Recent content by BRYN STOCKER

I’m sure many of you guys will remember the Elu Flipover saw. That is the only tool I’ve ever gotten rid of simply because it scared me! During my early days of using it, whilst cutting thin rips against the fence, I discovered the rip had a tendency to fly back and hit you square in the belly...

I have just retired after 41 years as a self-employed cabinet maker. I have to agree with all the Henry advocates on here. I’ve never used anything else except an industrial Numatic, which was like a Henry on steroids. It often made a tool or two disappear from my workbench. Great vacuums which...

Häfele sell a Pocket Door system in various heights. Apologies if this has already been suggested. I believe these are made by Accuride.

I’m joining the Cherry consortium. I used a lot of parana pine in the seventies and generally found the colour variations to be a bit wilder than that. Almost vivid reds along with varying cream colours. I agree with the gentleman who suggested checking the speed of darkening in sunlight. Just...

Good morning. Loads of great ideas here guys. I’m drawn back to the remark that they want wood, making an MDF construction impractical. Is this purely because they want a wood finish or do they have an aversion to MDF? If they want a wood look, how about using a ‘sandwich’ construction with...

As I primarily use MR MDF and water-based finishes for my furniture, I use a slightly dampened rag. I would worry that the wax in a tack rag might cause the finish to be repelled.