• 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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    Cutting Veneer

    Thanks Gents, I’ve done lots of cutting with scalpel and straight edge but wanting to move more into curved work and even with templates I’m struggling to get the matching edge’s I’m after. Thought scrolling might work but sounds like I’d be chasing my tail. Back to the cutting board!
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    Cutting Veneer

    I’m wondering if a scroll saw will be any use in cutting ‘flowing’ shapes in commercial veneer (0.6mm ish) without undue splintering. Happy to sandwich and use fine blades but wondering if anyone has any experience before I consider purchase .
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    Routering trickery.....

    Some appear to say it’s easy and you say it isn’t Rob. I need to do something similar in the not to distant future so would appreciate a walk through.
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    Mental Health benefit of woodwork

    When I was working (at a job I came to hate), I swear woodworking was the only thing that helped keep me sane. The sense of achievement and something to look forward to at the end of the day made a world of difference to me. It also eased the pressure on my poor family who were directly in the...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    I don’t feel that they’re particularly cheap at generally just under £100 for a small box. Feedback generally is that the coloured ones are unusual and people are drawn to them. It’s down to me to decide if I want to keep making them. I’ve got a bit of a break anyhow as apparently new...
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    No Ian, far to complex and skillful for me! I veneer the ends first then front/back and make sure there’s a nice close fit. A light sand eases the edges to an ‘almost’ invisible join. This one was my first real attempt at what might be called full panel veneering (albeit small panels) and I...
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    Bob '9fingers' Minchin

    I’m just catching up on the forum and truly saddened to learn of Bob’s passing. He invited me over to do some drum sanding for me a couple of years ago. Massively helpful fellow with a great sense of humour. He will be missed.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    More boxes including my first wooden hinge one. I didn’t even think of attampting a Cosman box, to be honest I’m not sure I like them enough to have a go (I do admire the skill level to do themwell though). Having purchased his hinge jig and had many a happy hour trying to produce custom size...
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    Tumble dryer

    We’ve got a Beko (don’t laugh!) heat pump drier. Which best buy at the time. Expensive to buy but cheap to run. Have to say it’s been faultless in the 4 years we’ve had it. Another bonus is it can be put anywhere without having to worry about venting.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Those are very nice Robert.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Yes Stevie, the boxes are ‘lined’ with the lip timber. Circle cut with plug cutter/forstner bit combo.
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Some more boxes ready for the shop. Mostly recycled rosewood, iroko, bubinga and some new maple. Not the greates photos but you get the idea!
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Is it as simple as a sandwhich approach or something more complex? Interested in copying if I’m honest!
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    Post a photo of the last thing you made...

    Robert, Lovely board. Did you make the cross board inlay yourself (not the edge banding)?
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    Wooden hinge drill set

    As I intend to make a number of smaller boxes I shall be purchasing Mr Cosman’s kit. I’ll report back in due course but no breath holding please!
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    Expansion gap - solid oak flooring - cork strip

    Many, many years ago I used cork expansion strips like yours around a parquet floor in a conservatory. The floor moved so much it compressed the cork and moved the wall of the conservatory. I always leave my expansion gaps completely clear for expansion now! If you think about about it, a 20mm...
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    Wooden hinge drill set

    Thanks Mike, I understand and might give that a try. No lathe I’m afraid. I’ve read good things about the Cosman kit but it is pricey. More thinking required but thanks for the comments.
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    Wooden hinge drill set

    I’ve been looking into wooden hinges and the only really usedul info is in relation to the Rob Cosman set but at over £130 it’s a tad expensive. Does anyone know of a cheaper way of accurately drilling centre holes in dowels?
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    Yet another box!

    I don’t post photos of my veneered boxes these days figuring you’ve seen enough! However, I can’t make my mind up whether this one is any good from a design perspective. I was given a decent sized oak beam that had its origins in a Cambridgeshire country house. It then sat in a shed for 20 plus...
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    Varnish over shellac?

    What type of sanding sealer Stevie? There are a few around (unless of course you mean shellac?!)
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