@steveh are you sure the bearing isn’t a bit knackered?
 
Also what wood are you using? Bearing whouldn’t be leaving any marks like that unless it’s really soft wood.

@rathius go british, pants (underwear) and flip flops and carry on lol

@rathius they’re so cheap now for a home kit, you can start off small and expand it as you go too. Bigger area, more powerful laser, air assist etc. This one set me back £320 but if I was happy…   Read more»

@rathius It might do the trick, I tend to start with thinned down oil based polyurethane which adds a tint, then shellac sanding sealer and finally regular 1k matt clear, car stuff. Looks like an oil finish but very even.

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