• 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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    Staining English Walnut?

    You definitely need to experiment. The first one I did I carefully brushed it on. What a mess. I had to sand down a well sanded table and start again. If you go with General finishes watch their video.
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    Staining English Walnut?

    I have used General Finishes stain https://bruach.com/shop/general-finishes-usa/general-finishes-water-based-interior/general-finishes-wood-stain The trick to applying it is to do as they suggest and put it on quite heavy then wipe off the excess. Then it works well. If you just brush on the...
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    Archtop Guitar

    You are correct Malc. As for the CAD/CAM, the ones I have seen made by CAD the author makes a top manually then they teach the CAD to replicate the pattern. Disclaimer I know nothing of such automation. I cannot even use CAD.
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    Archtop Guitar

    The front and back are both carved from the solid. They start out just over 25mm thick. Mine were 30mm After cutting it to the shape of a guitar you first carve the top to create a domed shape to a pattern and then flip it over and carve the inside until there is a range of thicknesses from...
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    Archtop Guitar

    Last night was my first night class. I made some progress:
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    Woo Hoo....Reacher's back

    What! Mr Maskery this has shaken my entire belief and trust in the telly. I suppose you think that most of the US shootie up (action) movies over the last 30 years are not believable. Next you will try to tell me that James Bond is not an accurate portrayal of real events or that Mary Poppins...
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    Seven Heirlooms - You'll never guess……!

    Absolutely stunning work.
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    Archtop Guitar

    It is. I am making it because of the carving elements. I have a client lined up who is happy to get a prototype.
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    Archtop Guitar

    Yes, when I bought the timber the guy there told me to look him up. I probably need to master some basics before I can sell them for £100k or have rock stars write songs about me. The Benedetto has the advantage of plans, a book and jigs to follow so hopefully I will learn something
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    Archtop Guitar

    I have been asked several time to make an instrument. I have always resisted any commitment. But it was on the big list. So this year, I have enrolled to go to Newark Music School evening classes to learn to change a dozen or so bits of wood into a musical instrument. The design is a...
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    Now for the Chairs

    I made a sort on the arms for the two carver chairs at the weekend.
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    Are there any cheaper alternatives to this, please ?

    Happy to sell if we can agree a price. It has the Delta plate
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    Are there any cheaper alternatives to this, please ?

    I could be persuaded to part with my Rotex. I have never got on with it so it has had very little use.
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    Bandsaw Problem

    So today I was fitting a new 1/4 bandsaw blade. Placed the gullet central on the tyre, spun a few turns and the blade is in the front edge. Try again same result. So backed off all the guides. Tried again same thing. Tried several times more hoping for a different result. So I went and had a...
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    How to remove light cover

    Squeeze the diffuser and pull down on one side.
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    Nervous about Surgeon

    I was back in yesterday for another go at sorting me out. The op went well and so far so good. But back to light duties for a while, hopefully a week or less.
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    Never Have Work Done when you are Not Home

    Now the correct flue has been taken out, I can remove the woodturner and gain my bonus 5 sq ft of workshop floor and 32 sq ft of wall space.
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    Never Have Work Done when you are Not Home

    Ian, I normally do not let tradesmen work if I am not there. BUT, I showed them which flue needed removing not a month ago so I thought they knew what they were going to do, what could go wrong!. Apparently a different crew came and the boss did not come to show them which one! So do not let...
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    Never Have Work Done when you are Not Home

    A roofer was to remove the flue from my workshop in August whilst he covered my new stable roof. It did not happen and he turned up last week whilst I was abroad, so was Mrs PAC1. He then removed a large stainless steel double insulated flue and made a brilliant job of making good. I got home...
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    Mike builds a teardrop (hatch detail)

    You are getting there Mike. It is looking very good and is going to be the centre of attention where ever you go.
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