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Tulip wood is your best bet. When you choose boards, sight down them and reject any with even the slightest twist. Those twisty boards can be machined flat and be made into doors... but those doors will, in time, twist themselves into propellors.

Searching for exotics on ebay can be fruitful. https://www.ebay.co.uk/sch/i.html?_from=R40&_trksid=p3519243.m570.l1311&_nkw=cocobolo+wood&_sacat=0

Top of my list of useful tools around the workshop would be a Japanese dovetail saw. I like how the blade is in tension on the cut stroke, the incredibly fine kerf and the speed of cut. Years ago when the Dozuki was a rare and exotic beast here in the UK I spent a fortune on saws with blades...

I have the Festool Midi. If you're busy the cost of the dustbags can mount up but a longlife filter bag is available.... at £100 !! Who the hell would spend that sort of money on a small fabric bag ?? Well in the end, I did and I haven't looked back. It's a very well made small fabric bag...

Jay Blades was a guest on Desert Island Discs recently. There's more to the man than meets the eye. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m001cdwm

The well scrubbed look is a favourite of mine. Traditionally table tops like this would have no finish and would be literally be scrubbed clean as and when required. To seal the wood and retain that character you will need a dead flat finish that doesn't yellow. For a start you could look at...

You live up a hill in Yorkshire ? Do you live near Duffield Timber, they offer a range of cornices you can collect.

No doubt these huge houses mean different things to different people. Part of the enjoyment for me is the joinery and you'll find me in dark corners peering at skirting boards and floors. I am in awe of what my forbears achieved without electricity, working in candle light and with waxed paper...

I was at Chatsworth House yesterday and, peering into a bedroom, I was completely awestruck ! But before we get to that, I thought you might like to see this. For sure, it's not wood but the Liesegang rings in the local stone that makes up the North Gate are as remarkable as they are beautiful...

You must veneer both sides of the panels to avoid cupping. I would use PVA as an adhesive. I.5 mm thick oak seems excessive for decorative veneering. Sounds like a great project, please post pictures when you're done.

As has been suggested, tulipwood for the framework and MDF for panels and drawer fronts. Moisture resistant MDF rather than standard for a better job. Prime with Zinsser and paint with Johnsons eggshell, they'll mix to any colour you like. Actually, as it's bedroom furniture you can use Little...

Just add the water a little at a time and you'll be fine.

In a conversation about ear defenders I should mention the Sony 1000xm5 or xm4 over ear headphones. They're definitely not inexpensive but probably the most efficient noise cancelling bins around. Bluetooth, so you can listen to the Archers or answer phone calls with the noisiest machines...

The re-introduction of Red Kites in Harewood has been a tremendous success. I was working in Boston Spa last week and counted 19 birds circling in the sky above. Quite a sight... and a bit tricky to count. We also have them north of Harrogate and I love to see them but the crows and jackdaws mob...

Lots of power tools. Mafell have a well stocked stand.

An enjoyable morning spent at the Harrogate show. The highlight for me was handling Skelton saws for the first time and chatting with Shane Skelton who I hadn't met before. The saws are exquisite, I've got lost in the Skelton website on more than one occasion, mulling over which saw I would...

Finished today, a cupboard and a coat rack.

Hi, I fitted roller bearings to my 352, supplied by this company. They're nicely made and offer plenty of scope for adjustment and are reasonably priced. You can just fit the upper set or splash out and fit the lower set too. http://www.altsawsandspares.co.uk/rollerguides.html No affiliation...

It's an interesting piece of furniture OP with an unusual drawer configuration. Often, in a chest of drawers the drawers will diminish from the top down but here the centre drawer front appears to be the smaller of the three. To answer your original question, the finish is known colloquially as...

Have the drawer fronts been cut with a bandsaw ?