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One of my neighbours had a nasty accident with his circular saw a week or so ago. He was ripping some thin pieces of timber to make a trellis to save spending £18 on buying something. He ended up taking the tops off three fingers(index, middle and ring). Apparently, the finger tips were...

Last week I ordered an Axminster AC250PT planer thicknesser and AC82E chip extractor. I was advised that the lead time for the planer thicknesser was 4-5 weeks and 2-3 for the chip extractor. Imagine my surprise and delight to get a call this morning saying that they want to deliver it next...

Does anybody know whether the Festool FF-OF-1000 guide rail clamp would work with a Trend T11 router? Would any owners mind telling me the distance between centres on the clamp and the diameter of the guide rods. thanks very much. Mark

Well, after much procrastinating and general fretting, I decided to take the plunge and get a decent sized bandsaw. I currently have the Record BS250 which I love, but its resaw capacity does limit what I can do. The defining moment came when I was thicknessing a piece of 31mm oak to 19mm...

In the latest issue of Quercus magazine there was an article on making a sawbench. This build was loosely based on the design in the article. The author had used standard mortice and tenon joinery, whereas I decided to make mine a little more interesting by using dovetail joints. The project...