Recent content by mister henderson

Equipment reserved for a forum member until Sunday evening

Festool TS55 EBQ 240V saw with standard Festool blade Festool FS2700 (2.7mtr) guide rail Festool systainer (without plastic inserts) Festool guide rail clamps (2) Festool standard blades (unused since last resharpened) All the above in excellent condition although the systainer has systained...

This guy is living proof that the only firms that are frightened of the Trading Standards people is honest, proper firms with a reputation to lose.

I did specifically exclude large garden workshops, as a small one would be no good for general cabinet making anyway (refectory table in a 12x8 shed, I don't think so) I think you have misunderstood the difference between gross profit and net profit, whether something is tax deductible of not...

Let’s have a chat about the actual figures that might be involved in making a living from woodworking. First of all, let’s consider the overheads, and here I’m assuming that the cabinet maker is not starting with some natural advantages such as a large workshop in his back garden, or a wife who...

Women will usually be the first to tell you that they have difficulty in visualising things from drawings. When they are selecting items for their home, or even the home itself, they want to be able to look at it, feel it, walk around it, sit on or in it, to experience the item itself in every...

I've noticed that there is a lot of confusion about VAT, especially amongst those tradesmen who are in a position to consider it optional. Many unsophisticated chaps can only think about the VAT that they would be able to re-claim if they were registered, and quite often they opt for voluntary...

Well then I guess you are the exception that proves the rule. I don't know who you are getting at with that remark about value, though, are your customers like that?

Very well put. From a consumer's point of view, their concern is how much money is leaving their pocket, who keeps which portion of it is of no concern to them.

VAT registration is required at £64,000 PA at the moment, so if you work 50 weeks a year then you need to keep sales (turnover) below £1,280 a week, otherwise you are going to be giving HRMC a lot of your money Agreed, as you have made the distinction between fine woodworking, and woodworking...

A good move for anyone thinking about doing fine woodwork for a living is to visit an antique shop. See what they charge for a table and chairs (or anything else for that matter) then consider how much you would need to charge for similar pieces. It can be quite frightening. Most antique stuff...

A couple of years (roughly) but it has had very little use (I have two, and I'm keeping the other one). The wear pads that rub against the raised portion of the guide rail (opposite the green cams) are virtually unworn. Yes, it is the EBQ model

I think you would be better off to drill and screw it. Getting anything to stick to PC is difficult

I used to try to work out what I needed and cut it out of the board in pieces only slightly bigger than the finished sizes I needed. I often used a jigsaw for this. The advantage is that it the original plank sawing has been ungenerous (as the english stuff frequently is) then you are more...

OK the router has gone now, that still leaves the TS55 and the 2700 rail so if anyone fancies these the price is still £200 and £90, but I will throw in a pair of these cramps https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/forums/view ... ht=#266299 if someone buys both together. Remember, the TS55 comes with 2...