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I have seen couple of different PT on the Facebook groups. Do they worth the money or are they another copy of cloned ones?

I finally plugged my table saw in and turned it on. Poor machine must have been sitting there for more than 5-6 months. It was smooth and much quieter than I expected. I rip cut five 20” pieces to make some small boxes. Outcome was good and it only took me about five minutes. I had already...

Hi I was reading about a traditional method of woodworking in Kurdistan. They make very beautiful backgammon boards. They claim walnut roots are the best wood for the board making. Has anybody here used roots for woodworking?

Another small project completed. I built myself a plane cabinet. Joined with dovetail joints. Back board is pine, shelves are made out of pine. The groves for the shelves have a fine sloop backward. Finished with boiled linseed oil. Hung from wall with cleats.

I finally used the Cleat ( French or Split Cleat ) for the first time. There were lessons to learn. 1- it was very easy to level the cleats on the wall and hang the tool racks 2- it will work better with a smoother wall ( I hung it on brick wall and it was not as straight as I assumed. 3- it...

Thank you for all your opinions. So far all the stock I bought from timber yard have proven to be not true by any imagination. It might be down to the change in environment and effect of ripping and planing. In a recent project there was such a cupping in the stock that I had to take 8 mm off...

Hi I am going to list my tools and then ask the question. I have a small single garage as a workshop. Tools wise I have two combidrills, a jigsaw and circularsaw leftover from my loft boarding. For my woodworking I built my own workbench and a Moxon vise. I have some clamps( never enough...

I have to admit my lack of experience but on my day job I don’t trust even 6-8 screws with 30 mm grip to bear the weight of a person. I might be over cautious. Point applied pressure is related to mass and contact surface. As the contact surface is very little in 5 mm screws then the pressure...

I was worried 2-4 screws in softwood may not be strong enough. I looks around to find any hardware to use but didn’t find the cabinet hangings very attractive. There was a post from 2014 on the forum which suggested using cleats as a strong fixture.

Thank you for all the advices from members. I will bevel rip cut another piece of wood and use the current ones on a different capacity. There is no scrap wood they are just cut and not facilitated yet. Ta

That’s right. I bevel ripped it down to 30*20 mm. I took the size from Paul Selllers’ clip. Having said that his wall shelf was much smaller and lighter.

Hi there I have built a new wall cabinet for my planes and some tools. When it came to fixing it to the wall I had no idea how to fix it. After some searching and reading I saw a post here about French Cleats. It is my first time using this method of hanging stuff. Is a 20*50 mm European pine...

Well, would all these changes mean that a small piece of old ivory up cycled as an inlays , will be illegal to have?

Thank you for the advice. It was mainly to learn more about the law around it. I am always curious to experiment different techniques as part of my projects and learn this way. I was going to use it for inlays. But I will try Tagua Nut first. Ta

Hi there I don’t have Ivory but wondering if the old Ivories from broken up cycling piano can be traded? I was trying to buy couple of piano keytops ( old ones are made out of Ivory ) but was told it is illegal to trade in Ivory. Uncle google thinks it’s fine if it was built before 1947. Cheers

I am proud to be party to such a gentleman’s forum.

I am interested in this band saw.

Hi there I have just seen an advert for two mahogany slabs 2 inch by 18 inch 6 foot long. How do I know if it is a legit Mahogany here? Any idea how much it worth ? Thank you for your opinions.

Hi Mr Alan Sorry to see that you have to let go of your mahogany. Just wondering if you have reached a conclusion yet. I might take some off you. Ta Seyed

Hi Osvaldd Thank you for your reply. Have a happy woodworking. Ta