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Dual is great.

Looks like we all did

My moneys on sapele

I like eco poxy. Best resin for tables in my opinion. Available from axminster

May also be interested in this if it is available.

Beat one I reckon is ecopoxy. Available from Axminster. Not cheap but its great to use and gives a great finish.

Nice looking plane butts Jeremy. They for sale?

True enough. I'm sensing a lack of enthusiasm from your end?

Carvers love lime.

If you want to make rustic dig like the pictured table. Garden benches and tables etc then you can achieve a good finish with a belt sander. Of course big jointer and planers would be great but very few workshops can joint and plane 2 foot wide boards. Rustic self milled Slabs. Rustic finish furniture.. Easily achievable for most people who are sensible enough to be able to use an alasksn.

This sort of thing

Nepia, What sort of tools you have available? Slabs as that width are good for coffee tables. Minimal tools required. Belt sander, circular saw. Drill.

Had a walnut tree in his garden all that time and never attempted to get a crop from it to realise it isn't a walnut. Funny old world these days.

We bent a ram on a splitter . Had it straightened, bent almost immediately on re installation. Not saying it would Definately happen to yours but it did to ours.

Only posted it last Saturday I think so not yet no. As Daniel says it's not clear as it's all one person's perception of what looks like what. I understand reclassification is an arse. Been there before. Motor homes don't need graphics. Plenty of coach built ones for sale in the UK look like panel vans with windows and no graphics so the dvla possibly need to treat everybody with the same rules. The hi viz is the let down on mine I know. I can buy graphics for £30 and stick them on and remove them when it's changed but I shouldn't have to as manufacturers don't have to. Some choose too. Some don't. I also like the way mine looks as I can stay in it anywhere and no one bat's an eye. Another thing the dvla don't want. My point is though that the day van part of the argument is not a legal thing and doesn't include the dvla. It's up to the insurers what they consider a day van. I can't find any insurer that states that a day van must look like a camper in traffic.

There is loads of things you can make by hand, with the right skills anything in fact. What logs have you milled and what sort of size and I can suggest a couple of achievable beginners project with some basic tool investment.

What part am I not taking your word for. Already filled that form out once.Thats a checklist for v5 change not what qualifies a day van. It Also states in bold to use the checklist to show which of the external features your van has. Implying to me that you dont need them all. I don't really expect the v5 to be changed but am very happy that it complies as a day van.

No experience of shou sugi but I dont see why not

Nice job, Scots pine mills and treats well if you have a use for it.

I would of paid you some beer tokens to come mill it.

Drum guy has some skills.

Where is the beech?

Gives me more options for insurance(cheaper) and generally better to be registered to be what it is. Standard not class 7 mot. Looks better when I sell it. If I don't try to change it my interpretation is I'm not following the law. If they tell me I can't then. no bother. Quite often camper vans are punished anyway in things like parking etc.

Exactly that. I could do without a toilet but my teenage daughter. Not so much. Always nice after a night on the beer too. Looks like an interesting layout.

Could be Worth a few beer tokens. Not much, will go look. Never milled or worked it. That's why I'm interested in trying,