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Not any more, they keep getting in the way of blades and cutters

Thanks very much. It took around weeks in total although I took the end of my thumb off half way through so was a bit of a disjointed project. I didn't buy the timber in or the wax and did the work in return for a load of Pippy Elm so didn't price it. If I were to do it again a imagine the cost would come in at around £1500 -1800. I am in Croatia now though so transport would be an added extra.......

Hi Mark Half and half sap to heart would be good but just sections with straight grain are good to as I also make up laminate bows. I'll PM you some details of what I need.....

Great stuff, do you have any pics? And what is your price? Getting it out here is no problem, I have pallet loads of bits and bobs sent out every few months. Cheers

Now I may be asking a bit much and a bit of a long shot but worth a go as I know a lot of you guys get hold of some stunning timber. I'm after some very straight grained Yew planks, 2" or more thick. They need to be 6 foot long or longer....... A few defects are fine and some wave in the grain is OK. I'm after making a longbow for my good lady and can't find Yew out here anywhere. I'd also like some to make a few different bows for friends here. I made a self longbow a few years ago from English Yew but stupidly gave it away before I left the uk. A few pics of the bow to show what I mean grain waveyness wise....... So what you got?

Cracking work there The chair is awesome and a big fan of the stained glass.... top notch

Cheers Only a few of the work in progress, I'm pretty slack when it comes to taking photo's.......

Yep, big, heavy, lockable, bolted to the wall and ugly.......... they are hidden inside, one either end. The middle section is for coats, deerstalker hats and other shooting guff

A gun cabinet I was commissioned to make a while back for the owner of my local sawmill. He supplied the timber and so, as you would expect, it was made from stunning stock. The door panels and detailing were made from English grown tigered brown Oak and the rest from French quarter sawn Oak. Hand finished with a lightly tinted natural wax. It was designed and built to match the interior of the 17th century farmhouse that was to become it's home. A real pleasure to design and make this piece, one of those projects that I'll always remember............

I spend half my time taking blades to be resharpened...... It doesn't take long to dull them. Fantastic stuff though, beautiful, dry and stable. You simply don't get that dark golden colouring or streaky patina in new Oak.

If you really want dry timber then reclaimed is the way to go. We were resawing 125 year old beams for Oak flooring last week and the average moisture content of the boards coming off the saw was around 15% Mc. This old Oak is like concrete, rock hard. I have just sourced a huge amount of decent beams but they are in Croatia. They would work out around £105 each. Can ship but due to length could push the price up too much to make it viable for you on such a small load.

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That router table looks like a good option for the money......

Agree with the above, Elu routers are bulletproof and will last forever if you can find one secondhand. They were taken over by Dewalt and while keeping most of the main design feature the quality of parts dropped off. Still the Dewalt is worth having if you can get one cheap.

1/2 inch or 1/4 inch? If you want to do windows and joinery you need a big 1/2 inch router My favourite out of the 5 we have in the workshops is the big Makita 3612c. It is hugely powerful, solidly built easy to handle. The trigger on the grips make it easy to control and it feels balanced in use. You should be able to pick up a secondhand unit off of the,bay for around £75. Other than that our Festool is superb, well balanced a very refine tool but bloody expensive. The Dewalt mentioned above is a good tool and very reliable with plenty of power just lacks the refinement of others. Trend and Freud used to be good machines but quality of parts has dropped off hugely in the last couple of years. Don't bother wit Bosch or Hitachi. You might want to think about buying or making up a table to mount the router in. Makes for much more accurate and safe working. Routers are fairly safe but they do occasionally bite. My choice would be a second hand Makita........ Best for the cash.

Those Selectsaw mills look fantastic but they are even more pricey than the Wimmers.......

Perfect sense....... still pretty fine work, nicely done

Looks pretty ropey compared to this beauty Pilana Wravor 1150 80,000 quid is a little out of my budget though............. Though this aint bad for 35,000 notes....maybe http://www.njuskalo.hr/strojevi-obrada-drveta/pilana-oglas-12869337

Top quality work there........ How you turn them without them exploding is beyond me

Cheers for all the comments guys They were not for me, was a job for a client...... I wouldn't say I made good money. After I'd paid the apprentice, workshop maintenance, electric, timber, fittings, tax and all other bits and bobs there never seems much left for me. The whole job (single door, two garage doors, all frames, a window and fitting) took me and the apprentice 2 weeks. We were on and off a bit though....... and drank lots of tea.

You could have ago yourself? I built my own using Squarespace.......... No need to know much about website building, it's all drag and drop.

A couple of pics of some doors we recently made and fitted. These were constructed from locally grown, felled and dried Oak. Finished with a slightly tinted 20% sheen external laquer. The garage doors are 2 m high x 1.5 m wide and 60mm thick..... my back felt every kg the day after fitting. The single door was light as a feather in comparison. Got them fitted just in time as we had 30cm of snow 2 days after.....

For a general purpose set of joinery chisels you can't go wrong with Marples. The splitproof yellow and red handled ones. The steel on the newer ones is not as tough as it used to be but they still take a hammering (excuse the pun). My old man had a set that was used on site everyday for 20 odd years and I still use most of them now although some are getting a little short. I also have some Japanese Oire Nomi which I use for cabinetry but also go gentle on them compared to the Marples, they just feel more delicate but they are a more refined tool and take a dangerously sharp edge. Worth having.... Used some Narex chisels and wasn't to impressed, just didn't feel right in the hand and didn't think they held an edge very well. All personal preference though........

Expanding the export side of our little business focusing more of new sawn and reclaimed timbers. And earning more money so I don't have to work every hour of the day and can sped more time with my girls (wife and 9 month old daughter ) Also have a new (to me) 32" rip saw to install and a mobile sawmill sometime in the spring. Also get more heating and insulation in the workshops, was minus 18 degrees the other night and didn't get above minus 5 during the day for a week or so. Not fun when your fingers stick to the beds of the machines.

Thanks very much All done myself on Squarespace, easy to use and pretty cheap. I'm going to have a look at your website when my little un has stopped slapping the keyboard gone to bed...