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Agreed.. the colours and grains go really well together IMHO.

I am about as far from an expert as you can get, but I've done a lockdown of research and made a few dozen boards in the last 9 months. I've used Walnut, Cherry, Maple and Beech, all of which I've been very happy with.

I'm looking to dip my toe - figuratively speaking - in to decorative epoxy fills. Sort of an epoxy river, but on a small scale (cutting board). I've watched plenty of Youtube videos, but most seem to be US based, and so are the epoxy brands and suppliers. Can anyone suggest a brand / supplier...

Watching this thread as I'm looking as well. Narrowed itdownto the Mirka and the Festool, though I've heard a number of comments about the poor reliability of the Mirka.

Cheers James, though pretty much everything at this level / price range is out of stock everywhere. But again.. good to know.

Rutlands have sold out as well, but good to hear that it's ok within it's own limitations. The only planer of it's kind that seems to be available is the Proxxon from Axminster, but at only 80mm planing width it's not what I'm after.

Edit.. This is also out of stock with no due date, so back to the drawing board.

Looking to purchase a low cost, small bench planer, and this has come up in my research.. https://www.sip-group.com/store/category/208/product/01543.aspx I'm not familiar with this brand - can anyone tell me anything about it..? It fits my requirements now that the Triton TSPL 152 isnt going...

Thanks everyone. I've ordered some Brandons mineral oil and see how I get on with that. Ta for the responses and help.

Hi all I'm a newbie starting out in my workshop. I've made a number of chopping boards, but struggling to decide on food safe finish. Most of the (US based) YouTube videos that I've watched finish in 'Mineral Oil' - which is obviously a generic term - and soak the boards until they won't take...

That's fair comment. I suppose that the issue - for me as a beginner hobbyist - is the fear factor that having spent many hours creating something, it can be ruined in an instant. There are many - actually, very many - aspects of woodworking that I'd love to get more skilled it, but as with...

I'm looking at possibly personalising (engraving) small pieces of woodwork (such as for example cutting boards) with names, events, dates etc. I have successfully finished some items with a router and stencil, but this is obviously very time consuming and - in my hands - prone to errors. Is...

I agree. I do use it for cross cuts but it's not really suitable for fine work. It's on the list of equipment that needs to be upgraded, but in the meantime....

Saxton blades ordered - thank you.

Hi All Two beginners questions - I thought that I'd lump them together rather than flooding the forum. Firstly.. I have a very basic dust extraction system in my tiny workshop which works ok..ish. However, anything other than dust (ie particularly shavings from the thicknesser) blocks it...

Just an update.. Ive managed to get it done by using a hole cutter.. and buying a pillar drill which was on my list of equipment to purchase shortly anyway. I retracted the pilot bit totally and cut very slowly. As I expected there was a lot of movement in the hole cutter (not to mention...

Thats great - thank you. That all makes sense. I'll try it on the outside tomorrow.

I'd love a lathe, but that will have to wait until we move house and my workshop expands from its current 2m by 2.5m size !

Having watched the very interesting Marcus video I've watched the very interesting Marius video, but the skill level to make that is substantially beyond my inability to route a simple circle using a template.

No..I have an acrylic circle template and use the same bush and bit that I use for stencil routing. Having tried - what you'd think is a simple procedure - on numerous occasions I can't get a consistent result. I fully appreciate that this is down to my lack of skill.