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Surely if the graduate is cheap and you are happy doing the restoration / motor upgrade you will end up making a profit that can be put towards some new tools?

If it is cheap, you will be waiting a very long time to get anything better without spending a fortune. Even more so if you are prepared to replace the motor with variable speed. Have you considered chucks? If you want to make anything bigger than 12" you will need something with a left hand...

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Hello, is this still available? Very keen if it is please.

Having a figure on the thickness which would be ideal is good to know. I hope that they won't see much wear once put up as it is just for the look (and because it seems an interesting experiment). Is this just a case of adding something alkaline like some sodium hydroxide in the solution...

This is good to hear. Pictures from a fellow forum member are a lot more heartening than the accounts of brilliant success on a random website I had been finding. When you say problems, do you mean uneven or difficult to get it to go on at all? As the copper would only be decorative a bit of...

Depending on who you listen to on the internet, problems would seem to range from minor to insurmountable! Brush plating looks interesting - I had never heard of it before. Really neat way of doing long bits.

I am definitely going to have a go. I always take YouTube videos with a pinch of salt as they have such an incentive to look good, but it looks fun and there is nothing to loose.

As the title says! I was looking for some copper shelf brackets and none of the few that are available took my fancy. Got me wondering how difficult it would be to try some DIY electroplating. I would prefer not to go down the cyanide route, although I know the results would be better. Has...

Sinking or not will depend a lot on density. Metal powder definitely sinks, some plastic would float. Casting resin has a maximum safe thickness. Epoxy tends to have a greater safe depth and is much clearer as well as being nicer to work with. The most I have seen is 100mm per pour, but it...

I would choose a casting epoxy over polyester. It is much clearer (good stuff is clearer than glass),more scratch resistant and far less toxic to work with. Polyester also shrinks more on setting. There are loads of brands, just make sure you get something reputable, not something cheap and...

If you want to use the wood for bowls, you may want to try 2 part turning. Cut rough, seal thoroughly with PVA and leave to dry. It will warp a bit, but you can then turn a second time to finish. Several benefits of this method. Cracking is much less severe (especially for bits with...

I find I have much more success turning twice rather than seasoning as whole logs or blanks. Try rough turning some bowls, painting with PVA and leaving a while (few months, or until they stop loosing weight). Then you can turn a second time and get a final shape. You could try cutting them in...

I would agree - cracks at the end form very quickly and rarely go too far in. What length are your logs?

Initially I had not thought of cutting them. Now I am thinking of routing the amount I want to remove from each side off the horizontals while the door is still intact, so making the wide side of the tenons. I could then saw each side off, cut the short side of the tenons and recut the mortices...

Unfortunately I don't know yet. I am trying to decide if I should bid on them. I thought you were being a bit brutal - seems this is the perfect demonstration of why never to use cm! I will consider this a lesson!

They are 3 panel, and I want to loose 8 - 10 cm width from 2 of them, and one needs about 15cm off the height as well. Maybe there is enough to cut them and remake the tenons.

I would like to replace my bright orange modern pine internal doors with something a bit nicer and have come across some lovely 1930s doors which will fit some of the frames. We have an understairs cupboard and loo which have much narrower doorways however. I don't want to just cut the edges of...

You sure it wasn't full of nails!?

Cherry can be difficult. The outer boards will cup quite a bit. If you want to use the full width, make sure you leave plenty of thickness spare. It is also prone to splitting, but despite the hassle is gorgeous. I think smaller garden trees often have prettier grain than quicker growing forest...