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forgot to mention the support. Here's my plan. The dark red structure comprises 5 feet - one on each corner and another in the middle, with 3 square (hollow) steel beams connecting them. Nothing else under the desk, or attached to it. The point about sheet goods being hard to source over 2.5m...

To be honest, I never considered building my own lightweight panel, but now that you mentioned it, perhaps it's a good option, as it would allow me to adapt it. I'll look at other posts about that subject on this forum. As to the suggestion of inserting a rebated strip along the cut edge of a...

hi all, For some time now I've been wanting to make a fairly large desk, 2800mm across. to be lacquered in a solid colour. Since sagging would be a problem, in principle, mdf would be a good candidate, since it's easy to finish and tends to be straighter than even good plywood. But for...

Ideally I would be able to make 90deg cuts and parallel cuts to length, hence the double track idea. But 90deg, if combined with a scale (does yours have one?) would probably be sufficient. Does the Axminster kit consist of just the fence, or does it also include the side rail in the picture...

Thanks for all the replies and ideas so far. Lord Kitchener's idea is interesting. In order to make accurate(ish) measurements, the fences could have a double track with a scale/rule on top, like the one here: http://www.incra.com/images/buildit_bra ... 1_zoom.jpg The metal track on top of the...

hi all, since I don't have a precise table saw, cutting perfectly (or even reasonably) square and accurate pieces has been very hard. Of course, the fact that I'm only an unskilled hobbyist doesn't help either. So, I'd like to be able to both square and cut to size on a workbench using the...

Does anyone have advice on trustworthy retailers selling either the Bosch or Makita for a good price?

To follow up on my previous post, Bosch replied to my questions and these are the basic facts: -GKT55GCE and their new FSN rails are completely interchangeable with the Mafell system (including accessories) -The FSN rails are not compatible with Festool, Makita, DeWalt -The saw itself is...

Since off-the-shelf machine (router+saw) tables either don't have a good fence/guiding system, or are extremely expensive, on another thread I was told that I would be better off building my own. Since I have a steel structure used for pallet stacking and such, I'll adapt that to build the...

the Bosch I was talking about was also the GKT55, not the GKS. Although I've never used any of these systems, it seems clear that Festool tools work as a system, and for professionals that is definitely an advantage. I would almost certainly buy Festool if I were doing this professionally. The...

I posted a similar question on the Bosch PT forums, and according to Bosch, all of their new G models have a second groove on the footplate which makes them compatible with Festool tracks. But the opposite is not true, i.e. one can not use their tracks with Festool. And probably this means...

I'm also going to be buying stuff soon, and was thinking the same, that perhaps it's better to wait 3 weeks for some January sale. judging by previous years, is it worth the wait?

About the tracksaws, i have narrowed it down to two choices: 1-it seems that for a non-pro I wouldn't be missing anything by going with the Makita instead of the Festool. Also, it's compatible with both Festool and Dewalt accessories. The Makita is cheaper and is built in Europe (which to me is...

considering the advice given here and upon further reading on other websites, my conclusion is that a tracksaw system is worth getting, and not something which I'll later regret having bought. The "multi-function" table, I'm probably better off building my own. Is this correct? This way I...

hi all, for some time now I have been struggling to achieve straight cuts and squaring up panels. My "workbench" (if one can call it that) is a Wolfcraft 1000, which I find absolutely useless. The fence is very unstable, cut length is limited to about 500mm, the plate that holds the circular...