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As others have mentioned, I seem to vary on this depending on the size. For visualising small things - like the thickness of my wallet after checking what's new on Tooltique, I use mm. I struggle to visualise 1/8, 1/16 etc. For hand-sized to arm-sized things like my pastie that I'm just about...

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Thanks. Once I've got it looking cleaned up I'll look into that.

Don't encourage me! I've already started drilling a hole to put a window in and I'm thinking about lighting up the inside! I'll end up having to explain why I made a dolls house instead of a cake stand. I bought a spokeshave (well 2 actually) and got most of that remaining bark off. There's...

Heres one from Thomas Flinn... I think it's great these places still exist and I'm glad people buy from them to help keep them going... Mainly so I can still look at them!

Right, I've stripped the blighter and it's been a bit of a pain. I did it with a wide chisel and mallet, but it has left a residue behind - like when you strip wallpaper and the backing comes off... but worse! I could methodically just carry on now just without the mallet, but I feel like I'm...

I haven't got a clue but I know it was expensive, so I don't want to be the one to destroy them!

This thread needs one of those disclaimers ... if you do not keep up your mortgage repayments your house may be repossessed... I only clicked on that hammer thread because I'd just bought an old hammer for £14. I can only describe the feeling as hammer envy. I can see why someone would pay...

After seeing a reply to a hammer thread today linking to Kinetic Customs it got me thinking what other hand made British tool makers are still going like that? I couldn't buy a hammer at those prices or I'd end up with it inserted somewhere, but they are nice to look at! I know of Skelton Saws...

Thanks, @gmgmgm. 3 tiers at 12" and one at 8" they will be. The small one is supposed to be on top and the others below. The cake cutting ceremony is way beyond my pay grade! I'm not sure how it will be handled, to be honest. There will be 50 guests (hopefully) so I think there will be...

Thankfully they're being supplied on round boards. Cheers.

Thanks, @Sandyn. I've already been roped into parts of the place holders and the base for the centrepiece on each table. They should be straight forward, though (famous last words). I'll keep my eye out for the heart-shaped slices and I'll post an update after I attack it this weekend. Cheers

Thanks very much, @Sandyn. I like the LED idea. The algorithm was the same one used in the design of the Millennium Bridge... so long as they don't cut the cake at the same time other types of cake will be fine! As you say these decoration jobs will probably have to be escalated. You're...

Thanks, @stuartpaul. That was the intention - all in one for strength. As soon as I start jointing bits together there's the chance of a failure. I did run the CAD drawing through a high-end physics algorithm and it agrees that it should be structurally sound so long as it is sponge-based...

Good points. I might have to do a test cake cutting demo. I suspect I might have to lower it a bit from the base. I've just got my head buried in thinking about making it at the moment, the logistics can be worried about later. That top tier is quite high, though - tier 4 - where no...

Thanks very much. Good thinking. Someone is going to be wondering why the broom has mysteriously lost 1ft off the handle... Blame the dog as always.

That looks good. I did think about multiple branches but I worried about their strength and securing them together. I wonder how they've secured the branches to that plywood base. The plywood actually looks better than I imagined it would when someone suggested it earlier. Thanks for the...

Thanks for the information @Awac I'll give it a drill and have a look. I don't think I'll get drawn into the mysterious world of resin art. I googled Lichtenberg wood burning images and at the top was a news article about someone being electrocuted! That'd be another way to get out of doing...

haha. I'll just say to her "What's more difficult me getting this cake stand made and transported or you rearranging the wedding to be in my shed" I think she'd understand. I like the removing the bark idea and I'm going to try it. I did think about locking the bugs in there, but bringing a...

Some good suggestions there, thanks. I didn't consider taking the bark off, that's a good idea that I'm going to try this weekend - and you're right about the insects in the bark. I have to admit that some woodlice were harmed while cutting that tenon. I'll have a look at tree surgeons...