Recent content by Paul Barrett

They look great!

Hobby

Because it's more satisfying. Otherwise why do woodwork when you can buy from a shop?

Gotcha - thanks

Thnaks Shultzy - so what you are saying. in effect , is that the planer is more versatile and, with practice and care, could do the job of producing a parallel side?

You will need to dissolve the beeswax in a little heated turpentine (with care) to create a paste. Lots of potential for accidents here so BEWARE. The way I do it is to use a small, empty, clean varnish tin. Place the tin in a saucepan of hot water so you are not directly heating the turps...

I need to cut some pieces of beech to 9" x 5" x 3/8" (some to 1/4") I can bandsaw to an approx size but even with a full height rip fence, cutting the thickness is particulary difficult. I am only a hobbyist so budget is limited. I see machines advertised that are thicknessers and others...

As a child of the sixties, I too am 'ambidextrous' but it has to be said that in many cases imperial is easier to use, and provides more redily recordable units. A third = 1/3 or .333333333333333333333333(shall I go on?)3333333333333(more?)3333333333333(ok I'll stop now). And how about pi...

What security methods are you using? For instance, do you have MAC addressing enabled? If you do then the MAC ID of the unit needs to be entered on to the router. And If you have WEP enabled that would cause a problem too, if the unit is not passing the network password. It's probably a good...

Thanks for the info

I agree with this 100% - my experience exactly Paul

Great job - looks really nice. Is it your own design? As for finishing it, why paint it at all? It'll take a log time to get a good finish and, over the years, paint will chip and wear. Plus it hides that beautiful wood. You might want to consider varnishing or waxing it. If you want to...

Don't see why a hole saw wouldn't work if you can go to 3 1/4" (83mm) diameter and cut a hardwood. Mine wouldn't, and SWMBO was already blanching at the cost of the other tools

With bandsawn wheels you have two potential causes for a cam effect. a) How central is the axle hole? b) How truly circular are the wheels? For a) I used a centre finding guage, after I had done all the working. The central holes were the last to be cut. For b) I cut the outlines carefully...

Waaay ahead of you