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Hi Chris, I hadn't noticed that but there are a few things I am going to have a crack at and those resources will help no end. Happy Christmas

I have been on a few of Chris' courses a few years ago now and they are excellent. His furniture designs are really very elegant and functional. I made a beautiful enclosure and two dovetailed piston fit drawers on my last visit and they have pride of place on my desk. The courses are well run...

Hi folks, long time since I posted but I do visit and check up on whats going on. I still haven't finished my Roubo but I am further down the road than I was but I haven't posted any pictures. Not much time left when an 18month old is running round. Anyway, my wife ordered me Chris Tribes book...

There has been progress! I just haven't posted it as I have been so busy with work and other stuff that gets in the way. The next job is to check the chop and scissor works correctly, so the brackets are put on the chop and the leg and its super critical that they are in exactly the same level...

Hi folks, been a while since I posted anything, not much progress has been made but I am up and running again. I dry assembled the left and right sides to check for fit and squareness and everything looks fine I thought I would work on the chop next and the receiving left leg to get some...

The dimensions are straight off the plans so all I have done is made the legs a bit taller to raise the bench top height. It does look a little weak I must admit so I am going to have to be careful when fitting the tenon.

Got a bit of free time this morning and had a few hours in the workshop. First job is to scribe the shoulders on the rails. This was done on the slider with the riving knife removed because for some odd reason the tip is thicker than the blade. The fence and height was set with a scrap piece and...

While I was waiting for Ian at Tuffsaws to sort out my mistake I thought I would get on with the mortises. I prefer to use a router and spiral bit as you get very clean shoulders. I normally only make shallow small mortises so my cutter is only 8 mm diameter. So I would need multiple passes to...

Your going to be finished long before me :)

It's not been without issues morfa. It's getting dialled in now and every thine I use it in a different way it just gets better and better. I am intending to cut the tenon shoulders with the table saw set up with a stop block on the fence. I am going to cut the cheeks with the bandsaw with some...

I guess if there isn't a furniture making community in the locality then there probably won't be a supply chain to service it. Well best of luck with it. J

Can you get imported lumber, the American stuff tends to be straight edged and not waney? J

If that was me, I would take that lumber back after seeing the images on your blog. I would be trying to get a trade account with the professional yards and insist I sorted through the planks to get what I want. Timber isn't cheap and I would refuse to pay for waste of such a level.

Wow 70% waste is horrendous! The benchcrafted plans are available for 18 euros or something, it's worth having a look at as all the dimenions are there for you leaving no ambiguity. You just have to alter the holes for wooden screws and tail vices. I'll make sure the pictures are as...

Very nicely rustic but that bottom support joint doesn't fit though. I can almost hear myself saying to Chris Tribe well its not a million miles away and his answer being, so it doesn't fit then? :). Nicely filmed and the wife was chuffed so the client was happy so thats the main thing. J

I looked at the wooden screw vice and didn't fancy it to be honest. I have a wooden screw vice on the sjobergs bench and it tends to move seasonally and bind. I felt metal was the way to go. I like the wagon vice but then my handles wouldn't match so I went benchcrafted. Can you do a work in...

Its been about 6 weeks since I managed to do any work on the roubo. When I bought the Felder Combi I needed to build some wall hangers to place the sliding carriage etc on so that took me a week on and off. I also did a weekend with Chris Tribe in Ilkley on his modern cabinet making course which...

Hi doctor bob Apologies but I can't make it, I'm short staffed that weekend so I'm working. Which is a shame. Can I bother you for advice and tips on kitchen building regardless of lack of presence? All the best J

They were massively helpful though Doug when I finally found them and thanks to your counsel I got a good deal on the felder. Be nice to meet you too. Call me David john or shorten journeyman to j, other way I been called a lot worse lol.

Your right you weren't talking to me , sorry about that. That's about what I'm going to need with about 4 boards left over for mistakes, unless I massively over ordered (which could be).