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I second Saxton blades, I have them on my rage , and they cut well , I also tarted up the sliding fence as it was not square.

There not the best saws, I have one that I have done mods to, and yes the fence is a pain, you will need to play around with it , check that the scale slide is nice and tight this can be loose , picture of my one

I've got a 4kva Honda on some wheels which I have used a few times when the power goes down here, it will run most things that you will need apart for your electric cooker, but a microwave is just fine. My fridge freezer is run of solar and wind feeding a battery and small inverter. As...

Thanks for all the advice which was most helpful, anyway I have managed to get some of them finished now , I think they have come nicely, have ow started drying the maple and beech for next year Once again many thanks for all of the advice.

Like others on here I have led lights I recycle rain water for the washing machine and toilets, I have a 350w pv panel that is grid tied, when the sun is out I batch cook with two slow cookers when possible and freeze down.

Yes I agree 17% is not kiln dry or what you would expect of joinery grade timber, a lot of them are about 15% or less. Ash has a moisture content when green of about 50% but it is very hard to get that out unlike willow or cedar which can hold twice as much water but be dried faster. The wettest...

Yes they are all dry, with a moisture content of about 17. I have been working on a process with a close friend for one year now on how to dry them out without them cracking or reduce the cracking due to natural shrinkage, you can't get the bark off them so it will be staying on the slice,

Thanks for all of the advice everyone, I think with this first one I will use osmo, I will try some other finishes on some of the smaller ones to see how they come out. It will be interesting to how the car polish comes up , 👍🏼 Thanks again for all your helpful advice, will post a pic of it when...

Thanks for the kind reply, I might try this on the back first, hopefully it won't discolour it ?, Will definitely use it on the cedar table tops

Hi all my first post on the forum, looking for some advice for finishing end grain table tops, these are ash, have tried a bit of osmo on a small sample but it drinks it, was thinking if there was anything else people could recommend. Many thanks.