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Jamie - It comes from Russia (as does a staggering amount of the softwood used in China).

But

On a wider point: My customers are private schools in China. They are wealthy folk and have a (in a...

(ref wax oil - meant to say: Have coated dozens of outdoor projects with this stuff over the past 4 or 5 years and it's excellent. Have a picnic bench that's been in direct, tropical...

Thanks for all the advice folks.

They have arrived - see pics.

Some minor cracking but nothing to worry about yet (I presume). Plan now is to run them over with the belt sander to take the...

i am building a climbing frame for a school and will be using 6x 300mm diameter, 4m long Douglas Fir posts for the load bearing legs.

The lumber yard I am buying from is a long way from where I...

Very sorry for the extremely long delay in replying. Your advice is very much appreciated and thanks for taking the time to post.

I ended up going back to the customer and suggesting birch plywood...

I have received a large order for some Birch side tables however I am worried that without and bracing they will move considerably.

My shop is in Southern China (I am from UK but have been living...

Cheers Wayne.

Seems that my little system works quite well. The process of finishing the plywood edges was so laborious as the grain was sucking up coat after coat of whatever I put on it. I...

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I run a small scale shop making one-off pieces but have recently stumbled upon a design which is getting quite popular and I can't keep up. I have been using...