Recent content by Dolau

I did school woodwork in the mid 60’s and don’t remember any sharp knives being involved 🤪

I brought one and am happy with my limited skills and what it does for me only niggle I have is the amount of sawdust that ‘leaks’ out over the floor which I think is a combination of my shop vac and the huge holes in the under blade box to allow the blade to bevel

As mentioned 20 mpg here in wales in urban areas ( rubbish report says we are not driving any slower- that may be true in Cardiff at rush hour but not in mid wales ) where we are it is being imposed reasonably sensibly with 30 still where houses only on one side of the road but it does mean you...

Thank you, I will try that- my saw is a 10” so probably asking too much also there are open sections of the under tray to allow for the bevelling of the blade so allowing entrained air into the box

Can I ask if, from your experience, they would have sufficient ‘suck’ to take on a table saw? My Vax 6000 has a fair pull on it but not enough for a table saw but great for all my hand tools and router

Checked these out can’t find the karcher model for sale and the nilfisk was £2200 or am I looking at the wrong item? still looking for a shop vac - the quest goes on 🤦‍♂️

I use an old Vax 6000 which is great for my circular saw and sander and floor cleaning and just about handles my table saw I got it when the carpet cleaner part broke and we had to buy a new one - yonks old now and had a new motor but does the job

Really silly question about dogs- just making a workbench with a 45 mm top and thought I would drill some dog holes but I am making a retractable planing stop so not worried about that my question is - do you drill all the way through or to a certain depth? I am putting drawers under the top...

I did that on the sides with 2x2” but I see that your suggestion would have been easier never made steps before so a learning curve working with 8x2” that I had rather than buying 12x2” which may have been better

Yes - I wondered that but with a 900 span the deck boards would deflect without but now it is in I realise I didn’t need as much structural support as I thought so May cut the triangles away next step is some handrails 🤦‍♂️

Overengineered steps down from my new deck

Watched a utube yesterday where a guy made a simple cross fur sledge with only a mid back fence no front fence and cut a square out of the fence so that the blade guard and the riving knife could pass through I might have a go at that once I get some table saw skills but remind me why I need a...

Is that Ok? I keep losing the thread 🤦‍♂️

I would like the pocket hole jig if you could post it

I have been lucky I guess- I used to get it pretty badly but after being prescribed allopurinol I have been pretty much gout free for years but as you say - dehydration is a trigger for a recurrence