Hi Andy,

Thanks so much for your reply. This forum does seem to be amazing, so many like minded people sharing their extensive knowledge. I'm so glad I came across you all!

Mainly I'll be working with exotic timbers. High density, tool blunting Snakewood, Lacewood, Cocobolo etc. Some inlays possibly with metal powders/AC glue and acrylics. Also creating composite blanks with different timbers.
I'm bringing in from the US a very small table saw made by Byrnes Model Machines. It's very accurate and beautifully engineered and used by model ship makers, which is another world out there ........!

Certainly I will want to engrave images of plant forms like ferns, flowers, succulents etc into the curved lids of circular forms and boxes. Sizes around 65mm diameter and rectangles 150x100.

I'll post some pictures later today of the kind of thing I want to achieve, initially at least. The thing that I love about this kind of venture is not knowing exactly where this is going to go.

Mainly thanks for your thoughts Andy,

All the best to everyone out there,
Bob