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For years I have been relying on old domestic vacuum cleaners to suck up the sawdust generated by my power tools, not the best solution. So recently I decided to build a dedicated dust extraction system that I can move around and put in the back of my truck when doing onsite jobs. Its based on a...

I have acquired A set of collapsible aluminium trestles that are fully height adjustable. So, was thinking about making a portable workbench that I can get in the back of my truck. The detachable bench surface needs to be light but stiff and hard wearing. I was thinking about using the sheeting...

Wanted: Makita RP6000 track. 2 possibly 3 lengths with joining fixings. Want to use this for my Makita router and cordless circular saw. Track clamps would be nice too if available

For those of you that have not seen this YouTube series I thoroughly recommend you watch. A story of a Brit shipwright restoring a 110 year old yacht on the west coast of the USA. Awesome woodworking skills .... https://youtube.com/c/SampsonBoatCo

A customer of mine has just bought a second hand race truck The back section of the truck consists of a storage area for 4 race cars and at the front an accomodation section for entertainment and eating After some investigative work we've found out that there is extensive water damage to...

Rutlands are now selling a mini table saw: 300mm x 300mm table size with 80mm blade for £240. This would be ideal for me as I make small wooden boxes. Its marketed as a precision tool and includes a 0.001mm increment digital readout for the fence setting. Having purchased gear from Rutlands in...

Just pricing up a job for a customer who wants a new bookcase. Looking to make this out of oak veneered ply with solid oak trim and facings. Could anybody recommend a supplier? Happy cut the material myself but (if the price is right and the cuts accurate) happy to let the supplier cut the...

Have made a cabinet for a customer to enclose an unsightly steel girder and a electrical distribution board. The frame is made out of 63x38mm stud timber and its cladded with 9mm ply - nothing fancy but something to tidy up the corner of a car showroom, its all going to be painted in gloss white...

I have a Makita RP2301FCX 1/2" plunge router which I'm going to mount in a router table. The manual says that its height can be adjusted from above the table by inserting a M6 135mm bolt through the table into a threaded hole in the plunge base and through to a threaded hole on the side of the...

Second post here, just my thoughts about tools. I retired from my IT consultancy job a few years ago and decided, as a reasonably competent carpenter (all hand tools, as taught to use by my father), to try my hand at raising my game. So, bought myself a sliding mitre saw, a table saw, a router...

Hi all, new to the forum and need some advice. I have purchased a premium dovetail jig from Rutlands, nice bit of kit. Also bought their 1/2" precision router to use on the jig. The router is absolute rubbish and will be going back for a refund. It's a tacky Chinese re-badged import that for...