• 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. Mike G

    Big problems ebonising.

    Spot on......and that's why the whole teardrop will be covered in 2 part varnish, with in-built UV filters.
  2. Mike G

    Big problems ebonising.

    That's fuming, Pete. ........and I have made a new batch. It takes a few days to "mature", and doesn't solve the problem of the frame I've already done.
  3. Mike G

    Big problems ebonising.

    That may well be worth trying. I already have some on hand to make the epoxy glue black, so I'll experiment with using it to augment the ebonising.
  4. Mike G

    Big problems ebonising.

    I've got to be pretty careful here not only with compatability with oak and the ebonising mixture, but with the epoxy going over the piece. I just don't know enough about the latter to be confident with dyes or ink. Further, a quick internet search suggests that ink in particular, but dyes as...
  5. Mike G

    Big problems ebonising.

    No, this is it. I'm not re-making this whole part. That's 3 days work. I'm stuck with making the best of the ebonising I've done.
  6. Mike G

    Marmite

    Love it! And I'm happy with it spread as thickly as that. However, if you want something which really is revolting, try the Australian attempt at Marmite, called Vegemite. It looks a little like used wheel bearing grease, and probably tastes about the same.
  7. Mike G

    Big problems ebonising.

    I wonder if anyone can help me with a problem I have ebonising oak. I've done it a number of times over the years and never run into this before. I prepared the oak by wiping it down with a very strong tea solution, but it's worth noting that the scrap pieces I've been testing since DIDN'T have...
  8. Mike G

    Cereal shovel...

    Never mind the cereal bowl......how about the average English mouth? :) - Very nice Rob.
  9. Mike G

    Blast From The past

    How many spatulas does any one person need? :)
  10. Mike G

    Help and guidance sort: hand planes renovation 🙏

    I'll go stronger than that. I'll say it DOES leave steel particles behind, and virtually no matter what you put on the wood you will get flecks of stains. Steel wool and oak don't mix.........unless you are ebonising, when you are simply exploiting the nasty reaction between oak and steel.
  11. Mike G

    The Shetack Saw

    Well that's all entirely new to me. I've never heard of a Shetack saw, nor Ding Dong saw blades, and nor have I ever seen anything like the configuration. Fascinating, and thanks for taking the trouble to do the research and post it here.
  12. Mike G

    New Workshop layout, your thoughts please.

    I don't know about the lighting, Ian. Leave your wiring accessible so that you can add to the array if you find it necessary. I would just comment on your layout, though. Why do you need access to both sides of the bench? Having it out in the middle of the floor like that makes it a bit...
  13. Mike G

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Excellent, Robert, as we've come to expect. How do you get orders for all these boxes you make (or does your wife just have an inordinate amount of jewellery :) )?
  14. Mike G

    What should I cut this brass sheet with?

    Wouldn't it be easier to clamp ply across the whole piece (both sides), and then mark and hacksaw through the ply? You could then file with the ply (and thus the line) still intact...although in my workshop I'd be using a mounted belt sander as a linisher for a final finish to the line. Funnily...
  15. Mike G

    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Coffee? I'm sorry Al, but the correct drink is tea, and that most certainly doesn't need grinding. :)
  16. Mike G

    Seven Heirlooms - First four of six redesigned bridges milled.

    Fantastic, Malc. Don't for a second think that just because I don't comment that I'm not keeping an eye on you.........
  17. Mike G

    My Kitchen

    That's definitely not the standard fitted-kitchen look. A non-fitted kitchen is quite popular these days. I hope you're going to adjust the legs of the sink unit so that you can get rid of the cardboard packing!
  18. Mike G

    Old Glue - an experiment

    I wouldn't want it to appear that I am in any way focused on epoxy, but here's another thing in it's favour: it sets very hard and inflexibly. Now, in many circumstances this is a real negative, but if you are laminating and don't want any spring-back, then epoxy is the sensible choice. Oh...
  19. Mike G

    Old Glue - an experiment

    General purpose? No, no way. Far too fiddly and messy. However, I've just glued up a couple of scarfs in long oak boards which are then going to be bent, and there was absolutely no question as to which glue I'd be using: epoxy. And I really would consider it for a complex glue-up of furniture...
  20. Mike G

    Old Glue - an experiment

    I've used quite a lot of West Systems epoxy recently, including for gluing. It has two or three huge advantages over other glues.......for the right circumstances. For a start, you can have hours of an open time if you want. Secondly, it can be gap-filling, and still be incredibly strong...
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