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Don't go to Amazon...fine if you want to buy tat tools (generally) but not recommended. Have a look at Workshop Heaven, Peter Sefton's shop (Woodworker's Workshop) as well as Axminster though there are plenty of others - Rob

You're one of the very few that don't like it Rog but for lighter woods you need Osmo Raw; the stuff 'ordinaires' is not suitable for lighter coloured timbers - Rob

Personally, I never buy online. It's a great experience just to go to a yard and mull over the stock before you buy. Yandles in Somerset is great for this as is the new woodshop opened recently by Tyler's near Andover - Rob

Take heed of all the excellent advice offered thus far, no need for me to add anything - Rob

The advantage of a big guillotine is that you're able to mitre much bigger and fancier mouldings which are beyond the reach of a handplane. For smaller section material, a handplane and especially one with a skewed blade such as the LN51 or it's Veritas equivalent produces perfectly acceptable...

That's a statement of fact that I would question... - Rob

That's probably about right to frame a picture, assuming that the frame is purchased and includes a mount etc. If the picture is especially good or expensive, it's worth investing in 'clarity' glass (grade 2, which isn't quite 'museum quality') which will cut out almost all the UV falling on the...

Far from being easy, it's one of the most difficult things to do really well and if it's your pics that you're framing, you'll see every little fault. As mentioned above, you will need to make two pairs of each frame an identical size, with the emphasis on identical. I penned this little piece...

Rog and I have known each other for years Sam; no worries about 'joshing' one another - Rob

Yep - Rob

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It's called a bodge, Rog :lol: - Rob

Difficult if you use fluted dowels :D - Rob

It may be complicated Rog, but it's the right solution and will give you an exact 1:1 fit. Two different guide bushes and two different cutters...but it ain't simple :lol: - Rob

It's a common problem with dowling jigs. I use a Dowelmax which is superbly accurate, but I was nattering to the importer at Yandles a couple of years ago and he mentioned that the dowels are the most 'hit and miss' part of the whole jointing process. He supplied Silverline dowels with the jig...

Very nice finished wardrobe Steve and I do like the Mackintosh accent details, very classy =D> - Rob

Agree with Richard here on this one; your price quoted was well under the mark; I would have also said somewhere between £3K and £5K. Bear in mind also that Yellow Pine is bloody horrible stuff to work and I've only seen it at Yandles as 'slash' sawn boards so it would probably require...

Agreed, it is quite thin but it's only a rough guestimation; once it's thinned it goes on much more evenly and in my experience at least, dries to a dead flat surface with no brush marks whatsover. I'm currently using up a small tin mixed with half matt, half satin Osmo plus a goodly dollop of...

It is thick and gloopy stuff but I prefer to use thinned down about 60/40 with white spirit - Rob

Bang on the money. Apply thinly with a brush, leave it alone and the brush strokes simply disappear. I generally leave it overnight and apply a second coat, de-nibbing the first with a worn bit of 320g or similar - Rob