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Hi Lou,

Must be ESP as I havn't clicked into the forum for quite awhile. But something told me to log in and I saw your posts. As always, you bring great enthusiasm and integrity to your subject...

But the best adhesives for structural joins, in my humble opinion, are epoxy resins. And probably the best epoxy on the market is West System.

Cheers,

Richard

Winnie, nice work. Where are you located in Margs?

Richard

Hi Lou, just a few comments re West System Epoxy. I've been a user for 6 years or so.

For structural joins / gap filling glue-ups / plugging holes and gum veins/ fixing cracks & splits etc, you...

Warmtone,

First you plane a flat surface (via planer or jointer). Then you can turn side on and achieve a squared edge if you need one. Then you thickness using the flat / planed surface as a...

Rusty, have you been keeping up with the latest news re Festools new "Domino" morticing tool? Maybe you could adapt that to do the work for you?

Richard

Can you believe how many "views" there have been of this thread. Woodworkers are interested.

Derek

Thanks for the notice. I think I'll be there. Where exactly do you guys meet? I don't remember much of a "lunch" place at the show. I'll bring my Ubeaut cap.

Richard

Interesting. Made me remember that "in the wild" - sheoak trees or portions of sheoah trees exposed to fire / heat turn dark red. So when you mill sheoak logs you get tremendous variation in colour,...

Daniel,

All my finishing efforts have involved much failure before any success. With Floorseal I also noticed when I brushed it on it took a few coats / and especially sanding back with 320...

Redgy,

from my experience you want to put on a fair amount of product, so brush on with floorseal is better than wipe on. My guess is your wipe on was a thin coat.

I think you could go with...

Daniel, oops, meant to also say WELCOME.

Richard

Daniel,

us "old timers" on the forum love it when forum new-comers ask about UBeaut products. You see, Ubeat is the host of this website / the woodworking forums. Go to the Ubeaut home page and...

Without going back & reading the instruction manual (Neils book) and the spec sheet on EEE Ultrashine, I'm with Cliff. I use EEE as a final polish over other finishes (Oil & Poly or even Lacquer),...

I started using Organoil for furniture finishing. Disaster. My beautifully featured Jarrah and Sheoak died a flat death. Organoil might work for small pieces you can spend days buffing & burnishing,...

Wombat,

I used Sheoak (dry / seasoned) for benchtops & other projects in my house. From this experience I noticed that Sheoak is particularly susceptible to a "polishing" effect while sanding -...

Warmtone, I've only read the manual & watched the video's (havn't had the chance to get started yet), but I recall seeing a dial setting that gives you the option of cutting loose fitting or tight...

Shane, if you do a search re filling you find lots of commentary regarding filling options. But my initial thought was you'll need to sand back then fill with a 2-pack epoxy resin (like West System)...

To any potential Domino users, I'd recommend contacting Ideal Tools and requesting the DVD (or is it CD) - and watching the short video displays of setting up & making stuff. It looks VERY easy but...

Dingo,

I think most paint supply / hardware type stores will carry Feast Watson products - including Floorseal. Durwoods comments regarding at least a first brush coat are interesting. I'll try...

Lignum, you're amazing. Great posts.

BUT WHERE DO I GET HOLD OF THOSE INDEXING ARMS?? ANTHONY??

Richard

Dingo,

Assuming you don't want to go down the lacquer spraying route (which has a steep equipment & technique learning curve), then I would recommend an oil / poly mix. The finish is usually satin...

Bob, I've done a lot of International moves with electrical equipment. Order a Domino from overseas then use a step-down transformer, assuming it's 240v. Or get one at 110 v (if they're available)...

Last time I had a stack jarrah panels cup on me (when I left them for too long), I put them on a blanket on the shed floor, put another protective cloth on top, then stacked about 300 kg of timber on...

Lignum, where is this going & why? Anybody offered you their shed & timber?

Five essentials:

Panel Saw
400 (16") over & under buzzer / thicknesser
Router
Domino
Festool sander.

