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I bought some (button type) which I have used all the time for two or three years with no problem This year saw they had more on offer thinking they were the same as the previous, but these were the lever type which I found to be a pain to use If the button type came up again I would get more...

Nearly forgot to mention I was in Aldi earlier and they were selling off 236ml Gorilla wood glue at £1.49 (£5.49 at Screwfix) Not sure if its all over but if you happen to be in Aldi its worth checking if they have any They also had some hop ups at £10 but only a couple

Have you made the right choice, well yes, you have ordered a scroll saw ;-) Although as others have said most sub £200 scroll saws are very similar with only a couple of major differences The Record you have ordered is as others have said sold under various retail badging at prices from £70...

Have a watch of this, it tells you all you need to know https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGbZqWac0jU

Personally I do not subscribe to the notion that you can only produce something of reasonable quality if you buy the most expensive materials Give a shoddy workman the very best of materials with the top grade tools and they will more than likely turn out shoddy goods But a reasonable...

Apparently Burgess was bought out by Record some years back I still have a Burgess engraver made in Hinckley bought back in the 70's, still going strong

I try to reuse old wood wherever possible, old furniture, scrap from building renovations etc What I would say is that voids and poor grades of ply is a modern phenomenon I have yet to find any old ply with voids or any of the problems found in a lot of modern plywood Just over ten years...

I hear this about baltic birch, ie no voids, but all the bog standard ply I have bought up to the very recent lot have had no voids either The last couple of lots I have had are very light , splinter up easily and have voids, so am looking elsewhere should I need to buy ply, I try not to buy...

So you still have the same problem as you would with sellotape, it adheres to the workpiece You can't wipe that over with turps as its not porous Can it be printed on? I thought it was a shiny surface ?

Its sound advice, if you can afford it

Isn't the shelf paper just wide sellotape? I haven't used shelf paper as I am happy using self adhesive labels, all the tapes etc seem to me to cause more work and cost more

My first suggestion is to not use masking tape Use self adhesive labels which you can print directly onto , once cut a light wipe over with turps subs and after 30 seconds or so the remains of the pattern will come straight off usually in one piece leaving no residue But my next suggestion...

Thanks for that (I think ;-) Doesn't sound to user friendly but than what dust is Never heard of the stuff, so something new learned there I did a quick google on Iroko then checked ebay just to see, and find there is someone a couple of miles away selling various hardwoods and is clearly...

I have just been to a boot sale and a chap was selling off turned bowls and had some blanks under the table Can anyone tell me what wood they might be please? Hopefully I can get some nice boxes and things out of them

I bought one of these as a first band saw, its a Clarke version Very similar only mine drives the power left wheel directly rather than by a belt to the right hand wheel But for £20 and after a spruce up it was fine, and still is, I keep a quarter inch blade on it for odd things when I can't...

All very well done John I like the totem idea I am also a great fan of Steve Goods site, I could do one of his a day and never get through them all

From my favourite source for most things, the car boots On that occasion I came away with one Beech and one Bamboo chopping board for .50p each both still in their original wrappers, I learned long ago not to bother with used chopping boards as the food remains in the wood and will go mouldy...

Ahh but your intarsia work knock mine into a cocked hat If I could produce works half as good as yours I would be a very happy man

PS 144 internal cuts

One .50p Beech chopping board and a bit of 3mm ply later Steve Good pattern Did the same one for my brother a couple of years ago