Recent content by MatthewKing

22,871 Come to my airline if you're OK with 100 mile taxi rides to your final destination :s

Came across this if it helps: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pitch_pine

8.77 the first time, second time I had a better idea of what some of the words meant and got 4.77 - hehe ;)

OUCH! my fingers hurt just looking at the picture in that thread, I hope you're suitably recovered now? Lots of things like that going on in Axemen on channel 5, interesting series and extremely dangerous job!

What the hell is that in the middle bottom of the first pic?

There seem to be a lot of foxes here in Poole. One has burrowed a den/lair? under our neighbours shed, drives my dogs mad!

By power I mean in the on/off sense, I do have power level (speed?) adjustment on the router base but that's just like a scroll wheel so its easy to change. The trend T11 router looks like a beast, bit out of my price range though sadly. I think the Router Raizer looks good, not too bad price...

Just been looking at people's custom made router tables, and I have two questions: 1. How do you control power? my Bosch router has a safety button, and a "go" button, the only way I can see is clamping those down, then using one of those red and green button plugs to control power flow to the...

Looks nice Chems, I like the chunky legs - I was planning on a similar size ratio and style on the desk I'm working on. How does the drawer work? (I'm totally new to all this).

Thanks for the history Argus, very interesting. In my case though I'm just trying to copy some existing furniture I want to match. I had read about the qualities of keeping the joined wood straight though. Had a go with my router again today, and managed a snug fit. But I can only do the groove...

Thanks for the responses guys, I think I'll have one more go with my router and see if I can get anywhere this time. If not I'll take my time with the saw/chisel approach, I don't mind spending time on it as long as its going to work! The reason I'm quite adamant on breadboard ends is because...

Thanks for the replies all. Have I missed something, or are combination planes a bit old fashioned now? It seems that way since they're quite hard to find and most that I do find are second hand.. They didn't indicate that was the case in my books! :?

Hi All, Trying to get my head around creating the joints for breadboard ends, but something isn't clicking. I've read several tutorials etc on the internet but they all seem to involve having a proper workshop setup. The result i'm looking for is something like this: http://tinyurl.com/4lwnq7...

Hi all, Where can I buy a combination plane? and how much should I expect to pay? They're mentioned several times in a couple books I have but I can't find them anywhere! (well, screwfix or B&Q). Thanks, Matthew

Thanks OPJ, both over an hour away though I'm afraid, I'm in Poole.