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Not the table, or the chairs, or the cast iron teapots, or the Lazy Susan or the Wenger style 'pooter desk: Today's main task was making a template from 3mm ply and using it to cut to shape a lump of 2mm thick clear PVC to use as a table protector. This stuff is available in a vast...

Having just returned from a trip to Japan, SWIMBO in her infinite wisdom had decided that the exterior of the box looked a bit austere (which was quite deliberate) so whilst in Kyoto we hunted out a couple of specialist maiko shops at Gion Corner and purchased some silk flower arrangements...

It was one of those projects where there were a succession of irritating little problems that took no end of time to correct, so it never seemed to go 'right' and towards the end I was getting a bit hacked off with it. However, once I saw it coming together it began to look respectable...

It's not Adrian. You've probably never used a cheap n'nasty Far Eastern thing where the edge folds or crumbles as soon as it's touched a bit of wood; the only thing it's useful for is opening paint cans:ROFLMAO: - Rob

You must have got a 'Friday Afternoon' set of Richters Adrian!:ROFLMAO: Mine are quite superb and far preferable to Japanese chisels. I also had the LN things years ago when they were relatively 'cheap' and couldn't get on with them, so they got flogged - Rob

Can't remember (it's an age thing) if I've posted this before, but apologies if you've seen it before. This is a Japanese style box based on a design by Suda Kenji, the original of which can be seen in the Japanese gallery at the BM. Bog Oak veneers over a 'shop made pine core, satinwood end...

Don't bother making some 'custom' chisels; treat yourself a set of the Narex 'Richter' chisels from Workshop Heaven. I've had and disposed of two sets of expensive Japanese chisels which are far too cumbersome (in my very 'umble opinion) for cabinet work. The quality of the steel is quite...

The very same and still mangling wood. Haven't heard from Waka in a long time - Rob

The veneering was 'awkward' as I wasn't sure how to go about it, so I sliced up the squared branch on the bandsaw into roughly 2mm thick bits. Before each slice was taken, the material was shot square on the shooting board so at least I had one flat surface per slice. These were then made into...

In my limited experience, a MS is the last place I'd go - Rob

All so called 'gurus' have their pros n'cons Jacob and none of them is perfik although Sir David of Charlesworth's are a good for dozing off while you're watching his clips. RC is one of those 'gurus' who you either love or hate but his techniques are excellent (mostly). Both though, produce top...

There is much absolute and dangerous rubbish on UToob, but two very good, top drawer exponents are the late David Charlesworth and the huge series of clips from Rob Cosman in Canada. I spent much of yesterday acquainting myself with his drawer making series which is excellent - Rob

A small box using Laburnum 'oyster' veneers, which was very tricky to do and nearly became bandsaw fodder on more than one occasion: Lot's of elementary 'skool boy' errors as I'd never done this sort of veneering before. Holly is great to work but is difficult to keep clean and...

That's not my experience in any way shape or form. Provided it's air dried, elm planes beautifully and you can do almost anything with it. This is a little A&C sort of cabinet thing that I made years ago: ...in solid elm with burr elm drawer fronts and a solid panelled elm back; stand also...

I frequent various online establishments Ian:ROFLMAO: I should have mentioned of course that old Victorian mahogany is much superior to the modern tat:ROFLMAO: - Rob

Agree about Wenge....evil stuff; I used it once and never again. A few years ago I bought some kilned American Ash from Yandles which was pretty cheap considering the boards were all clean, with hardly any defects, but it was kilned to within an inch of it's life and just about the most...

The Carlsberg, Heineken, Czinano ones and a few other ads were brilliant. My all time favourite has to be the Carlsberg 'Dam Busters' one! - Rob

W&A in the Lake District is a great school providing you can find the workshop! When I visited some years ago there was some decent work being produced by the students but if you want to consider the very best school in the UK you can't go far wrong with the Barnsley 'shop - Rob

Those two schools have since closed - Rob

Went there a few years ago. Most if not all the wood was freshly cut and green; moreover it had been left out in the blazing sun or/and flat the grass. Never going again; complete waste of time, effort and money - Rob