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Hi there guys So I am basically looking for some advice on which handplane to get next. I am heading to the dictumstore in Munich with the intent to buy a new handplane. I already own dictums own rebate block plane with open mouth and was impressed with the feel and quality. ( from research...

yes been quite careful stripping of the original coat. but the odour is to strong too ignore so warranted stripping the top

so my girlfriend bought a mid century table. aesthetically its very nice. I'm assuming it either has a walnut or cherry veneer. now the main problem is that it smells pretty offensive (something we didn't notice upon purchase) think intense stale ciggerate smoke and cooking fats. to remedy...

Thank you both! that sorted it! I didnt even recognise it as a nut originally and thought it was just one solid piece with no spring/moveable parts

the rule was in the head when I opened. then I took it out and subsequently know can't put it back in. feel like maybe there is a trick I am missing here

so my small 150mm combo square arrived and im having hell trying to reassemble the rule back into the head. I understand that t shaped nut needs to slot in to the groove on the rule. but even with the nut pushed up to full height it doesn't meet the groove in the rule making it impossible to...

Thanks both. I have told my friend about the back panel. who is very against it and wants to keep it open. I have now weighed a a 30cm stack of records and my mind Is blown 21kg. my shelf span at the moment is 47.6. I now think I ought to add another row of compartments to reduce this...

Thanks for that Eric. since you put it that way. maybe I am massively underestimating the weight of the records. I like the clean appearance of the mating edges in the biscuit version. guess a domino would be great in this situation. would the regular shelf pins(never used them) suffice or...

Thanks Andy, Will go ahead and rebate a 6mm back in to the biscuit jointed version of the cabinet I think then. just googled it. yep looks like the same stuff.

Thanks all for your thoughts this has been a incredibly helpful resource to draw plans from. @sunny bob. I see what you mean There will be an extra 2-3 cm air above the records. Friend wanted this but also due to his height requirements I have to split the difference across all sections to...

Thanks Andy, il continue to explore the range of iron on a stuff and maybe try a sample. I think your very right about the depth and think I will reduce it to 40cm. the internal height of each cube is 360mm. I chose this as I thought it would be nice to have a bit of air above the record to...

thank you very much for a reply. thats very helpful. I have never tried the iron edge banding stuff and was afraid it could look naff so will go with solid wood lipping I actually live in Berlin (although a brit) there seems to be quite a variety of sheet material here double sided oak veered...

Hello I am building record cabinet from plywood with oak veneer for a friend and wanted to run a few questions by the forum. size: 200cm long x 90 high x 50 wide I plan to either glue solid oak on to the exposed ply edges and flush trim or use the iron on edge banding stuff you get. What do...

thanks woodbloke, I guess I liked the idea of not having anything visible on the drawer sides including a dado for a wooden drawer runner and thought the soft close would exude an air of fancy. on the fence with this one at the moment as to wether another brand might suffice in my little oak...

greetings from a brit in Berlin. My question is as follows. I am building a set of oak side tables each. A basic mitred cabinet with a drawer and some legs. I wanted to give undermount soft close drawer slides a go and went ahead and purchased some of amazon from a brand called sotech which...

I was wondering with anyone with the same machine could help me out here. I’ve had this machine for a while now and only really used the thicknesser side of it with good results. I noticed the knives wearnt really setup for planing and would leave a taper on the wood. I’ve since watched a few...

just an update. i ended up using some vf300 mirlon Fine Scuff Roll. rubiing over the shiny spots. and it took them away and produced a smooth albeit matt finish. thanks for the help guys

thanks for the feedback guys. I will check out that osmo stuff next time round for sure, I got reccomended the polyurethane oil as i was doing some waterbased screenprinting on wood, and was told this wouldnt interfere with the waterbased ink. but the osmo stuff appears to be oil based to so...

Thank you very much all for taking the time and giving me some good feedback. I used p600. Guess i jumped the gun here and wet sanded a little too soon. I have two other boards of exactly the same makeup tat i havn't damaged yet. it has now been roughly 72 hours since their last coat so guess i...

so i have some wood here a combination of oak walnut and mahogny. i sanded the wood right up to 260. the applied 3 coats of oil based polyurethane. using a little steel wool inbetween coats and letting each coat dry overnight and the final 48 hours. finish was feeling ok at this stage so i...