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I have just finished putting a new oak kitchen table together using the left over timber I had after I made up the kitchen worktop. I finished the worktop by using nothing more than olive oil - it gets a coating of this about once every 4 days at the moment (for the first couple of weeks it was...

I am testing a paint finish on a kitchen build at the moment and cannot get a decent finish with the brush (getting a bit fed up with the amount of 'knocking back' I've done!), so I thought I might try HVLP for the finish. I have read recent threads where HVLP kits are being used, in particular...

Some while ago I posted on the forum the fact that I had bought a Fox 250mm T/S, not, you understand the cast iron top one, no, the little thing that looks remarkably like a Ryobi. That posting was not singing any praises at all for the saw. Today I find that the fence has a run out and that...

At last I have started on the new kitchen units. This has not been the easiest of tasks - being August and being France, the place is closed, so getting materials has been a nightmare, but .. I have ripped down 18mm CTBX ply for the panels and have found the quality to be rather dubious. I...

I have read the recent thread for the primer finish on MDF, and you all seem to be spraying? I am on the start line for a kitchen build which will be faced using MDF which I want to paint finish. However, being in the middle of nowhere, France, it is not easy finding the products for this...

I would like to order a spare set of knives for my FoxF22-565 P/T, so that when I send the original set for sharpening I still have the P/T useable. Can anyone tell me if the Fox machine has knives which are interchangeable with any other machine, eg; Jet? If so, I would be able to order from...

I have been thinking about a router table and dedicated router but lack finance for Triton/DeWalt. I have seen the small bench mounted Ryobi table with 1150 router and recently, a much bigger version of the table. This bigger version ( complete with 1150 router ) is marked up at 162 euros (about...

A couple of weeks ago, probably more like 4 .......... some time ago I posted re my Fox T/P, it had stopped and was refusing all attempts to get it going again. Well I've fixed it !!!!!!!! It lives !!!!!!! After taking the motor casing apart, I found that in a number of places the cables...

I have a Fox F22-565 thick/planer which is now tripping out the house electrics (380v tri-phase) as I press the start button. About a week ago I was in the process of planing down pieces of oak for staircase treads when a piece jammed the machine. I think this was due to the blades going off. At...

Hello gentlemen, I am the owner of a Fox F22-565 planer/thicknesser, the knives of which I believe are now blunt, to the extent that today a piece jammed. I am in the process of planing 230mm wide oak pieces. I have consulted the instruction manual, but this does not say whether or not these...

within the next few days I shall be starting to build a staircase. Never done anything like this before, and probably never will again, it just seems to be the thing to do, because no cash to buy the thing. I am laminating 15mm oak faced ply (nearly collapsed when he told me the price of each...

Good morning all I have a 2.4M length 250x250 beam of doulas fir left over from my refurb of a barn and as I shall be attempting to build my own staircase (!), I was wondering whether this beam would provide the newells and some balustrading. Is this timber appropriate?

Having read Tony's review of his new saw (and yes I AM jealous), I have been prompted into this. Let me say from the outset - I'm new to this dark art of the wood, relatively, so .......... My only previous experience with a table saw was a SIP 315mm contractors saw, and I burnt the motor out on...

Being more than somewhat new to the dark art of wood, I seek advice. I have just constructed a window frame of 16mm thick french oak which I have laminated around a 36mm square ply core (the weather here ranges from minus 20ish to 40ish in the sun) and the frame will be fixed in a position...

I have finally capitulated, given in (given up more like....) and submitted to the forum. I have been reading with ever growing envy the machinery you lot over there can obtain, and the prices you can obtain them at. Unfortunately I live in France - and it's a bit different here. This very...