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Someone brought this in for me a couple of weeks ago, it is really heavy & to be honest I thought it was just water logged but having just checked it it is at 14% pictures are as I got it, end grain after cutting a piece off & once it had been resawn & ran through the drum sander Weighed a piece...

Thanks, will pick up some meths, think I have wire wool kicking about somewhere, once I have done that then I can see how it looks & then ask for more advice if I need to.

OK sit comfy, time for another story lol My Dad died about 14 months ago & my Mum has finally decided that she can't manage the house on her own & is moving to a bungalow in a retirement complex. While clearing out the garage we came across a table that was apparently my Grandfathers & when he...

Really sorry to hear about your loss but I find this difficult to believe, surely the Company you were working for must have had insurance if you were working on site. Are you sure they haven't just told you that they didn't have insurance? I wouldn't be surprised if they were claiming for your...

Maybe I should be a Charity, found one that sells reclaimed wood, looks like they take wood donated & then sell it & from what I could see they weren't cheap lol

Thanks for the replies, always good to hear what others do, it's funny because I had never really thought about using reclaimed wood for a customer project, I have used it for family gifts & as has been said once it has been cleaned up it is the same as any other wood. I also get the comment...

I did think that maybe I should be charging it out as new wood but then wasn't sure if it would be better to charge for the labour involved in the cleaning up. In this case I ended up doing neither lol

Not using Alexa but I do have a couple of the plug in sockets controlled by a remote, my dust extraction is on one as it's in the corner out of the way & it would be a pain each time I wanted to use a machine to go switch it on first, with the remote which is RF I can switch it on while standing...

OK so as the title, I have just made a couple of bedside tables for a customer using a piece of reclaimed or re purposed timber, not sure what the official terminology is to be honest. It was a simple job so not much in the way of labour but I had no idea how to price the job as the wood was...

Wasn't going to post this as it's just a simple job but it had a nice story behind it lol A customer came in just looking for a piece of hardwood for table tops for a couple of bedside tables, he had already bought hairpin legs & just needed a nice piece of wood for the tops. He thought Oak...

Have you thought about getting out more? Not sure what the current state of working is with things like Men's Sheds & don't use one myself but they seem to cover a lot of the Counrty & they often seem to be kitted out well & may also have people who can help you learn, like I say not something I...

I live in South Wales it rains A LOT so powertools outside isn't always an option lol ! In a 12 x 8 shed your going to have serious problems fitting that all in & being able to use it, I am guessing that the shed is not empty, you have some sort of bench & other tools already. I don't own a...

How long are your Board lengths? I thought most people cut them on either the table saw or bandsaw, watched quite a few youtube videos & that is how then always seem to cut them lol Guess it may depend on your complete process as to how best to do that particular process.

What size are the items you want to be able to laser engrave? The working area of the one you linked to is pretty small which may cause you problems, akirk makes a good point about having one machine for one function, if you bought separate machines then you could effectively have them both...

+1 on what SkinnyB has just said, really doing some research is the best way especially as now you should have a better idea what you are looking for. You might well find that you end up buying a more expensive, more capable machine in the future, what often starts off as needing a machine for...

If you can you would still be better replacing any long(ish) lengths of flexible with solid pipe, the ribbing causes turbulence which will reduce the efficiency of the system, a Thein Baffle will help reduce the amount you empty your collector, in 3 years I had about 1/2" of fine sawdust in my...

Really comes down to what you want to be able to do with it, to some extent if it's for Hobby or Business use & what sort of budget you have. As with most things there is also a learning curve which can be quite steep if you have no experience of either the machines or the software used. There...

From what you have just said about the grey hose flexibility & it being good for fixed machines it sounds like the hose never moves. If that is the case then have you considered using solid ducting rather than a semi-flexible hose? That would improve the efficiency of the system & you could use...

Finding sanding rolls at 75mm has been a bit of a problem, any I have found have seemed to be at a premium price lol, I have bought the manufacturer supplied rolls & also made some of my own from 115mm rolls using one of the belts I had as a template so now I have some long thin sanding strips.I...

I haven't been doing that but will give it a try thanks.