• Hi all and welcome to TheWoodHaven2 brought into the 21st Century, kicking and screaming! We all have Alasdair to thank for the vast bulk of the heavy lifting to get us here, no more so than me because he's taken away a huge burden of responsibility from my shoulders and brought us to this new shiny home, with all your previous content (hopefully) still intact! Please peruse and feed back. There is still plenty to do, like changing the colour scheme, adding the banner graphic, tweaking the odd setting here and there so I have added a new thread in the 'Technical Issues, Bugs and Feature Requests' forum for you to add any issues you find, any missing settings or just anything you'd like to see added/removed from the feature set that Xenforo offers. We will get to everything over the coming weeks so please be patient, but add anything at all to the thread I mention above and we promise to get to them over the next few days/weeks/months. In the meantime, please enjoy!

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  1. M

    Kickback protection in routers

    Yes that's what I was looking for in an answer. I tend to use a speed of 14000 to 18000 rpm but mainly around 14000 rpm which seems to coincide somewhat with what you have written. I have some worktops coming up so will follow your advice. I am starting to learn that creating chips and not dust...
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    Kickback protection in routers

    It sounds like the comments in this thread have pretty much covered any problems assiciated with a router including possible kickback so no need for me to comment further on the subject. One interesting thing I have learnt since using a CNC router machine is that using the correct feed and...
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    New shutters

    Just for reference, painting the T&G joints before assembly helps reduce any water penetrating the wood at the joint so helps prolong the life of the shutter. As you plan to move in 5 years it will likly not be a problem to you. I liberal coating of wood preservative will improve the life of the...
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    Paduk, gluing thereof....

    When I worked at a yacht builders the carpenters gluing teak would first clean it with acetone then use a glue green in colour. Expoy resin glue is supposed to be v.good.
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    Timber framing

    You do not normally see bracing like in this oak building extension in modern structures like conservatories etc. There is a scarf joint on the left hand side cill so I'm guessing the framework could be all structural and draw bored from the outside but not carried through to the inside. The...
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    I think Gramercy got it wrong

    Interesting write up, I have never used one myself but then there are still a lot of woodworking things/gadgets I could be using to make my life easer.
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    Barn Build

    Gret work Duke.
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    Slightly Embarrassing M & T Question.

    Yes of course you can glue a sliver of wood on each cheek and re-work the tenon to fit nicely. So long as you use a good quality glue the joint sould be ok after the re-work. The joint will be good as long as the glue holds so make sure you use a good glue.
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    Oak coffee table - finished!

    That looks a very nice table, warm in colour.
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    Anyone help ID this tooling

    It does not look like it has been used much and interesting it apears to have both side teeth and bottom planing cutters. Not seen a cutter like it before but then I have spent most of my working life on site rather than in a shop.
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    A bread box

    Well at least we now know it was done by hand, very skilled and it gives a very nice effect to the front.
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    A bread box

    Looks very nice, the mitres are a nice feature but that door is quite something to look at and really sets the piece off nicly. I am intrigued as to how you went about putting those grooves in the door? Mark
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    Treads for metal staircase

    normal break-inns! sound like an accepted way of life. I met a south african chap who was sent to the UK do work for a company I was doing carpentry for, he said he would not use the trains in S/A for fear of being stabbed. I have often thought what the Uk would have been like to live in...
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    A pair of mirrors

    You have made some rather plain IKEA framed mirrors into something very stylish and attractive to look at and I like your moulding. I have a mirror in the loft with a very unattactive mould around it, I'd like to copy your desin sometime. Mark
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    Farm Gate / Repair - not made to withstand a 5 ton dump trailer.

    You are a fast mover for sure Duke. Do you ever rest?
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    Knives & rubbish?

    The main problem with the older style Whitehill Bolcks (No PIN Version) as stated above is when machinests put in silly little cutter knives near the end of the clamp and tighten up the nut which then forces the clamp to close on the outter edge before the inner edge and thus distorts the clamp...
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    American Industrial Heritage ... a scary wooden bandsaw

    Looking at these old machines reminds me of when I was a young man contenplating buying my first woodworking machine. Not many tradesmen had woodworking machines back then (late 1970's) and battery tools were not seen on building sites either. Now some of the younger generation would not...
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    Tractor Bed

    You never know it might become your great grandchildrens too! Such a fun thing to have when you are little.
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    Tractor Bed

    And stairs to the loft too! LoL
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    Tractor Bed

    That's a really nice thing to make Duke, my grandson would love one but I'm not going to make one. You can just see how pleased your grandson is...priceless.
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