Making and Using Shellac – Just a Few Thoughts
…additive that makes it Methylated spirits is highly inflammable. Never try heating it on or near an open or even indirect flame. You can buy shellac made ready for dissolving…
…additive that makes it Methylated spirits is highly inflammable. Never try heating it on or near an open or even indirect flame. You can buy shellac made ready for dissolving…
…come from different continents, but sometimes it’s very local too. When they come this weekend, this is what they will see. The castle gates to the grounds will open wide…
…made into cooking utensils but remember plunging them into hot liquids can have an ongoing effect on the wood. Open-grained woods like oak, woods with large, open pores, etc, are…
Cutting the vise opening into the apron and fitting the vise You can, as I said, use a jigsaw, but the hand tool method is more fun, more demanding and…
…that communication is more about listening than whatever I might say. Mostly it’s something I’ve learnt from working with my wood and especially that using my hand tools. I have…
Each May Oxfordshire holds its unique arts festival over a three-week span of total creativity. Artists and crafting artisans throughout the county open their studios and workshops to display their…
This Open Day is now expired but we thank everyone who joined us and please stay tuned for our next Open Day….
…mouth open enough to allow the expulsion of thick shavings. Cast metal planes are less accommodating and the mouth must usually be filed to open them up. This is my…
…Following with the flat, fairly open throated #4 I surface planed the surface and removed all undulations and the surface was truly smooth. I checked for flatness (out of twist)…
…the self-acknowledging admission of it, opens a door to transformation from not being to being, from not knowing to knowing. There’s something in the raw innocence of openness that somehow…
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