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Just wondering as I've looked at buying the jess em guides and thought it may be better to buy a second hand power feed of eBay and use it like you would on a spindle moulder. Anyone else done it?

I want to warn others before they get hit by a big repair bill. Using a seneca adapter (or ebay copy) with your festool XL700 domino can damage the gearbox according to festool and because its not a festool approved adapter it also voids your warranty. Festool has advised me to replace the...

Has anyone found the price for the new festool ks60 sliding compound mitre saw yet. I can see it's been 'officially' released now but I can't find a price for it online??

Well after resolving the issues with the carcass i had a productive day finishing it off... So buoyed by this i thought I'd start boring the hinge holes in the bought in doors so I could deliver those as well but then guess what? As the first door is different to the other 6 I decided to drill...

I often read posts on here saying you don't need to be that precise etc it's woodwork after all not engineering. Well it's just not bl@@dy true, I've been cursing for the last two hours trying to get the diagonal measurements on a carcass equal, despite much effort I've got a difference of 4mm...

Well actually it was the price that hit me, now we all know festool stuff is pricey but £35 for an 8mm collet just seems like daylight robbery! I've ordered it so getting ready for buyers regret to kick in lol Rant over :D

Hi, I've made a windowsill out of walnut veneered mdf and I gave it one pretty thick coat of rustins plastic coating on Sunday afternoon. I checked the finish today and it has sunk into the grain as I didn't fill the grain first. My question to you finishing gurus is as follows; Firstly, if I...

Can anyone that runs their woodwork related business from home recommend any good home business insurance providers?

I like to challenge myself so I am planning to attempt to build a Maloof inspired rocker. Has anyone attempted anything similar and have any tips regarding power carving, sculpting or sanding? It looks very challenging to make even without the carving so I could use any advice or help anyone can...

Ooh err missus! Seriously though I need some advice and I've searched through but found many conflicting pieces of advice. Here's the issue, I have just finished making some wardrobe doors out of oak veneered mdf with solid oak applied mouldings. As I don't have a finish nailer, I used my Brad...

Recently I bought the following router collet extension: http://www.axminster.co.uk/accessories/ ... 0wod-TsO2A Various people were interested in how I got on with it so here is my review. First impressions were very good, it is beautifully machined and reassuringly heavy. The threads are...

The new dust extraction system is finally up and running, woohoo. Now it sucks better than a lady of disrepute in a particularly shady dock like boaty mc boat face kind of area! Cyclone is performing brilliantly, there's nothing in the collection bags and I've just done a lot of thicknessing...

Hi, This is one of those questions that popped into my head and I thought I'd see if everyone does the same as me. So it's recommended to thickness material in stages and allowing the time in between stages for the timber to acclimatise again and get its moving out of the way. Now my question...

Well I seemed to think (like I'm sure others do too) that my dust extraction equipment have Tardis style collection bags. Unfortunately this weekend I realised my error in the most irritating series of events; 1: Firstly, while removing the crown guard from the tablesaw to lower the blade...

Hi, I have some deep pieces of oak moulding (or beading) to make, they need to be circa 37mm deep and I plan to produce them using my router table with the Xtreme extension (see link below) to allow me to raise the cutter high enough to cut the deeper part of the profile...

Hi, I have recently ordered the RTS500 adapter from Seneca in the US. They provided a tracking reference which doesn't seem to work properly. Does anyone know how long it takes to receive stuff from seneca? I have tried emailing and phoning seneca to no avail. Thanks Adam

Further to the recent topic, I thought people might be interested to know you only need the 14mm cutter* to use these connectors. I also spoke to festool about supplying me one of each part so I could test them before biting the bullet and purchasing a larger quantity, festool weren't able to...

Just wondering if anyone bothers cutting extra wide mortices to fit their own made extra wide Domino's? Or do people just use multiple mortices and tenons where required?

Today is a momentous one (well for me anyway)... I finally have mains electric in the new workshop!! We have Light, we have heat, it's machining time!!!

well after manhandling the new bigger planer thicknesser into the workshop I realised i'd put it right where I needed to put a load of boards i'm about to receive #-o I had ummed and arghed over whether to buy the wheel kit for it as I had thought i'll just put it into its position and it'll...