• 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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    Lost! Now found.

    I recently decided to screw a magnet to the wall in the area between the rip saw, cross cut and bandsaw for the sole purpose of keeping a tape measure (the belt clips are magnetic) to hand. So far it has worked as the little blighter has not got strong enough legs to escape the magnet. Also...
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    Now for the Chairs

    Recovering from my second operation of my life and in 3 months, the boredom must be setting in hard as sanding chairs is more attractive than sitting around. So today I have spent the day sanding and sanding. I hope to get one chair back, splat, crest rail and legs (all assembled) sanded before...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    One of my recuperation projects was some boxes for power carving tools. So I have made 3 boxes. Two are virtually the same size and one larger oblong but basically the same construction. Reclaimed oak, finger joints with plywood top and bottom. I bought some very cheap box hinges that are...
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    Was Sam Maloof finish - now added Mike's Magic Mix

    Interesting. I have just done some osmo oiling outside. So far no sign of a problem. I would suspect the linseed oil is the culprit. Do you use boiled or raw?
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    Table saw mitre

    The slot on my saw is wider than the standard 19mm or 3/4". But I wanted a good mitre gauge. After much consideration I bought the Inca and stole a chopping board from the Kitchen which I cut and planed to a tight fit then carefully screwed the mitre gauge to the plastic. 3 years on and it is...
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    Wood suitable for window shutters.

    If the shutters are external Tulip wood is not remotely suitable.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    Sadly yes. I have found a trusted supplier and properly cleaned my hammer so hopefully next week we can progress. The mark is sanding off but a pita
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    Shaker oval boxes

    It may be my hammer. I cleaned as I have over the years. A quick rub on some sandpaper. It might be very fine dust from that.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    I reduced the bands to a heavy 3/64ths (1.2mm) much better. Maybe too thin as they bent very easily However my new copper nails might not be copper! When I was hammering them in they were not mushrooming like copper should but then as the wood started to dry... I doubt that is going to come out.
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    What is my best way of protecting oak skirting board and architrave?

    Yep. The sheen is, as Roger said, a matter of personal choice.
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    What is my best way of protecting oak skirting board and architrave?

    I have similar skirting and architrave. I have used Osmo oil on all of the skirting and architrave.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    Birdseye maple. It looks great in real life.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    The boxes are very small 7” on the long axis. Everything I read said 1/16th but it is too thick. The dots you can see are dowels not pins.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    Steve, a consistent 3mm would be fantastic at the moment. The saw is capable of it but I need to get the set up right. I am getting close but no cigar. I will look for even less teeth. Once I get a straight reliable cut I can reduce the thickness.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    The strips were band sawn to as thin as I could get them, thicknessed to as thin as I dared (tear out);and then drum sanded to 1/16th. I need to get that down by 25 to 30% as they are too thick to bend properly even with a bit of steam. I need to get the set up right on my band saw I could then...
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    Shaker oval boxes

    What I have learned is that the sides need to be thinner and I need to wrap the side tighter around the former. I also need smaller brass tacks.
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    Shaker oval boxes

    As part of my plans to do small manageable projects whilst I recover are Shaker oval boxes. So I made some patterns and then had a go:
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    What to do with Off Cuts?

    I also keep what I can. I have pigeon hole systems everywhere but there is a limit to what can or should be stored. I am teaching myself marquetry but the amount of wood needed for this is negligible. And usually not off cuts in any event. It looks like I will be binning the off cuts.
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    What to do with Off Cuts?

    Our black bin goes to an incinerator so should be good. I would take it to the recycling centre if I had any faith that it would not end up in the incinerator.
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    What to do with Off Cuts?

    Until last winter I had a wood burner in my workshop so I burnt all off cuts. Now I have the air source heat pump, my workshop is hot in the winter and so no need of the wood burner. The sawdust I can turn into compost with the grass clippings. It is the real off cuts that are of no use that...
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