluable in my tiny...

And that's done the trick - thank you !

I recently purchased a Festool Midi dust extractor - fantastic bit of kit ! However.. I now have a blockage about half way down the hose which despite my best efforts I can't dislodge. I've tried a drain blockage rod, 'massaging' it.. twisting the hose etc. etc. to try to dislodge whatever's...

Brilliant - thanks for the reply.

I recently bought some Olive waney edge wood slices. Around 30mm thick and the longest is around 600mm. They were advertised as having been air dried for over 18 months, and that's probably correct. However.. having measured them, they all show moisture content of between 14% and 18%. I had...

I'm updating this posting as this isn't a review as such, but several people asked for my thoughts on the Shaper once I'd had some hands-on time. Firstly, thank you to Mark for giving up several hours of his time to answer my questions and demo the Shaper to me. I'm leaving the cost out of...

I'd echo pretty much everything that Simon said above. I too have done a course with Andrew Crawford and loved every minute.

I *think* that that's actually one of the major strengths of the Origin.. the design / software side. I will report back after my demo, but as I understand it the Origin will read USB sticks (or wireless transfer) of svg files as well as having its own large library of size-adjustable shapes...