• 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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    Another tool chest

    Assembly day has extended to a week+. I decided to fix some niggling details and also got derailed by other projects around the house. One detail was that I decided to correct was the panel that makes up the shelf at the top of the drawer section. This is what I had: Which I chose because it...
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    Another tool chest

    Assembly day. If all goes well in a few hours all this will be a cabinet, less doors and drawers. No glue except for the wedges on eight through tenons. Wish me luck!
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    Another tool chest

    It is cherry, same as the solid wood parts.
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    Another tool chest

    Panels sanded then first coat of a tung oil, wipe on-wipe off finish. They will get two more coats at least, 24 hours between coats.
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    Another tool chest

    Fitting the side panels into their grooves.
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    So it is Spring now, for me it's still Winter

    Just an old iPhone SE. I did do some cropping but no other image editing.
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    Another tool chest

    The thin ribs are glued to the platen so they don't fall over. The ribs are scrap 1/2" x 2" particle/chip board and the platen in 3/4" MDF.
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    Another tool chest

    One panel veneered. I'm using a hybrid approach of hammer veneering with liquid hide glue, followed by a press with a shop made platen and cauls to keep the 1/4" Baltic birch plywood substrate flat while drying. No pictures of the process because I had to move quickly before the glue set. How...
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    Well, that day didn't go to plan.

    Mike, but did you get the switch wired? Sorry, I hope you have a swift and not-too-painful recovery.
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    Another tool chest

    Taping veneer for the back and side panels.
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    Bog oak and ash

    Me too!
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    Another tool chest

    Grooved and morticed for the retaining clips. And what a retaining clip will look like. This one is an example from the lower cabinet but it is about the same size as the ones I'll make for the upper cabinet.
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    Another tool chest

    All fit up but not glued or flushed. Next is to rout grooves for the panels and mortices for loose tenons/clips that will hold the frame to the cabinet.
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    So it is Spring now, for me it's still Winter

    A few more from a walk this morning:: Star chickweed Wild geranium Dutchman's breeches:
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    So it is Spring now, for me it's still Winter

    A few more from a walk this morning. Such a lovely color.
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    Tool thefts in England

    Reminds me of the joke: A man is about to go to bed when his wife looks out the window and says, "Dear, it looks like there is someone in your tool shed!" Sure enough, two guys are stealing his stuff. He immediately calls the police telling them that if they hurry they can catch the thieves...
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    So it is Spring now, for me it's still Winter

    Some local ephemerals from a walk with the dogs yesterday. I know this as May apple. Apparently also called mandrake. Podophyllum peltatum. Looks like something from another planet. Sessile trillium. One of my favorites. Sorry a little blurred. Yellow violet. Wood poppy, Stylophorum...
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    Another tool chest

    Back to work on this project. When I left off in January I was about to veneer four panels for the back and sides. I have the materials for that now but I decided to make the frame for the back panels first. The joinery is a direct copy of the back panel I have on the lower cabinet. The corners...
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    Tool thefts in England

    This is incredibly disturbing. It's hard enough to make a living in the trades without worrying about whether you will have your tools in the morning. https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026/apr/08/surging-tool-thefts-leaving-tradespeople-penniless-afraid
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    Resawing thick timbers...

    You could cut kerfs on opposite faces with the table saw, then cut the remaining middle section with the band saw. Assuming you have enough space under the guides to push it through. You say it can do 125 mm but not 6" so maybe my suggestion won't work.
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