• 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. Dr.Al

    Ash trees...Good News!

    Also used for what is generally sold as vegetable oil in supermarkets. I always associate the colour with the beginning of proper spring weather so that helps me appreciate it.
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    When people get the wrong idea.

    Especially a psychotherapist.
  3. Dr.Al

    Bedside Table

    Thanks Andy. I'd be gobsmacked if I need a trip back to Wentwood for this one. Some of the wood I bought was a bit over 20 mm thick & (pre-planing) looks like it might be quite pretty post planing, so I might try a bit of that for the top based on the thickness of yours. I've got enough of...
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    Bedside Table

    Well, one thing's decided: I now know what I'm going to make the table from. This morning I had a trip over to my favourite timber yard: They had loads of stock of Oak, Sweet Chestnut & Sycamore plus a few bits of Yew, Ash, Sequoia and these lovely looking bits of Spalted Beech (which I...
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    Bedside Table

    That's really useful, thanks Gary
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    Bedside Table

    Thanks Andy, that's really useful (and it looks lovely). How thick are the top and sides? They look really elegant, thanks Gary. I'd already designed in a bit of a bevel: Do you think it needs more? For that matter, do you think it would be better to narrow the base a bit (i.e. have more...
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    Bedside Table

    Thanks Gary. I'd be very interested in the pictures. I don't want to make mine any deeper (for the same reason I switched from a chest of drawers to a stack of motorcycle panniers!) but any and all photos for inspiration are definitely welcome. Design (aesthetics) is the part of woodwork I find...
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    Bedside Table

    I must admit that I'm a little bit tempted to use it as an excuse to try some of the weird and wonderful Japanese joints showcased by @GaryR (although I've no idea which ones yet), especially if I can do so safe in the knowledge they'll be hidden by the table top when the project's finished 😆...
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    Bedside Table

    What did you have in mind? I don't mind the idea of trying something more taxing, but I definitely prefer the look of a fairly simple clean design.
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    Bedside Table

    Thanks Andy. I'd definitely be interested in seeing the pictures. Was that American or English walnut? I had considered walnut (I agree that's it's lovely to work with) but thought it might be a bit too dark for where it'll live. I also rather enjoyed working with Sycamore on the Mini-Moravian...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Nice job Malc. I don't think I ever would have thought of making something like that! There were many pleasant hours wasted learning to do various tricks with Yo-Yos when I was a lad.
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    Bedside Table

    I think I've chosen my next project: it's time to make a new bedside table. For most of the 20 years I've lived in this house, I had a pine three-drawer chest that I inherited from my parents and used as a bedside table. It was quite deep and didn't leave much of a gap between the corner of...
  13. Dr.Al

    Stanley 48

    Hmm, that's a good point. Up until recently there was a line of glue bottles that lived there but I found a better home for them. 🤔 No doubt I'll find something to fill the gap at some point :LOL:
  14. Dr.Al

    AI for Technophobes

    Yes: https://www.moltbook.com
  15. Dr.Al

    Stanley 48

    Oh you know, a bit of a mixture... (if you look closely, you can just about see the #55 just about the Makita charger)
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    Another tool chest

    I was intrigued so did a web search. Seems to be a dovetail with a rebate and angled inside faces: (from https://boatbuilding2015.wordpress.com/2015/03/27/week-3-dovetails-decisions-and-a-drawer/)
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    Another tool chest

    That looks fantastic Gary
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    Stanley 48

    That sounds a bit like my #55. I used it a few times as a kerfing saw (before I bought a bandsaw) but it's so complicated to set up (compared to the #43 or even #45) that it spends most of it's time idly hanging from the ceiling.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Nice
  20. Dr.Al

    Workshop Uses for 3D Printing

    Weird. No idea why the image doesn't work: it's hosted on this site. I'll have another go:
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