• 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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    Startrite table saw - table alignment help

    As per my other post I just picked up a Robert Sorby Pro Edge second hand, part of the workshop clearance was a Startrite table saw. I’d seen photos and assumed it would be bigger, but it’s pretty compact not that different to my job site Bosch. It’s a beautiful thing, single phase so could...
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    Robert Sorby Pro Edge bits and pieces

    Got myself a Pro edge second hand, very excited to get sharpening! Can’t find very good info on what should have come with it, no drawings or images of what was in the box. I’ve worked out the 3 bars are for belt tracking adjustment, and there’s part of a fingernail jig which is missing a part...
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    Japanese carpentry exhibition

    Just seen this advertised and intend to go, thought it might be of interest to others on here The craft of Carpentry
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    Festool rail strips

    Need to replace the zero clearance strip. Don’t seem to have much luck with the Festool one, clean with acetone, heat with a gun and it still seems to lift at the end! Is it me? Is there an alternate people use and recommend?
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    Finish for oak in kitchen?

    I'm using oak faced plywood in my kitchen project. Pondering on the best finish. It needs to be hard wearing and protect from water obviously, but I'd also quite like it to give a warming tone to the wood as I have old oak handles on some cupboards. My go to would normally be No nonsense...
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    Old school centre mount hinges

    Normally pretty good with search terms but this one has drawn a blank. I need a centre mount runner the old type with the wheels to fit into existing drawers. Couldn’t find any, so bought a replacement drawer box instead with bottom mounted runners but it is so rubbish! The movement up and...
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    Photo size?

    Sure I've missed this but I always upload photos from phone but the new forum just says too big? Do I have to resize the photo before hand or is there a way to do it in the forum software?
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    TS55 electronic brake

    Using my TS55 today on some oak and the electronic brake has stopped working :( Searched Google and didn’t find very much, but the following site selling motor brushes suggests they could cause lack of braking? https://www.sparepartsworld.co.uk/product/FES491704 I’m going to have to take it...
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    Benchdogs great customer service

    Wanted to share some good customer service, seems to happen less and less often! At the weekend, I made an error: bevel cut with my track saw straight through the underail piece on my tracksaw fence. Still works but looked bad and gave a little less chip out prevention. Unfortunately on their...
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    Processing large pieces of wood

    I've scored a rather enormous haul of iroko and sapele on Facebook. To be honest I misjudged the size of the pieces in the photos and there weren't any measurements so I now have a huge pile of wood to store somewhere :lol: I've not processed anything very large before and there's one board...
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    Unusual Plane handle

    First up I’ll be honest I’m only asking to get info to help with listing this on eBay! Hope that’s OK. Funds are tight and I need to sell some stuff to keep funding the woodworking. Don’t worry though I have a 5 1/2 already that I’ve tuned and like, it’s a plastic handled one but feels right as...
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    Portable tool box

    Picked this up over the weekend, bought from Facebook. Have a really good toolbox of general tools which when I’m doing DIY away from the home has most things I need. When it comes to wood projects I’m always grabbing stuff and putting it in bags or straight in the car! So saw this and...
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    Render repairs

    Planning my Easter weekend jobs! Our house has a section of render, in poor condition in places. I think it’s been over coated at some point instead of removed and redone. There are also old repairs next to door etc which have given up. Finally after fitting a new cupboard door and porch some...
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    Kings of the wood

    Fancy shouting at the telly again now Britain's best woodworker is finished? Kings of the wood is on Discovery+, put into it by my brother, it’s a bit like the programme with Jay Blades where they make projects for special people, it’s by the producers of Repair Shop. Watching first episode...
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    Direct from farmer oranges

    I know we have some foodies here, anyone used this site? https://www.crowdfarming.com/en Just came across it with an add for oranges. Prices seem to vary but I’m tempted to try an orange box around £20. We eat pretty much only seasonal fruit and veg and you can’t beat the local Kent soft...
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    Chimney sweep?

    I know I’ll get some sensible opinions here, how often do you get your chimney, or should I say flue swept? We have a wood burner, been in 4 years and it has just had its second sweep. The post about DIY and paying for services made me think about this. When we bought the stove and all the...
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    Paul Sellers router plane

    I'm sure he probably divides opinion but I like Paul Sellers approach and teaching style, this has been released today. A series on building a router plane - seems like a great idea for anyone who doesn't have one given the crazy prices now woodworking seems to be getting popular...
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    Black marks on oak

    My brother is after some remedial woodwork from me after leaving a wet keg on his oak table :shock: It has reacted and left a black ring. I've not used it but am I right in thinking the best approach would be oxalic acid? Would you try sanding first? I imagine the stain will be fairly deep...
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    Cabin beds

    Just about to start a new project. Most of my time at the moment is spent on DIY for the house which sometimes include woodworking and if it does is invariably sheet goods! Not quite at a level worth sharing on here :lol: My next project is two cabin beds for my children though which are a...
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    Question for the Japanese woodworking experts

    I watch a fair few videos on YouTube by Japanese woodworkers and often see the saw below. I’ve no idea what it’s called and wondered why you never see them in the UK?
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