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Sounds an ideal location. You have a wonderful attitude towards your limitations and it certainly wouldn't hurt to have a break after 4 hours. Good luck. Barry

Brilliant as ever =D>. You must live in that workshop judging by the number of pieces you produce. Or do you have some of Santa's little helpers? :ho2 You should make a sign and put in your window "HELP - I'm being held captive in my workshop." Barry

Good news. Get yourself some Baltic birch and the results should be very pleasing ;-)

Your problem sounds a bit like someone cutting thin ply with a tenon saw. A #2 blade should leave a very sharp clean cut on the top and slight tear-out on the bottom (and clean both sides if you use a reverse-toothed blade. It sounds like Chris may be right in that it may be the ply you are...

By splintering, do you mean you're getting 'tear-out' (fuzzies) along the cut line? Is the #2 blade a 'reverse-tooth' blade? These blades usually eliminate much of the tear-out. If you haven't come across them before they are basically standard blades with all the teeth pointing in one...

A few things that I’ve learned using A4 single label sheets. If you have an A4 pattern then obviously you can just print it straight out on to the label (BTW, I have to load my labels face down in the tray). But, I make a lot of Christmas tree/wall hangers and a lot of my patterns contain...

Good news. I have to say I've never looked back.

I usually buy these https://www.amazon.co.uk/Star-Labels-Co ... +per+sheet There are others on the market but I like these. Make sure you get A4, 1 label per sheet. Barry

Most of my patterns I buy are downloaded and come as an A4 PDF. So, I always print out the page I want to an A4 single label sheet. No messing about with tape and prit-stick (spelling?) just print, stick and cut. The residue 'usually' comes off quite easily when helped by a sharp chisel but...

Fair enough, thanks anyway although he ain't gonna anything like as good as yours ;-) Barry

Thanks for the update Brian. That makes a lot of good sense from a safety and stability point of view. It wasn't until we moved here that I saw my first wild red squirrel. We also love 'em both . . . . but the reds look gorgeous. I kept seeing this little fella in the woodland at the bottom...

That's just beautiful Brian and a gorgeous choice of wood colours. My 'hare-mad' wife would love one of those on the wall so I might have to attempt it as I also have that pattern. If it looks half as good as yours I'd be over the moon . . . . unless . . . . you'd like to sell yours . . . ...

Many thanks for the explanation Brian - very helpful. They are very small pieces to cut out, aren't they, and I wasn't that keen on having my fingers that close to the blade but I managed a reasonable attempt ;-) As I said, mine was mainly cut from mahogany to look like the little fella at the...

A cracker Brian and well up to your usual standard. I cut this one for my wife's birthday, a couple of months ago, mainly out of mahogany as we have a red squirrel who lives at the bottom our garden. We haven't seen much of him during the summer as the trees and bushes have hidden him from...

Yeaaaah love it, love it.

Yeaaah . . . that's wot I'm talkin' about. Nice one Phill

And I thought, from the title, this was going to be a nice thread :cry: :roll:

To avoid the *bang* and subsequent clatter of loose unattached metal components why not try earphones piping soft relaxing musak . . . but don't drop off Martin ;-)

I think its definitely a concentration thing. When I'm cutting tiny precise stuff I sometimes feel a tension/tightness in my neck and shoulders so, when I am aware of it, I try to relax the muscles and not hold on so tightly. Hey Phill, I found when my mind started to wander - so did the blade...

Great tip and one that I'll bear in mind. Thank you. I think its much better to have the light diffused as it spreads the light out and doesn't show the electronic bits. The overall effect looks lovely and I can't wait to make some more after several Christmas, birthday and christening gifts I...