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My thoughts as someone who has only just broken their P/T cherry (and with the £170 Axi bench top at that), so take them with a pinch of salt. At the prices you're talking you're only going to get a 6 inch planer. So if you want to plane up to 8 inches then within your budget I think a...

Have to say I'd thought up lots of elaborate ideas before getting my saw, similar to this although more aimed at repeatability. Now I have the saw I've decided a big flat surface and pencil marks are the way to go... If you haven't tried with just a guide rail and a couple of clamps I'd give...

Dom, its the bench top MB9020 one. My inclination is to return it but I have a bunch of stuff I'd like to thickness tomorrow...

Just started trying my new Axminster cheapy P/T and it doesn't seem like the feed rollers are moving. That isn't right is it? Simple issue to look at or given its brand new should I just be returning it? Ta

Can't help too much as not really done anything similar but... Are you really sure you want plywood for the cabinets? MFC is lighter, more stable, an immense amount less work in finishing and you can buy ready built cabinets for less than you'll spend on materials to make them from Ply. The...

Thanks both.

Right, I've spousal permission to drop a bunch of money on a TS55, Domino and various bits and bobs in connection with them. Does anybody know when the Festool Autumn offers generally start? I think mid to late September (in which case I'm buying now...) If I am buying now am I more likely to...

Right I've finally convinced the isses to let me have a crack at a proper woodworking project. She is keen for something like this: http://www.wyevale.co.uk/Rowlinson-Dart ... lt,pd.html to go in the garden. Can't find anything I really like though, this is the best of the bunch commercially...

For those interested in this sort of thing this looks like a fascinating web site: http://buildyourcnc.com/default.aspx Full kits for sale or even just bits and plans etc.

Does that work 60m up a steep, non-straight slope? I think thats the OP's problem. Would a mini dumper manage the climb? http://www.tcp.eu.com/sales/tracked/mini-dumper.html Either to take up aggregates and mix on site or just to ferry pre-mixed up at a reasonable speed.

Very nice. I've wondered about these cutting services, can you give an idea of how expensive it turned out vs buying the sheets?

Well you're talking 18"x18"x24" more or less aren't you? So 8 bits 18" long and 4 bits 24" long = 6m of your 75x75 The 4 sides at 19mm is the equivalent of another 0.9m each so 3.6m Base is 0.675m equivalent So I make the whole thing at thsoe dimensions about 10m of your 75x75 so pick up 6...

The positioning of the scrap piece does matter a bit. If you mitre more than half the width of the scrap piece you won't get the final piece in two cuts. That may or may not screw the whole thing up (it may just mean three cuts, I can't quite get my head around it) but best to make sure the...

Good craftsmanship (although if you looked closely enough you probably could see).

Max plunge is only 28mm I think so still not terribly deep in say 50mm stock. It does have the "waggle" adjustment though so if you're making your own dominos you could make wider 10mm dominos, but you're stuck with 56mm length dominos unless you wanted to start enlarging your domino holes with...

I couldn't find anything much about them when I've looked in the past. In terms of durability HawkLok (a similar product) have done crush tests which seem fairly impressive: http://www.hawklok.co.uk/news1.htm I suppose on the optimistic side they must be selling them and the web isn't covered...

Trammel bar (I think??) is the posh name. Think about drawing a circle with a pencil attached to the end of a piece of wood which is fixed at the other end. Now make it larger and replace pencil with router. wysi

I think you're talking about a "floating wall" as they are called over here: http://www.avforums.com/forums/home-cinema-diy/ Loads of examples and almost all done with a 2x2 / 2x4 frame with MDF face. wysi ps Actually more of a reply to Alan than Rob although it is one solution. Could also...

Assuming you aren't in a conservation area, area of natural beauty etc. then there shouldn't be a problem as its well under the building regs size limit and should be under 2.5m tall.

I was in the anti-pippy all over for aesthetics when looking at just the doors, but I think it works much better on the assembled whole. Very nice job and I did nearly make the comment earlier that the tops looked like marble from the angle and with the shine in the photo. Wouldn't have had...