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Hello all please can I have your advice. I have been trying to join some 8 foot boards of oak to make into a book shelf, though its not going as smoothly as planned. I have tried finishing the edges with a router and straight edge and on the table saw though neither is perfect. The next...

Thanks everyone, I have started working on making more formers (male and female), unfortunately I have run out of ply so the project will have to wait. I have got some bendy ply but it isn’t dense enough for the speakers as they need to be rigid and dead to knock on. Thanks P111dom, I haven’t...

Hope this works this time and I hope everyone hasn’t lost interest. Technology – it works sometimes? it worked, mostly, :P What you cant see is that I have six formers with the work clamped down onto it, and the length is around 1200mm long

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Hello all. I have a woodworking predicament I need advice with. I am making a pair of loudspeakers and want curved sides. I am using 4m plywood eventually laminated together over a former to get the shape I need. Unfortunately as you can see from the pictures the wood is not conforming to the...

Thanks very much for the help I have removed the runners and will hope for the best. Its tricky to know what is best to do unless trained, I suppose it is a steep learning curve, such as life. All the best

Hello all. Please can I have your advice I recently made a chest of draws. For the sides I used reclaimed strips of oak glued together, on the inside I have glued strips of ply as the draw runners and finished the outside with two coats of wax and the inside with one. Unfortunately the sides...

Many thanks, the wood did have the a few small flight holes, so I have no idea how many more flies could be left in the wood? I am making a pair of hi-fi speakers so will be indoors. I don’t like MDF because of the health problems associated with it and the hugh amount of energy used to make the...

Hello all please can I have a quick bit of advice I am ready to bue some 4mm WBP ply so I can laminate it together in a curves shape and finish it with cherry, but last time I brought ply form my local builders merchants it had the tell tell signs of woodworm, should I; treat it and hope I get...

Thanks everyone. Mark, I am glad I made you chuckle with my sloppy spelling. One last question: I think that I will save up for an Axminster thickener as suggested, but will also get a No 6 plane for flattening one surface, I have been looking in the Axminster catalogue and would like to know...

Hello all, please can someone advise me? I recently borrowed a plainer thickener but have now given it back, I loved the machine and have been thinking about getting my own but the model I want is almost £600, as I am only a hobbits not sure if I can justify it the expense. I was recently given...

Thanks for that I have used the loose toung and it workes a treat. Thanks

Thanks for the advice Charly

Hello all. Please advise me. At the mo I am building some chest of draw made form reclaimed Oak. The tops will be made from wood blocks which are around 5cm x20cm 40cm glued together. To make the tops big enough and so the bits go thought the thicknesses I have made up four squares consisting of...

Hello all. I am hopping to make some plank doors but cant find any designs. Is it as easy as it looks? Any comments welcome

Thanks all. Just to let you know, it is the fence and like Digit pointed out the fence needs to be moved in a certain direction to get it parallel, for me it is from left to right. Is there a decent after sales fence I can purchase that will get over this problem? :oops:

Hello all. Can someone help? Why when I try cutting wood on my table saw does it start moving away from the fence creating a not so straight edge. Is there something wrong with my technique or is it the table? The table is a 10 inch cast-iron SIP. All comments gratefully excepted. :wink:

Hello all I seam to have struck a problem: after spraying around six coats of lacquer on my peace of work one side has started to delaminate in places, I assume this is because the first layer didn’t go down wet. Should I peal everything off and start again or is here a way of making good...

Iv got a garage with two openings which I usually get a good through draft through, I also wear a respirator with a gas vapour filter, which seems to work well. I have inquired about the water based lacquers but fiddes, the most local suppliers, said that it isn’t as durable as the cellulose...

Thanks all. After you advice I tried uping the psi and it is now working a treat, unfortunately, as was mentioned, the compressor cant keep up with the spraying, also I am still surrounded in a fog of lacquer but I suppose that is the disadvantage of spraying. All is needed now is better...