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@paulrbarnard It is a Bose Marine 131 and the manual says to drill a hole in the case of the speaker itself to let water drain, so you may have hit the nail on the head. I'm still not sure how to fit the base to make it look good and be removable.

I've been asked to make a speaker enclosure for use on the deck of a boat. The enclosure is about the size of a shoe box (size 10) and the speaker is a marine specific type. I'm making it from teak. Ideally, it'll be a) watertight b) have a removable base (or top). I'm going to construct it with...

My TV has an off switch.

Ear defenders are best for harmful noise. They're what's used near aircraft. They also don't need charging up! Noise cancelling devices have a microphone that "hears" the ambient noise and circuitry that cancels it which uses power. I have BOSE headphones for general use (they are particularly...

I also make olive wood P&Ms. I use melamine for the pestle and Tung oil for the inside of the mortar. Being an oil it’ll soak in before it cures.

If you want a link to the “maths”, here’s something worth watching Drum sander

I use Zebra Delguard mechanical pencils. They have a spring in the mechanism which means far less breakages than a standard Pentel one. you can get metal barrel ones, which feel nice to use, but for the workshop the plastic barrel ones are good eBay Zebra Delguard

Drilling a countersink first isn't great with brad point bits either.

Which Osmo - there’s a lot of them?

The boss would like me to make a wooden "splashback" for our utility room, for the space between the cabinets and the worktop. I'm not sure what the best method of construction is, given wood movement etc. It won't get wet where it is. The wood will be olive wood, in some form of staves (or even...

If you look at Richard Findley's (he writes in the Woodturning mag, too) latest post on IG, you'll see some cups for holding the sphere to turn it. Link here

Or cycle gear wire?

I guy I follow on Instagram, Phillip Morley (English, now in US) has just made a tambour cabinet with the tambour on the outside. I think there's some WIP shots on his feed. I contacted him once and he replied, so he may be able to help you. Here's a link to his stuff Phillip Morley

Mine’s from Dragonflies Workshop. From memory he only uses a Facebook page for contact, but also posts on Instagram. I’ve had it a couple of years now- very good.

Paul, The drawing is basically a copy of a chair I've made a few years ago. Never had any unnecessary chaffing so far!

If you ever get chance to see him in person, do. It's staggering how good he his and great to watch.

No, the stuff I get is from the south of Italy and they don't have any disease at the place I get it from. I've been importing for a few years now. It's basically when they "coppice" the trees to encourage new growth of olives, so sustainable.

Here's a pdf of the overall dimension - is this what you were after? Neil

I sold some olive (I import Italian olive to the UK) to Chris Fisher, AKA the Blind Woodturner. The first thing he remarked on when he open the box was the smell! It does make the unit smell good!

I've finished "designing" an Adirondack chair in Fusion 360, see render below. I've got a few sheets of the drawings left to finish, but I. could send these out as a pdf if required?