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Working with Maple for the first time and I've found these strange `marks` in the wood several times. What are these?

Beginner woodworker here, sorry if this is a strange question, just randomnly thinking, let's say I have a piece of freshly planed Maple.

Iif I sand it with the grits 80,120,240 (or similar) would...

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Fairly new woodworker here. I'm using the machine above, which you'd call a thicknesser or planer depending where you live in the world. Is it ok to put wood through it that has a...

Apologies I hadn't meant to give the impression that I had stored it lying flat, It wasn't.

I'm new to woodworking. I acclimitised my wood to my workshop environment for a week, then planed and sanded my wood. At this point it was flat. A few weeks later it is slightly warped. It went from...

I'm in the UK and none of the lumberyards in reasonable driving distance have had Alder for some time now. I suspect whoever is supplying them can no longer do so. I will try Maple based on the...

I've been using Cherry as I like how it looks when planed and sanded, but have decided I'd prefer a wood that didn't darken over time. Alder seems to be the obvious choice but i can't seemingly get...

Fairly new woodworker here, bear with me.

I've worked with Cherry hardwood and I'm a big fan of the color and visual look to it after it's been planed and sanded. But Cherry darkens over time...

I'm new to woodworking in general. I have been doing some hand carving in Cherry wood to date. It's a pleasure to work with and gives great results. Downside is, in hindsight I'm not keen on how it...

I have this machine and in use it spits out a little at the rear and a fair bit at the front when in use. It happens as the blades first touch and as they leave the piece.
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I have a cyclone sitting on top of a good sized strong container as shown above that I use to hook up to power tools for sawdust and wood removal extraction. It works well, but it's...

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Beginner woodworker here with what is probably a basic question. After testing a few varnishes I have found one I really like but I'm still getting the application technique right (using a...

I've engraved at 300mm+ many times and never had an overshoot of more than a few mm. An overshoot of any real size would drastically reduce the amount of cutting area you have on your bed. Mine is...

Suddenly today I am having a new issue with my chinese laser, a 50W Blue and White.

In a nutshell, the laser head is using a much larger amount of room after each side to decelerate and accelerate...

The planer/thicknesser I have works well, but as its a hardwood I'm cutting then the passes i take need to be shallow. If I try to take lets say two thirds of a mm the machine sounds unhappy, is...

I have hardwood boards 1" thick 6" wide and 24" long. I need them reduced in thickness from 1" to about 19mm.

Currently I am using a thicknesser/planer like this;
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And it's doing the job...

Thanks Kev for your useful reply that was relevant to my original question :)

Just a polite bump and a re-request that if anyone has any ideas to remove the smell from engraved wood, not using water based methods, I would greatly appreciate it. thanks

I engrave fairly large areas of wood for signs I am making. The smell of burnt wood on the actual piece itself is fairly strong, like if you move the finished piece to another room then that room...

New to metal working, bear with me.

I am modifying some brackets and have found to my surprise that I can't drill holes in some of them. I am using a powerful hand power drill and HSS bits, (these...

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I'm fairly new to all hand tools and learning as i go along. I need to make a very specific bracket to fix part of a machine. This bracket needs slots in it, like these;

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