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Making some iroko gates for my driveway and have a few questions that I’m hoping someone could answer please. The timber is 70 thick with 23 through mortises which I want to wedge. How wide and deep should the wedges be ? I’ve cut the mortices on the mortice machine ( loads of cuts with a 3/8”...

Hello All I’m looking to purchase a finishing sander. I am a diy furniture maker and do not restore or refurbish. Working with hardwoods/veneers, my timber is dimensioned using saws and planer, is then hand planed to remove planer scallops then jointed/moulded etc. I would assume that’s pretty...

Hi, I need to make a couple of radiused doors to finish my kitchen off. I want to laminate them from thin layers of mdf over a former. If anyone has experience of this and can offer Info. regarding glue type, spring back, thickness of laminates etc. I’d be most grateful, save me making 10 ...

Hello everyone, if any of you furniture makers can offer advice I'd be most grateful. I have never used a mortising machine, having cut all mortises previously by hand, so I did a little research and bought a Wadkin DM and restored it, thinking it would last me for the rest of my life...

Hello there, I wish to purchase a profile cutter block for my spindle moulder and would like to know the advantages/disadvantages of euro style versus serrated blocks. Any info would be welcome please ? Also I would like to cut tenons on the SM, cut close to the shoulders with my radial arm...