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Dear forum members, I want to make small knifes, f.ex. marking knifes, and for the blade I will use jigsaw blades. I have done that in the past, and it works OK. But Axi f.ex. sells 40 different blades, so which ones are best for making knife blades? I am looking for something that is as...

I know I have heard or read that combining ring-porous and diffuse-porous woods in the same project is not a good way to go. Ring-porous woods are oak and Ash, while diffuse-porous are Walnut, Cherry, Beech and Birch. I have got examples of the "wrong" combinations in my home (f.ex. oak and...

Does anyone have any experience with the new bigger Domino? I was about to get a Domino, and then Festool came out with the new bigger machine and I can not decide. What can the bigger one do that the original can not? Will the bigger be to big for some jobs?

CFM, Cubic feet pr minute (or a metric equivalent), is the number that tells you how much air your DC is transporting. Every machine in our shops has a required or recommended cfm, for example a 14-16 in bandsaw requires 400 cfm, a drill press and router table the same, and a 15 in thickness...

During rebuilding of my shop I had to take away my lathe stand. So now I want to build a new one. My lathe is a DVR 3000. Previously I had my tools in a stand above the lathe. Not good. The stand was always covered in dust and chips. I want storage for turning tools and accesories. I also want...

I have a DVR3000 lathe standing on a MDF "stand", really more a table with a narrow shelf under it. I am not very happy with it as it is not very functional. So I am looking for ideas to build a completely new stand. If someone out there have built their own stands could post pictures it would...

Does anyone have any experience with the diamon planer blade hone, e.g. the one sold by Axminster: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=22400&name=hone&user_search=1&sfile=1&jump=0 I have bought one, and my blades need some treatment, but I'm a bit afraid to make them worse than they...

I am building a cabinet with drawers out of solid wood. The box itself is dovetailed together with the back panel floating in groves. I was planning to fit drawer hardware, something like: http://www.axminster.co.uk/product.asp?pf_id=719307&name=drawer+hardware&user_search=1&sfile=1&jump=44...

My workbench for the last 10-12 years has been an old beaten-up thing that I bought for £ 15 from a farmer. It's served me well, but is now going to be firewood. I've been wanting to build the Essential workbench ever since it appeared in Fine Woodworking magazine in 2003. I like most...

Rutlands currently sells a glue press, probably a clone of the very expensive Plano 4-way press, called Dakota Clampo Panel Clamp. It's tempting because it is nearly half-price. Does anyone have any experience with this: http://www.rutlands.co.uk/hand-tools/wo ... amp-system Geir Oslo, Norway

I see that there is very strong opinions on bandsaw blades around. The easiest option is Axminster, and they have a good selection of sizes. Does anyone have any experience? Are they OK? By the way my blade broke cleanly straight across last night after 6 months of not too heavy use. Anyone got...

I am looking for a biscuit joiner which I will use now and then for small projects and when glueing up wider boards (for aligning). i will not make cabinets from plywood and biscuits for example. I see that the choice is between cheap "obscure" brands around £ 50 and the well known quality...

I've got a Jet planer/thicknesser combination machine. unfortunately I tried to thickness a workpiece that was way too thick and it got stuck. I managed to get it loose but now the machine has these symptoms: 1. there is an odd sound when running the machine 2. the steel roller that feeds the...

I am planning to get the Triton router (large model) for a router table I am building, the so-called "Norm's table": http://www.newyankee.com/getproduct.php?0301 I would be grateful for any advice on which insert plate to use for this router. Thanks, Geir PS My location is Norway and it's...

Hello, has anybody used the Creusen/Koch system from Axminster, this one: http://www.axminster.co.uk/group_id//pr ... -20864.htm. I've just got it, being advised by a master carver that carving tool have to be mirror polished, from Axm. Any advice from others who use this system is...

Is there any rules for how much fingernail grind to use for different turning tasks? And similarly: what jobs are different degrees of "backgrinding" on a bowl gouge good for. I think I once heard an instructor say that the wider the gouge, the more he ground the gouge back. or was it the other...