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I normally cut and plane timber to about 3 or 4mm oversize, stick it, let it settle and then re-plane, normally find that stops the majority of movement. You dont want to take too much off either side as you said as the timber will dry at different rates and move. Main thing is to get good...

pine panels are renowned for cupping. The only tip i can offer is after you have planed them, make sure u stand the panel up verticaly or lean it against something making sure there is plenty of room for the air to circulate around them. we buy laminated panels in that are shrink wraped, you can...

i generaly only use the tormek to grind a bevel and put a secondary bevel on by hand with waterstones. the only ones i dont do this to are any chisles 6mm and under and my shoulder plane wich i only use one bevel. As i havnt always got my stones on hand the second bevel makes it easier just to...

Ok this is maths so bear with me. You need to drawer your circle what ever size you need. then you need to work out the circumference. Do this by measuring the diameter and times it by 3.142. Then devide that amount by how many indexes you want on you circle, set a compass to that amount and...

hi simon, they look very very nice! I always like to see what the furniture looks like before it is painted. I am also pants at painting, normally ends up like a piece of sandpaper. Did you lead those doors in yourself too?

Thanks tony. I always assumed that the japanese chisels were for very fine work and couldnt take a bashing. Perhaps i should buy some of those for site work! I just rememberd today that i have got 4 Robert Sorby hexaganal handled chisels that i bought when i first started college but i have...

thanks everyone, waterhead, yes i made the carcases myself. They are out of 18mm maple egger chipboard. I was only planning to change the doors and built them to fit the old kitchen but then i decided to replace the whole lot. If i had thought about that to start off with i possably would have...

hi everyone, was just going through camera memory and found these so thought i would share these with you. First is a 3 way mirror i build as a crimbo pressie for my brothers girlfriend. The other two are pics of our kitchen i built year before last. Took me nearly 3 months to build and a lot...

Hi Nads, just wondering if you are about to study the City & Gulids cabinet making or other course? Also i had a list from college about what i should buy. I do regret buying what they advised me to now, in particular a No4 smoother. I bought a new Stanley Bailey No4 and I find it way to small...

hmm decisions decisions. Tony i see you have some japanese chislels on your rack. How do you find working with those and how would you comapre them with the Ashley Iles?

thank you everyone. I think i might buy one of the 2 cherries and see how it goes before buying the set. Also can you give me some information on where i can buy Lie-neilson and ashley isles chisels? I have always wanted to get something of the Lie-neilson quility and i dont use hand planes...

Hello everyone. I have decided that i would like to buy a new set of chisels and was just wodering, what kind of chisels you all use and how well you rate them. I am looking for a set dedicated to the finer cabinet making. I have a set of the stanley blue plastic handled chisels at the moment...

screwfix iron on edging is very very good. best stuff i have ever used. A lot cheaper than B&Q as well.

hi waka, hope you can help me out with a few abreviations. I have seen LV so many times but i havnt got a clue what it means, nor LA, just about got LN now though. God you kids and your planes talk!! haha

we experienced the complete oppsite. Paid for our stuff, went to pick the items up and were stopped and checked, picked them up turned around to head for door and were checked again, and then to top it off we were checked again as we walked through the door! Must have been looking a bit dodgy...

ohh and by the way Les i wanted those sash cramps :evil: got caught up in the timber auction though

there are 2 merchants currently in the forest of dean, one being International Timber and the other the Dean Oak Co-Operative. International timber wont sell to general public unless you buy over £300 worth and pick it up. The Dean Oak Co-Operative has been set up to sell any thinnings that have...

yeh it was silly prices! didnt buy any. i know how much i can normally get a cube for but some people were paying well over the odds, wasnt all brilliant quality either. got some bargains with the old tools though so im quite happy

wow what a find! i will definately be there, saves the 100 mile trip to yandles! will probably see you there for 9 then radicalwood.

i agree with tim, im pretty confident it is southern yellow. as it has very distinctive end grain, and the tiny surface checks along the length