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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...

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...

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...

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...

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 all, I'm currently building a single storey extension which comes under building control jurisdiction. I would dearly love to make the windows and at the very least the roof lantern, for no other reason than personal satisfaction and pride. My understanding is I can fit the windows myself...

Hi all, I'm making a cabinet to fit into an alcove out of 18mm MDF as it will be painted. The top half of the cabinet will involve the usual shelves, but as the span is approx, 1080mm I need to lip them to prevent sagging. The "client", a friend, wants to keep the front profile as narrow as...

Hi all, When I bought this house I also inherited a 20' x 10' wooden workshop (http://www.warwickworkrooms.co.uk/. The construction is basically 100mm struts on 600mm centres, 6mm ply, building paper and then 25mm shiplap. I'm about to start lining the interior with 18mm ply but have...

Hi all, I'm in the process of ordering some MFC to make some workshop wall cabinets. I've been offered matching ABS edging tape in either 0.4mm or 2mm. Neither tape is pre-glued so I'll be using contact adhesive. I'm leaning towards the more expensive (£35 vs £25) 2mm tape as I would think it's...

Hi all, Wickes currently have some deals on 8' x 4' sheets of ply when you buy 3 or more, making them just over £20 per sheet (12mm) so I've decided to finally ply line my workshop. The ply will be screwed to the studs at 600mm centres. I would like to then screw my wall mounted cupboards...

I'm going to be purchasing a domino shortly but on first glance I would need both the 500 and the 700 XL to complete all my future projects, ie. kitchen build, interior doors and frames, cedar greenhouse, general household furniture. Looking into it closer though, if I were to purchase the...

Hi all, I'd like to install some biscuits halfway down a panel, but I don't have a biscuit jointer, only a biscuit cutter for my router with the inherent limitation of working a set distance from an edge. I was thinking of using a 4mm straight cutter to cut a flat bottomed slot rather than a...