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I'm thinking on buying a set of these magnetic height adjuster. I've watched several YouTube vids but am confused. They only show the setting of the height in the cutter block but not in relation to the outfeed table which surely is the key height. Am I missing something?

I’m restoring my bay window. On previous threads I’ve discussed making new hardwood opening and fixed sashes. But the fanlights contain the original staine glass from the 1920‘s which I want to retain. They are both largely in good condition apart from the mortise and tenon joints at the...

I'm going to use the solvent based Dulux Weathershield products for finishing some sapele windows I'm making. I'm also going to prime using Dulux aluminium primer. I can remember when I used aluminium primer many years ago it was quite thick and produced draggy blobs. Should I thin the first...

Would the use of a stop end mortice be better in a an opening window casement to protect the end from water ingress over the years. Richard

As it says, I've jointed everything up ready for gluing but the horns out of the vertical rails prevent the Bessey clamps being positioned central to the horizontal rail. If I do put them above the horn it does not pull the joint out of square. I had thought about making some slips of wood...

Making replacement casements for my bay window. What is the best primer and should I use a preservative first including the tenons before they are glued together. Richard

I've cut the tenons for my sapele double glazed casements. So ready to cut the mortises. The mortses will be 35mm deep and using a 12mm chisel. The mortise machine is the small JET/Axminster 1/2hp one which I don't think is available now. The chisel is sharp as it has not been used before. Do...

I found some rot in my decking which I laid about 15 years ago but when I took a couple of the lengths up the frame underneath was in quite a poor state. Rotten in places and heavily black stained and damp in others. I've decide to completely renew but wonder how to protect the subframe from...

Making some hardwood window sashes and just about to cut the tenons. But which is best type of tenon, standard or haunched? The full tenon dimensions are as follows: Bottom rail 76mm high x 43mm deep and 12mm wide Top rail 37mm high x 43mm deep and 12mm wide. Richard

My very old 50L Axminster bin vac has started to trip the mains RCB so I thought it would be a good idea to investigate the use of a cyclone dust collector. But what size vac will I need? I have a large chip extractor for the planer/thicknesser and the table saw. My bandsaw and router table...

I'm looking for simple ideas to create a workbench for cutting thin sheet materials. Heavier stuff like 18mm and 25mm I just rest on some CLS across some trestles as this will support itself. But thin sheet needs full support underneath to make good cuts with the plunge saw. Any suggestions...

It's time I bought some decent clamps having struggled on for years with the cast iron head types on a bit of 2x1. This morning one of Rutlands emails popped up showing an offer on aluminium sash clamps. Pack of 6 x 500 for £60. Are these type any good? I have been looking at Bessey K Clamps...

Thinking ahead when I get the stiles ready for morticing, what would be the best solution for draught excluding? I've got a sample pack from Reddish seals of their brush type excluder but I'm wondering whether this is the best solution as the clearances need to be quite tight and consistent...

I'm replacing all the sashes in my bay window with DG ones in hardwood. But having measured them up not one of them is square. I was thinking about making ply templates and then routing round once the new square sashes have been made but not sure where the datum point would be. I've now...

I have a couple of circular saw blades both of which are Freud, which I think could do with re-sharpening. I think I got a price a while back and I thought it was about 25p a tip. So one is 40T and the other 60T, so £10 and £15 respectively. Do you consider re-sharpening is worthwhile when new...

Just about decided to buy the Mafell especially as now the prices are lower than the Festool. I will mainly use it for sheet material work but must also be able to do 30mm to 35mm door jamb adjustments and about 43mm for casement work both for hardwood and softwood. Having watched and read the...

I'm replacing the sashes on my bay window with hardwood (sapele) ones to take DGU's. I've sawn and thicknesses the stock material down to size and now need to rebate them all to take the DG. The sticks are 53mm x 43mm Qty 13 and 92mm x 43mm Qty 4. The rebates need to be 34mm x 12mm and the...

I’m just about to start a new project to make some new sashes both opening and fixed for my bay window. I’ve always used Titebond but my usual supplier, Axminster have been out of stock for a while now and still no confirm restocking date. Any other wood glue I should look at? Needs to be...

I know that this has been covered in the past but doing all the reading and Google searches I am now totally at a loss as to what to chose! I started out planning for Sapele and then the wood stockist suggest Idigbo as a cheaper alternative but just as good. Having read a bit about Idigbo there...

The bottom rail of one of our casements has been nibbled by the dreaded rot. I've cleared out all the really bad damaged wood and got back to something reasonable and then stabilised it with some Ronseal wood hardener. It's only the outside surface which has gone so I'm going to try and...