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Agreed, 600 to a max 1000g is all that's needed (possibly 1200 or 1500g on a lathe). I usually finish at 320/400g for walnut etc and 240g for open grained timbers such as oak - Rob

Flexipads are your friend; start by cutting out your own discs from Abranet sheets, beginning with 80 and finishing with 400g. I use mine with the Kirjes system which includes the motor and flexible drive. Good extraction mandatory though! - Rob

I've been playing around with wax finish acrylic varnish over the last couple of days. I'm quite impressed with it, the beauty being that you can apply several coats quite rapidly...but, a better finish is achieved when it's applied thinly with a cloth (as opposed to a brush) and cut down with...

Difficult to guesstimate how much to leave in the width as that's where the possible shrinkage will take place. If, as you say, the panels are really well seasoned, you may not get any shrinkage at all. On the other hand, were the job going into a cooler room, say an unheated bedroom, they...

What Mike said. Cascamite sets glass hard - Rob

That's it; when the frame is in wind, the bottom of the rebate where the glass sits isn't dead level. As a consequence, your'e liable to crack the glass when the pic is assembled - Rob

Yep, what others have said, but take it very, very slowly. The saw dust will build up inside the kerf and it's got nowhere to go, so there's the potential for blade 'binding'. I'd advise planing three square side as well which will then give you a datum on the tablesaur fence and two square...

I'm certainly not trying to push Ax bandsaws in any way, but having used a modern Startrite, the build quality of the Ax machine is far superior. I'd suggest that Ax bandsaws are equal to other comparable makes on the market, with the advantage of free del into your 'shop and their after sales...

That could be the deciding factor Mike. You don't really know what it's going to be like until you open it up; it could be great or you might have bought yourself a very large white hefalump :D - Rob

I'd suggest the next time, you get the frame absolutely spot on, especially with something that big. If it's the slightest bit out of kilter, you're liable to crack the glass and if it's the 'clarity' non-reflective sort (highly recommended) you could be (for that size) £200+ down - Rob

Yep, usual Utoob t'internet dross. I'm surprised you managed twenty seconds Custard, I clicked away after ten - Rob

Yep, I've got a big Industrial Ax b/s with a small footprint (some of them are ginormous) and huge doc (up to 450mm I think) and they will deliver straight into your workshop. It was in your price range but no longer supplied :( Runs off a 13A supply - Rob

Lazy Susan, finished this morning, which proved 'difficult' :evil: and time consuming to make. The inlay is a random geometric confection of all sorts of different timbers that I've accumulated and include the root of a Laurier Canelle tree, an extinct wood from St. Lucia which forms the...

I'd tend to agree. Fettling an old plane to make it work acceptably can be a long, drawn out, wearisome process with no guarantee at the end that you've got a gud'n. If you could raid the piggy bank and go for a QS from Workshop Heaven, you'd have a runner almost straight out of the box; the...

I wouldn't make a box like that using splines. If I do something like that, then it's secret mitred (if I can be bothered and it's a 'special' :D ) or through dovetails ordinaires. That's the jig I use just for picture frames - Rob

Most of the current crop of UToobers make me 'click away' with five seconds, but this sort of stuff from Japan is amazing and there's plenty more as well - Rob

Absolutely. It's horrible, nasty stuff to use and I for one find the dust irritates my hooter and tubes, but once it's been made into something it's brown and bland and ought not to cause any problems. Good also outdoors - Rob

Nope, sorry; the guard came with the UJK fence from Ax, but as you say, it shouldn't be too difficult make - Rob

Naughty step for you Mike :lol: - Rob

An naked, unguarded tablesaur blade gives me the screaming willies :D but it's possible to have a reasonably safe slotting cutter in... ...a router table, shown with the picture frame jig. It's not perfect, but you'd have to try very hard to get a bit of leakage from the digits - Rob