working with man made wood is a breeze squaring it off, but as soon as i work with pine ,my god i feal like pulling my hair out every thing i"ve made has been solid pine and been doing it for 1 and a half year"s and the way i see it i"ll all way"s be learning.reason being that i find squaring off pine is it"s never dead straight and to me that"s a problem.love to hear from you, and wander if it"s only me that has that problem ?
I have just been given a Coronet Major wood lathe , but the aluminium face plate is broken , where in the UK or Portugal can I get a replacement . It is quite an old lathe but it still works well ,...
Poplar is okay if they are to be painted. If not, or stained, I would not choose poplar. It is soft, uninteresting and does not finish well (unless painted). Oak or maple are not that much more...
Note: the first two pictures, top to bottom, show the sample woods I bought to match: mahogany, walnut, oak, the bottom is the side of the table. The remaining 3 pictures are of the wood in question...
I purchased a very old dining set that i'm fixing and refinishing. I'm more of a handy person than a woodworker but am enjoying the process.
I'm still stripping all of the pieces, but I know I'll...
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