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    how to square boards on a router table?

    Hi Guys, is it possible to square up a length of wood using a router table? I know you can flatten an edge using an offset split fence but will that straighten it up? If not, how would you go about doing it? Flat piece of wood clamped/stuck with double sided tape to act as a guide and a...
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    looking for advice on a router table.

    Hi Guys, I've finally almost finished my bench, so now I'm looking at the router table to do next, the router table that I have was donated to me by my Father and was part of a shopsmith 5 setup, a nice thick lump of something laminated top/sides with a mitre slot cut along it's width. The...
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    A new toy hits the market....

    http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/132 ... l?ref=card Looks like a fantastic idea, right up until you see the price $1,995 is the kickstarter early bird price.
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    Files and Rasps, what's the story?

    Hi All, I am now in the market for a set of files, as usual, there are a ton of them, all claiming to be good quality items, so what are you all using, why and most importantly, what should I try and avoid if possible? I will be using these on hard/soft woods and plastic. I'll say right off...
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    I wasn't sure where to put this...?

    Hi all, I was surfing the intertubes and I found this site, 507 mechanical movements, It looks like an old book of illustrations but some of them have been animated, to see the animated ones, click the thumbnails link and look out for the colour pictures, they're the animated ones :-)...
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    Diy sanding belts for scroll saws.

    Hi all, I saw this on youtube and thought I'd share it with everyone, it's a neat and simple way of making your own sanding belts for the saw, it's so simple it was a (homer) moment when I saw it, I've been looking at buying some before I found this video...
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    pew pew pew, laser printers!!

    Hi Gang, as I've now got the facility to allow me to do intricate inside cuts, I thought I'd turn my attention to patterns and fixing them to a work piece. I see that there are many methods, the main one being printed out on any printer and then glued or taped to the work piece with lots of...
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    Cheap brand plane experiences

    Hi all, having just bought and fettled an axminster no.5 plane to a very usable state, I'm wondering what your personal experiences of the cheap planes are? My experience was pretty simple, I just ran through the usual things that you'd check on a 2nd hand record/stanley bench plane, the yoke...
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    axminster blade clamps, fitting instructions?

    Hi All, I got myself some of the cheap £2 blade clamps from axminster, they don't come with any fitting instructions, so I was wondering if one of you kind souls would take some close up shots of how yours are fitted? There are no instructions on the axminster website and none for the scrollsaw.
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    pet safe finishes

    Hi All, I've got a bird box that I was given some time ago, can anyone recommend a pet safe finish that won't deter birds from nesting in it?
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    can plane blades slip?

    Hi All, whilst I've been practising planing, it sometimes feels like the plane blade might be slipping back upwards, I realise that there's backlash in a plane could that affect this? so to that end I'm thinking that I should make my final adjustment by retracting the blade but this seems...
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    mortice gauges

    Hi all, I pwomise I'm not obsessing, got a faithfull mortice gauge delivered, took it out of the box and the thing looks a bit wonky, I can't logically see there being an issue as long as the stock face is flat, even if the stock is out in 2 axis. Anyone care to comment?
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    planes and shooting boards.

    Hi Guys, I have a record no.4 smoothing plane that I've sharpened, I think I've set it up reasonably well with a tight mouth 1/32", however I can get the shavings to come out centred but I don't seem to be able to extend the blade enough to do more than about 1" of shaving, am I doing something...
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    Do we have an equivalent to this in the UK?

    A friend of mine who is french and I have been discussing wood working and he's just mentioned that his brother back in France is a member of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compagnons ... _de_France I was wondering if there was a UK equivalent? It looks like a fantastic way to keep old...
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    Another bench thread

    Following on from my hijacking of another thread on benches here: post785723.html#p785723 I've started this thread up. On further inspection, the plans I based mine on are from here: http://www.plansnow.com/weekworexvie.html I've attached a jpg of my bench from sketchup so you can get an idea...
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    Need advice on a vice.

    Hi all, I bought a 7" woodworkers vice with quick release from Axminster, it was on sale but when it arrived, the jaws were not vertically square, by some margin (around 10 deg), as I hadn't used it at all it went straight back, I had to get the 9" as a replacement as they didn't have any 7s in...
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    are there any decent techniques for squaring a chisel blade?

    Hi all, the title didn't have enough chars to let me finish, I appreciate that you can put an edge on a chisel using a grinder but I don't have access to one, I've been given a set of chisels and none of the blade edges are square with the sides, there's about a 10deg slope. I have at my...
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    glass for grinding chisels and stuff

    Hi all, I'm looking at gathering a small (cheap) kit for grinding chisels, plane, I have an oilstone that needs flattening on the rough side, and also thinking about trying out finer grits of wet and dry, so I'm looking around the house at stuff I could use instead of 'float' glass, I did some...
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    Useful things a beginner can make or buy cheaply

    Hi All, I'm just starting out with woodwork, so like a lot of people, I'm dazzled by all of the shiny shiny things there are around to perform the various tasks, that having been said, I'm resisting the urge to spend money until I know more about what I'm doing. As I've been reading through...
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    Does anyone know where I can get a saw like this?

    Hi all, wandering around the internetz, I found this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0vFtKiKngM Does anyone have any idea where I might be able to get a saw like the one he's using to cut the shoulders at about 1min 35seconds?
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