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Another box (same Japanese cedar construction waste stock); practice makes a slightly better box than the previous. Sometimes. This time joined two pieces to make the base for a wider box (three pieces for the lid as I cut the sides short by two millimetres), reduced thickness to eight...

I've been struggling with this problem for a couple of years and still finding it just as difficult. I have found that finishes will colour the (wood) oak much differently to the filler and so have found that finish then fill and tint works better for me. The best hide is a set of paints and a...

I'm following this thread; I think we're not too far apart on our journeys. Now, I could pay a lot of money for a pint of Old Speckled hen...

Keep it on the bucket list; it's not so far and expensive as some think. The flight *is* long; between ten and a half and twelve hours but once you step off the plane, it's very quick through immigration, baggage and customs. If you land at Haneda airport, it's a short bus trip direct to most...

A small box made form Japanese cedar (possibly) construction waste. I picked up about fifty metres of the stuff, so plenty more box making practice! I also picked up about five metres of oak from a different construction site (now I'm quite famous locally for being the odd guy that rumages...

Thanks for the advice. I think I'll need to make a new storage unit above the roof beams. We do have a lot of Sugi, or Japanese cedar as well as Hinoki, Japanese cypress. Those two were the trees of choice for samurai involved with replanting during the Edo period as they grow very straight and...

I made a trip to my local timber merchant this morning. It's only thirty two miles away but crosses three mountains so takes just over an hour. In the Prius the fuel consumption for the journey averages out at a hundred and twelve miles to the gallon! I can't get there from November to April...

Hello BC'er, your guess is right! My wife originally comes from these parts and when I first visited years ago immediately thought that if I ever to were relocate, *this* was the destination! Property prices are quite different here than the UK. You need to buy the land, then any building on it...

Again thanks to all for the welcome! Nice picture sideways! I went out into the garden for half an hour but despite there being hundreds, if not thousands of the blighters flying around, I really struggled to snap anything more than a greyish hazy patch. I managed to get one of the smaller red...

yup, I think the Z's are back to front; just bumbling along here...

Cheers to all for the welcome! As I said, it will be a lot more take than give from this user for a while... The biggest problem here is the language; can't read and write (well struggled with *that* one all my life really) and what little Japanese I know, doesn't really communicate well with...

I too have the makita thicknesser and bought the hood to connect to the lvhp extractor. I went to the local plumbers merchant and found a 65x40 coupler and with a bit of masking tape / rubber foam tape made a snug fit. However, I found that just putting a toothpick through the planer somehow...

Originally from Berkhamsted, I took a wild and crazy decision to relocate to the mountains in Japan four years ago with the idea of starting a woodwork shop. The only experience I have is a little bit of DIY like building a gate for the driveway and rebuilding a bathroom (back in blighty) but...