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    Are there any cheaper alternatives to this, please ?

    Asian knockoff. https://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/Burley-350W-DIY-Electric-Orbital-Sander_1600912039006.html?spm=a2700.image-text-search.normal_offer.d_image.558a67af6YmK0I&priceId=6b8e31d27ccb4f4b8839ac9f1ed47e3a Can't vouch for the quality of it. Found it by doing an image search and then...
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    Is this board too bowed for a drawer front?

    I have a jointer/surfacer/planer and would use it to flatten the board. Place the hollow over the cutter head and feed that end, then spin it around and do the same with the other end. Take a final full length pass to flatten it completely. Now it is ready to run through the planer/thicknesser...
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    Small scraps in thickness planer?

    Your best bet if you only have a few to do is glue longer sticks (a foot or more) to the sides of the walnut. If all the walnut is already the same width you can place them end to end with the grain orientated to minimise tear out and glue the sacrificial sticks on the sides and send the longer...
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    New toy

    And how much did it cost? Thanks. Pete
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    American here in Oundle (Peterborough) - Brand new to woodworking

    There you go. Nice to put the kidneys to work eh. ;) Pete
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    American here in Oundle (Peterborough) - Brand new to woodworking

    Personally I wouldn't stain mahogany black, especially old stuff. I would save the mahogany for jewellery boxes etc and use a commonly available wood to blacken. Birch or your sycamore for example. The hardware hints at the wood being old and therefore real mahogany. Too nice and impossible to...
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    Marmite

    If I have anything beyond my hot cocoa in the morning it'll be French toast. The 'mite stuff you guys eat is gross. 🤮 I bet you as kids ate worms and bugs. Pete
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    Big problems ebonising.

    The ebonizing before (not far off from yours) the finish and after. Pete
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    Big problems ebonising.

    I'll sit corrected but the ammonia in liquid barn waste "fumed" the oak and made it a dark brown, not black. It's the iron in the solution that reacts with he tannins to make the blue black that when finished becomes black. Look at old oak pallets and there will be blue black stains around the...
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    Big problems ebonising.

    When I've done it I used Tannin used for making wine I bought from Amazon. The tannin in it comes from Chestnut bark. Like you it is black when wet lightening up when dry. I used a dry rag to remove the dust and then reapplied. When the finish, oil in my case is applied it changes to a deep...
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    Any luthiers here? Thinking about making a guitar.

    When I was 14 (58 years ago) my father made me an acoustic guitar from plans in a Popular Mechanics Magazine. He used scrap wood from his repair and refinishing business, only buying the fret board and keys. Played reasonably well for a $10 guitar. He also made a couple Appalachian Dulcimers...
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    Slightly off topic - Abrafiles

    Search rod saws or rod saw blades and you'll get more. Most will have the swaged end for hacksaw pins rather than the ones Eric mentioned. There are also different lengths to be had too. Pete
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    A few pics before going to work.

    For what it's worth I use a JD too. :) Pete
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    The Shetack Saw

    Red and green for working on the port or starboard side of the aircraft. :ROFLMAO: Pete
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    A few pics before going to work.

    Missed a couple mowing days eh. ;) Pete
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    Goodies from Lee Valley Tools

    Hard to find a better company. Pete
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    New Workshop layout, your thoughts please.

    Mike if that's cluttered then you better not come into my shop. I've eaten in restaurants that had much much worse kitchens. Ian my shop is 24'x 28' approximately and the ceiling is about 9' along the short side and rises to about 12' in the centre along the peak. Scissor trusses. It is all...
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    Chucks

    Lee Valley stopped selling the Axminster chucks a few years back, possibly as far back as during Covid. Pete
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    OOPs and some.

    Last couple vehicles I bought (pick up trucks) were automatics because that's what they had on the lot. If I wanted a manual tranny I would have to wait 3 to 6 months for it to come from the factory. Lots of vehicles here can only be had with automatic transmissions. My half ton Chevy Silverado...
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    Knee Deep In Sh-T is and understatement.

    Doug pretty much has it. The house is a walk out in the front with the soil in the back being 6' or 8' higher than the front. Pipes exit below the footings and then slope down to the tank about 40' from the house. I'm told the frost line is 10', or that is how far I had to have the screw piles...
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