I love the beauty of timber benchtops and 5 years ago built Sheoak benchtops for my kitchen. If I had it to do over again, I'd use stone or some synthetic stone-like product (Ceaser stone I think is...

I think a large part of the woodworkers "craft" is learning how to fix and integrate both the mistakes we make and the imperfections of the medium (wood). To expect perfection is futile. And even if...

The "purist" approach to working with Jarrah (if you have the luxury of doing this) is to obtain Jarrah milled from the same log. Pricey / high end furniture made with Jarrah (tables, cabinets,...

Lignum thanks for the input. Looks like you make SERIOUS coffee tables!

Do you have a "studio / gallery" with completed work. Or do they go out the door when finished. A website with pics &...

Lignum, great advice.

And... tables, coffee tables & plasma low lines are what I like to do most. Maybe there's hope... When you say tables, do you mean tables & chairs, or do you find you sell...

Chippy, some years ago (not sure now) there was a wood flooring "advice centre" at Home Base in Subiaco. They displayed various wood floor fixing techniques. One of which was gluing onto a substrate....

What woody things sell? Great question and enjoyed all the answers. I think a big (the big?) thing is marketing. There are furniture galleries around here selling stuff like hotcakes at easter. They...

I call my local high school woodwork teacher. He comes around with a trailer and collects what he can use. The rest I cut up for kindling. It's either that or get buried by left-overs and go nuts...

McFly, not sure why you'd want to finish a work bench? Mine gets whacked around a lot. In fact, I've nailed sheets of sacrificial MDF on top of all my benches. After a few years, rip them off and...

Lou,

Making tables, chairs, cabinets etc I spend hours & hours (& hours) doing M&T joins. I've made my own router jigs for cutting mortices & tenons. But there's a lot of set-up time and then I...

Lig, wow, I'm convinced. Thanks for your post.

I've been reading about this new festool tool and thinking I will get one - after I finish a big farm project that has distracted me from woodwork...

Hi Lou,

Having been a keen reader of your comments over the last couple of years, I appreciate the enthusiasm, dedication and professionalism of your approach to woodworking. Wish I knew how to...

Lou, I think your mix sounds spot on. Should give you the finish you're after. I'm not sure about drying time between coats though. What are you planning on doing - leaving overnight? Also, will your...

Ben, next chance you get take a trip to the southwest. Check out some of the furniture galleries around Margaret River, Yallingup, Pemberton, etc. Also, in Perth there are some excellent furniture...

Lou, depends where you're located, but I'm sure forum members would be happy to share experience. I remember Major Panic and others ran a spray finishing workshop last year. (Or was it the year...

Visit furniture shops, galleries, friends, shows etc. Look at all the different finishes and decide which one's you like most. Then ask questions. Type of finish, gloss level, application method,...

Based on slab sales I'm aware of in Margaret River, that is a fair price.

Richard

Oil / Poly mixes are a fantastic alternative to Lacquer, if you're not set up to spraying lacquer but want that beautiful, even, satin finish that enhances the wood grain - but is also water &...

Lignum, your method of ripping into 3 then re-gluing after shaping the middle piece (or which-ever piece is shaped for the pull) to achieve the "single piece" look is very clever. Like Rhino, I...

Rhino, I live in Margaret River, down the road from you. I'm guessing you've seen the draw fronts / pull you describe (and maybe the pic also) in Rob Monkmans furniture studio (Dunsborough)?

I...

Hornwood, I think the product you're looking for is called Technieglue. Over here in the west there is also a thicker consistency epoxy called Conglue.

But like Steve says, you can thicken West...

Up to now I've just been scraping off as much excess / squeeze out epoxy as I could, then sanding back when it's hard. This can take a lot of time. I thought "everyone" did that! So now I realize you...

I "changed careers" (retired) about 7 years ago. Left the corporate world to live on a farm and do woodwork & other farm stuff. I spent years picking up woodwork skills. A few years of night school...

Tony, just about everything I've learned in woodworking has been from making mistakes then figuring out (or being taught) how to do it correctly.

Richard

I recommend the Feast Watson Floorseal. Satin finish and waterproof / very durable.

Richard