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I am cutting the outer frame for what will be the first of eight casement windows, flush cut, and have three questions: 1. Since neither the lintel nor the windowsill are perfectly straight, what is the best sealant to use top and bottom? I a guessing I should cut the frame to be as tight as...

This is the top section of a stable door that I have cut and is ready to glue together. I am guessing it should be clamped from one arch to the opposing corner unless anybody tells me otherwise. It is only the second item that I have made out of wood, the first having been an airing cupboard...

The pictures are of the lower section of a stable door that I have cut and is ready to glue together, but I have recently been told that I should leave a slight gap between the slats so as to allow for expansion. Can anyone here verify that, and give an idea of how much gap I should leave? I...

I am building a set of windows out of oak for an old stone cottage. I chose oak both because it was recommended to me for being durable in a maritime climate and also because it is traditional. It is just my second woodwork project, the first having been an airing cupboard of pine. As I...

I have a Bosch 1600 GMF and have mounted the fixed base under a UJK table. Ever since I first set it up a few months ago it has had a persistent problem in that whenever the unit is wound upwards to increase the depth of cut the motor jumps out the base and drops to the limit of the safety...