Lid and base
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May day bank holiday weekend. Going to try to finish up the box. First up, the lid, which I already have a piece prepped for:
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Also, bought two new tools, this time off aliexpress.com rather than ebay.co.uk. You wouldn’t think of aliexpress for hand woodworking tools, but there are a few…
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A clone of the shinwa saddle mitre square, and…
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A marking gauge. Works like a normal marking gauge on the right hand side there; on the left hand side, you have two contact points that rotate, so you can mark a line “parallel” to a curved edge. Neat.
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Oh, and I want to try that resin experiment again, but this time seal the oak grain so the resin can’t wick into it.
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The lid’s been sitting around for a while.… Read the rest