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ChrisMa, You won't find Felder/Hammer online anywhere, you have to purchase direct from Felder UK, they also don't produce price lists as such. Don't be put of by this (I know I was initially), register on their website to reveal prices or contact Russell Jones (he deals with non VAT customers...

They face South East so get the sun from sun rise through to around 5pm, great for the orangery but not so great for wood movement I am considering the adhesive/sealer route, I used CT1 regularly but still only as sealer, I've never really explored its properties as an adhesive. Mike G has...

I tried to allow for movement, by using a 5mm pan headed screw in an 8mm hole but, having seen how much the Sapele moves, I now suspect this is not enough. This is what the boards cover. Jon

Hi All, I've made these fluted covers to hide the frame work on my timber orangery, there's 8 in total, however 50% of them now have splits in the end grain. Is there a way I can stop this? Is it down to poor design or poor choice of timber (Sapele) or is it simply inevitable? The panel is...

Robin, you mention a company for cutter profiling, now granted I don't have my reading glasses on, but I don't see a link or company name, I'm interested in who you recommend. Thanks Jon

Another vote for EVC, I get all my hose from there, they're also the only people I could find that supplied 120mm which Felder insist on fitting.

I'll second Brian's suggestion above, I have footmaster casters on all my heavy machines

I bought and used a couple of tubs of cascamite from Axminster about 12 months go to glue up some casement windows. After I'd made a couple of windows I saw some of the comments on here, which made me concerned, so I did a couple of test joints and all was good, I had no problems with it...

Thanks all, you've given me plenty of food for thought.......... The router and table have received a stay of execution, on stripping the router down, I found one of the brushes was excessively worn, so with new brushes fitted it's back up and running. If nothing else it buys me time to...

Hi all, How many of you with spindle moulders still use a router table? I currently have both but having just had a second router motor fail in 4 years I'm considering ditching the router table and doing all my moulding on the spindle. At present I use the router table for smaller detail...

It's a bit too late now, but it might be worth checking what size OSB your supplier actually stocks (if you haven't already done so). I recently bought 12 sheets of 9mm OSB for a roofing project and my supplier only had 1200x2400, he mentioned it up front, and for me it wasn't an issue, but it...

I stopped using Reisser Cutter screws on outdoor projects as I found they rusted heavily then the heads would snap off if I was to ever need to remove the screw. Obviously not a problem inside a workshop build. Jon

I'm currently making my first windows, Flush casement windows, and have done all my drawings/dimensions on the principle that they'll all be opening, so the sashes have a 3mm gap all around. However, I'm now thinking the don't all need to be opening, some could be fixed, but I'm not sure how I...

I also wouldn't be without my 3m rail, I have a selection of rails in various sizes and I would really need to be in the mire to considering using the joining bars, I've never found them to hold the rails straight, any kind of lifting or movement would pull them out of alignment. Now I do have...

Hi All, I want to machine the following profiles on my router table but I'm unsure of the best way of supporting the work piece on the outfeed side of the table. For the above profile I intend to machine a low level sub fence to support the base of the profile, unless there's a better way...

I wished you posted this last week Doug, I've just ordered 100m of that EPDM tape........ :roll: How about the packers then, is everyone using plastic now, my glazing supplier still offers hardwood packers and I saw a video where someone was using what appeared to small silicon pads as...

All, There's plenty of posts on here and elsewhere regarding Felders willingness to haggle and never paying full list price, but never any suggestion of the discount given. For those that have bought Hammer machines would you be willing to suggest a ballpark discount that you achieved, are we...

Hi all, For several years I've owned an Axminster AW106PT2 planer - thicknesser and apart from the niggles with having to reset the outfeed table it's served me well. Recently though I find myself planing longer and longer boards, today I've machined a couple of 2.4m boards and tomorrow I'm...

Hi Coley, Sorry for dragging this up again, I read this thread at the time you published it and bookmarked it as being useful. I'm now at the stage where I'm about to start making my windows (a winter project tucked way in my workshop :) ) I have a couple of questions: 1) On the fixed...

Thanks Guys, That sounds a lot more promising than I thought, I'll broach the subject when the inspector next visits and see how he responds. Many thanks Jon