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I made some brown oak dining chairs many years ago and I have just had a call from the client saying that the chair that sits in the window is very pale. I did see them some years ago and it was showing signs of bleaching then. Other than sanding them back is there any other way to reverse the...

Nice video about the sawmill https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idDUEYIyijQ

This is my understanding on the Kent plant. Very second hand info so take it with a pinch of salt It was designed to use local coppice and there is fair amount near by. Apparently one of the problems is the big harvesting operations have such a bad reputation for wrecking the sites with massive...

NOT! The whole biomass idea is way out of hand at present. Watching prices of roundwood down here in the SW rocket as it's all being shipped to Kent. Small scale, local and sustainable biomass sure but what's happening is totally unsustainable. Stuff all tree being planted as well. This is the...

What Woody2Shoes said

Agreed but sadly looking less and less likely day by day. The price of wood is going through the roof at the moment due to demand. Currently large amounts are being hauled from the SW of England and Wales to a power plant in Kent to be burned. It's utter madness IMO and only going to get worse...

Thanks for the alternative ideas. Still think that first one offers the greatest racking strength for when planing doors and boards. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j13hNi-06ig

Thanks but I like the idea of largish stable table. Great for planing down doors and long lengths etc on site

How come? A quick google suggest price wise they cost around the same as 4kWh of PV but with PV you are looking at generating between 3200kWh and 4000kWh a year compared with 1000kWh-2500kWh with ST and spare electric can be exported for others to use but there is nothing you can do spare hot water.

Thats the badger. Thanks :D

Some time back someone came on here with a design for what looked a very good MFT table that could be dismantled. They may have been intending to go in production as I think they were looking for ideas. Done a search but can find it. Any ideas and if it was removed anyone any idea where I might...

So we should have gone down the ST rout and not the PV one? Not sure ST would have had the same potential for price cuts as it's less about the technology involved, speculation though.

Not sure what your point is Phil

First off sorry Oscar for continuing the derail. 4kw system producing 3600kWh a year (conservative number) electricity at 15p per kWh and an install at £4000 should take 8 years to cover it's costs but that would be if you could use all the production. Bare in mind the system should be good...

You are very anti electric Mike. Sure it's not perfect but getting better year on year and can be 100% renewably where as fossil fuels are an ever depleting resource. Yes there are losses in the grid and a quick google says 8% -15%. Bare in mind and fuels burnt at a power plant will be done in...

I agree with much of your post apart from this. We are in the country with acres of fields. No gas around so heating would need to be bottled gas which is very expensive, biomass in a country without enough trees so relying on imports or oil with all the world problems and price variability that...

I would not consider it unless you have good levels of insulation, a huge garden and plan to put in underfloor heating. We have one and it's great but I was starting with a shell of a barn and had a large field behind. Also if I had gas I would not have looked at it for a second. Gas should be...

Good luck with this. Do a test first as my experiences with chipboard is if a product soaks in the chipboard will swell from that alone.

I was looking at the Bosch and the Dewalt in Axminster a while ago. Pulled them both out to full extension and there was lot less deflection in the Dewalt. Not bought either yet so cant comment as a user. Best to test before you buy IMO as I am sure no two saws from any brand will have exactly...

Cant view it but is it this? https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-329 ... ef=Default