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Thank you for all the great advice, very much appreciated !

Hi, I'm wanting to slice up some 60 x 30cm MDF sheets into three 30 x 20 (roughly)boards on a tablesaw, i'm not totally confident on the safest and most efficient way of doing this- I guess you'd call it a crosscut so i'm wary of kickback as an inexperienced user. Any help would be brilliant...

thanks, it never dawned on me it could be done with solid wood! My mind is blown.

Hi, I found this picture last week, I'd really like to try and make something curvy of my own. it really interests me about those side curves, would such an extreme curve be possible with say flexible MDF with a thin laminate over the top or is there another product or method I should be...

Hi guys, I'm wondering what these metal details are actually called on this wooden box, I've not been able to find them through guess work, I'd love to pick some up for my own projects. Any advice would be great, Cheers, Mark.

Ok, is it ok to apply water based products over shellac (stain/dye and polyurethane over that)? Thanks again for reply.

Thanks for the reply, funnily enough I thought the same thing about the dye encouraging blotchy parts - but forums all over the next I see dye getting recommendations- could it be the way the dye is used, perhaps very sparingly over the surface?

Hi, I've heard birch ply can be difficult to stain a darker shade- but I've been told I can get away with Colron or Blackfriar as they're both wood dye's and don't seep into the wood so deeply and thus avoid any blotchiness! Can anyone confirm this is a decent way to go? Cheers, Mark.

That's a great idea with stopping the paint penetrating, any idea what would prevent spray paint from adhering to the surface, varnish?

Hi, I was wondering if there is a way of picking out details to make them a darker shade than the surrounding wood (either paint or a stain), my best idea is a small paint brush by hand, but it's time consuming! I'm talking about small details (think half a mm deep, 30mm high 4 mm wide engraved...