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I have made a chest of drawers for bedroom, with a cherry main frame, side panels of oak veneered ply, and currently thinking of using some birds eye maple veneered mdf for the drawer fronts. I like danish oil which I have used in the past, but I read somewhere ( now cannot remember where or all...

Hi,, I would like to read up on information about the various sorts of circular saw blades available . I have seen reference to ATB and other designations and I am unsure as to what this means, and how it affects usage etc.. Blade size for my usage is 250 or 254 mm, for table saw, sliding mitre...

Hi, I have made some new shutters for my house, from chestnut, which is supposedly the hard wood of choice for such things. Generally, the finish here in France, is a varnish ( or paint, which I do not want ). Having recently used Danish Oil on an interior project , which I saw was waterproof...

I recently purchased a Dewalt D6204 router, which I used for ther first time this morning, I borrowed a couple of bits from a friend, whilst I was at his house yesterday, with 8mm shanks, as I had read in the instruction manual that it had 8mm collet. This morning I find that my old bits fit...

Before cutting today, I decided to check the alignment on my table saw and discovered that the blade appeared to be significantly out of alignment to the mitre sled track. I checked it by setting the blade vertical using an engineers set scquare and happy with that. With the alignment, I checked...

Hi, novice "woodworker" here. I have some walnut, tree slices at the moment, from which I am intending making a chest of drawers. Apart from thickness planing, jointing etc. etc., before I start cutting I would like a bit of advice from those who know please. I have 4 "slices" of nominal 20mm...

I have a couple of oak boards I have glued up, but there a few knots that I want to remove. If I made a square hole template ,about 3 inches square hole size, I thought I could remove the knots by routing out a square and then filling in with a matching piece of oak. My question is, what sort...

I am making some big drawers for under work tops in my "workshop". I have made some before using full extension ball bearing slides, bought from Eurofit, and they are brilliant. Just looking at the spec for these things , it says " load rating reduces 80% if base mounting" . ( 500mm slides are...

I have been looking for days, off and on > Problem : I have table saw with cast iron table, and with 3/4" square slots for sleds etc. Is there a fitting that will go into that slot and which can be tightened so it doesn't slip, or better still, a fitting that will hold a piece of T Track...

Hi, I have made some new window shutters which will be subjest to quite heavy weathering, being on the west side of my house. The wood is chestnut, which is the wood most often used here for such jobs.There are a few places where knots have fallen out, leaving a couple of holes , although not...

Hi, I have a number of drawers to make, using 10 mm ply, and am going to experiment and try and use box joints on them. ( Virtual Newbie ) Initially I had thought of using a dado head on my table saw, but it would appear that general opinion is that a router is the better/safer option. I have...

The knife fitted on my table saw is very difficult to set in the right place, and it appears that contrary to all the advice in this forum, it is in the wrong place anyway.......about 4 inches beyond the blade ( It is an old table saw, but cast iron and very strong ) Does anyone have any info on...

very new to woodworking, but realise having watched a video about kickback on table saws, I am in need of some featherboards. I have a cast iron table saw bed with 2 19mm chanels across. The featherboards I have looked at useT bolts to fasten them down. How do I fasten the featherboards down to...

Hi, I am new to woodworking, and have never used a spindle moulder before, although I have seen the one I have , in operation before I acquired it. Kity 0629. I am making some replacement shutters for my house ( in France), from chestnut. I have planed up the wood, now in 1.3 meter lengths, 150...

I have dabbled in woodwork for a few years, but at a very basic level. I now have more time on my hands and wish to become more active. I have just finished a chest of drawers, ( jointed 25mm planks for carcase, plywood drawers, fronted with oak) which I am quite pleased with, but my wife now...

First post so hope it's OK. Recently retired and bought some woodworking machinery from an old friend. Planer/Thicknesser. Spindle moulder. Mortice machine.Radial arm saw and a 10" table saw. The table saw was produced in 1992 and sold by a firm called Poole Wood in Nottingham.The Model Number...