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It's Lit? Isn't that what the kids are saying means it's good these days? 😉

Catching up on this thread with a few bits I've been whittling lately. Steam bent-laminated Oak refectory type table. A refurbishment of some existing old built in wardrobes with fresh Birch Ply doors and birch-edge trims. Some hedgehog boxes modelled by Harold Oak bookcases with...

Thanks folks. 😊

Thought I'd share a few pics of my latest project, some bookcases with quadrant ends, laminated curved doors and led lighting. The whole thing was made in 4 vertical sections which are linked together on the base by 50mm wide vertical strips in Oak. There was a lot of different radius...

Does this constitute a Rorschach test? 😉 Yes, you can deflect it very slightly. It's very stiff though in that plane so only .5mm or so.

Yes it's a good tip that. I've been woodworking for years and years but always around decent panel saws. I'm actually relatively new to track saws since going self employed so am always learning more about how to get the best from them. Cheers 👊

No,I realise that. We're taking about a pretty small deflection after all but it happens. Obviously technique-wise, I try to keep my pressure completely in line with the cut but I guess a small deflection is not out of the question. Hence my initial question really, how straight is...

Didn't draw a line no, but I'll try that too. I'm just trimming about 10mm off the edge each time of two offcuts of veneered mdf, which themselves are about 250mm wide.

Well, I tried a couple of other things. I strung a line from end to end and to my 47 yr old eye it looks fairly good. I marked a pencil line along the length and rotated the rail 180 to compare, and it looks fairly good. I shot my laser level line down one of the ridges on the extrusion...

Yes this method exaggerates the issue, but that's kind of the point. If I wanted to edge join the two boards right off the saw, I'd have problems I think.

I'll try the pencil method. It's unlikely to be blade deflection imho as the blade is literally brand new this morning. That's the very first cut, and it's 'only' 24mm of mdf. I didn't clamp the ends no. I rarely clamp the ends to be fair. Usually stays put very well.

Just got a new 3m guide rail for my Makita track saw as I was having slight issues with getting a really straight cut with two 1.4m rails joined together. I thought it unlikely that this new 3m rail would be absolutely straight but thought it'd probably be fairly good. I've done a cut through...

Cheers. I used Liberon concentrated wood dye. It's water based and you mix your own concentration. The colour is great but it sands off easily. I overcame this by repeated application, careful denibbing. The one with the pull out table is actually dad's desk. He's a music tech/composer and...

I made a set of desks for some friends who've had a few things from me now. Birch ply, natural and dyed, prime Oak. I made a mini version of dad's desk for their little boy while I was at it :) Untitled by blackteaonesugar, on Flickr Untitled by blackteaonesugar, on Flickr Untitled by...