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The table looks good. I've done a bit in Brown Oak and it's nice stuff; I snapped up a few choice boards at Yandles a couple of years ago. That book was recommended to me the other day by Andy Pickard from Devizes and it's currently winging it's way to me as well as Richard Jone's 'Cut & Dried'...

Thanks Colin. These bits of Euro Oak accumulated (as do all offcuts) and it just irked me somewhat to chop them up for the wheely bin. This little bedside table just sits right in the corner of the room so you hardly see the mismatched veneer along the sides of the box. I sorted out the drawer...

I bought my boards from Hamish and you're right Custard, they aren't particularly big, but he hand picked each one for me and they are all dead flat and all quarter sawn. That said, it's a unique material and worth having a bit in the woodstore, but to my way of thinking, it's not the sort of...

They can be unforgiving if you're too harsh with them. Try pulling it through the wood by holding it with just your thumb, forefinger and second finger at the end of the handle....you don't need much effort to make it cut and certainly no downward pressure. As to a pen, I use a thin, black Bic...

Lots of good stuff here about dovetail angles etc, but if you're new to hand tools and Japanese saws in particular, the latter can be a little strange. They're a 'learning curve' but the slope isn't too steep. Take it very steadily, with a very light touch, remembering that the saw cuts on the...

That follows my train of thought. However, have a swift look at the Sagulator and punch in some numbers. You can, I reckon (not sure here) go to any reasonable length before sag is apparent, provided you choose an appropriate material with a commensurate thickness (which might include...

A pair of winding sticks were the first thing I ever made for the 'shop over 40 years ago and I still use them. It takes all of about 15 minutes (if that) to knock up a set; just find a decent bit of stable timber and you're sorted. I used mahogany for mine but it's not crucial as long as it...

Thanks. Unfortunately, the drawer has started to stick a fraction so I'm leaving it open indoors and hoping that the warm air in the house will shrink the sides a smidge. If not, it's back out to the 'shop on Monday for a couple of thin shavings off the sticky bits - Rob

Thanks Andy. I found the Sagulator last night very informative but as it's 'murrican, it's a bit tricky to work out some of their definitions of man made board material - Rob

Andy, those shelves look to be about a metre or possibly a tad longer? It's a good looking bookcase and shelf arrangement, but I don't think for moi personally I could live with shelves with even that small amount of sag...it would irritate me beyond belief; nearly as bad as having a shelf on a...

I know Richard, but I use the 'A' Wish List as an 'aid memoire' for stuff I need to get. If I don't, I get brain leakage and it's gone :D SWIMBO also consults it regularly (and our kid's lists, most of which is books on my daughters) at least every other day. If she sees it on there, it's...

Same here. Now on my Amazon 'Wish List' for a seasonal gift - Rob

I've also got a bookcase/shelving unit to do and was looking at the 'Sagulator' last night to try and work out the sag in a heavily laden bookshelf. I reckon blockboard (lipped and veneered) might offer a good solution but I haven't seen any around for years? - Rob

I'll be going down along to Yandles on the 18th as it's 15% off so I'll be after some chunks of quarter sawn Euro Oak and anything else that looks promising. It's always worth going over to see Paul Goulden and he's usually got some decent stuff but it's all English hardwoods; nothing exotic...

Total height is 590mm and the drawer box is 150mm - Rob

Downsizing a bit with this one; a small bedside table. Apart from the material for the drawer sides and front, it's made from every conceivable gash bit of scrappy Euro Oak that was loitering in the 'shop. The sides are slightly higher by 3m than the top; construction is by strips of ply glued...

So Mike, you'd like to be operated on by a surgeon who was capable of top drawer, precision work, but who only used mediocre, imprecise and clunky tools? :lol: :lol: Making a quick exit here......- Rob

Two sets of blunt planer blades sent off on Monday, second class post. Two sets of sharpened planer blades received today; not too shabby - Rob

Can't find much wrong with that definition, but why are these precision instruments spendy as you suggested in the original post? Not trying to stir the pot or upset any apple carts etc but I'm interested to find a correlation between the two ideas...precision and expensive - Rob

I have, frequently; No way on earth you'd get a chunky Marples chisel or similar into those dovetail pins and they are 4mm 'cos I measured them :lol: - Rob