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Hi Paul and welcome to the world of wood. In response to your post:- 1. Are you sure the MC has dropped from 13/14% to 6/8% in only 2 weeks. That sort of drop could only be acheived in a kiln. 2. Leaving your wood to rest after initial planing is good practice but you need to.plane both sides to...

You're right, NATO, Ukraine, neighbours & USA haven't threatened Russia but they have threatened Putin and his regime. Putin's sole aim is to remain in power and the only people who can change that are the Russian population. Putin is aggressive to the west because he can see that 'his' people...

I think you need a comma somewhere in the middle of that sentence

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What would you use to remove a pencil line from a piece of paper? Paper is made from wood..........

I have just carried out the same operation on my saw, ie skimming off ends with cuts less than the blade width. With you in mind I checked for squareness - perfect. Now my saw and blade are almost brand new, but I have experienced the problem on my Felder table saw where the blade had seen...

The angle selected depends on the timber you're using - wide angle for softwoods and shallow for hardwoods. If you look at the video on Leigh's website it gives a good overview including a section on cutter selection. Brian

My 16/32 Jet also had the adjustor mentioned above but it was a devil to get right. I gave up with it and resorted to shimming the table support at the outer end. I adjusted it until I got acceptably similar results from passes at both ends of the cylinder. Brian

Having had a quick look at UGS, it looks to be very similar to CamBam which I've been using for my router. On the question of 3d operations involving the Z-axis, there are 2 options. Firstly, and I haven't ventured beyond this, there is 2.5d which is basically a number of 2d designs at varying...

they could be lime (linden), perhaps blocks prepared for CNC 3d carving. Brian

Where in Gloucestershire are you? Is the Forest of Dean of interest? My S-in-L has just bought 800 quids worth of larch cladding from https://gladstonesawmills.co.uk at Lydbrook. Found them to be very obliging. Brian

There are 4 ring porous European species - oak, ash, chestnut and elm. It's not elm which has a certain lustre and irregular grain. It's not chestnut which is usually a uniform, mid brown, straight grained timber, pretty boring really. It's not oak, no sign of medullary rays anywhere and colour...

You mean the moas? NZ was the last major land mass to be inhabited by humans - the Maoris from Polynesia.

This evening I watched Any Questions from Pensylvania, yes, with our own Fiona in the chair. Quite enlightening with a lot of diverse opinions from panel and audience. It made me realise that many of us non-Americans see Trump as a a frightening prospect on the world stage. However an awful lot...

You can pay anything from £600 to £2000 for a single. That would be a cheap diy installation at the bottom end and a professional upmarket design at the top. We've just had a https://www.thermosecure.co.uk/ supplied by a local fitting company. Very good all round but at the top end Brian

Veho is a good brand. There are plenty on the secondhand market. I have one but haven't got far into digitising my collection. It's a time consuming job. Brian

It's a bit difficult to understand your methodology from the info provided. I assume from the drawing you are making a cabinet which consists of 3 box frame structures. In the 2nd photo it looks as though you have completed one box frame. Is it all glued up and finished? I assume also that you...

Yes, its yew. Yew can grow in a very haphazard way and can include lots of holes, splits and shakes. If water gets trapped in any of these the purple staining develops. I've done a lot of work in yew and have never had a problem with its reputed toxicity, but best be careful. Planing can be...

Indian ink if you want it really black