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To add my input into workshop safety. I am now 65 and completed a 4 year engineering apprenticeship in a MOD armaments factory. There were only about 16 of us in my year and when we were all about 18 years of age were were shown a film on the dangers of setting up large press machinery which...

Hi There, As another member stated use pressure sensitive adhesive. A karndean stockist advised me of another brand of adhesive that was manufactured by the same one who made it for Karndean. I laid a small hall and toilet and it went down fine. Used a stanley knife to cut the flooring. If the...

Morning Last October I purchased the Makita B05041 and I am pleased to report that its a really great little sander. Able to sort out table tops along with much smaller areas such as fitted skirting with ease. When coupled with an extractor ( my Henry) performed well leaving a good finish with...

Hi There, I have used the slot cutters from Wealden and find that they cut far better than the traditional straight cutters. However my slot cutter was a 1/2" shank in a router table which in my view is a much safer and accurate way to machine this type of joint. Hope you get sorted to your...

Hi there, I am planning to convert an existing drodo I am planning to modify a hinged and fold down work bench into a mft top. I have located a mft jig from cncdesign in Wales. The reviews are positive so I intend to purchase this jig soon and will hopefully update in the very near future...

Hello All, Need a bit of help, my 9 year old Upvc conservatory has a pair of outward opening doors and I have noticed that the handle of one of the doors fails to return to the horizontal position when operated. Its as if a return spring has broken. The locking mechanism consists of 3 claws, 4...

Hi There, I started with a basic Rutland's own make router table with a Ryobi 1/2" router which had a lot of limitations, however 2 years ago I visited Woodworkers workshop open day and ended up purchasing a Jessem Excell router table - the one with no insert plate together with the dedicated...

Hi Alan Welcome from a fellow member who only joined up a few weeks ago. I can remember working in a very small garden shed making a dolls house for my 2 daughters. What a joy. I am now throughly enjoying my early retirement having progressed to having a small workshop with router table, planer...

Morning, I have previously mentioned on another query that I highly recommend Trend saw blades. I have interrogated the Trend website for the particular blade sizes available and also e mailed their technical department for additional information. I did not purchase direct from Trend, instead...

Not sure if I've just been unlucky but I wasn't impressed with Saxton blades. I moved over to Trend saw blades. Used several different tooth numbers on both my Scheppach track saw and Bosch mitre saw and in my view are superior in both quality of cut and longevity. Sourced from Abbey power...

I have a Bosch 216mm mitre saw and its a perfectly good saw. Yes it may have a smaller blade than 254mm Erbauer model but still offers plently of features. Mine is permanently mounted on a bench. Although I have used it on location. With regards to the Bosch 3 year warranty, this to me is...

Hi Dan, Table saws are safe to use when using all the safety features supplied from new. I strongly recommend that you do not modify the riving knife. If yours is damadged and you cannot purchase a new original one then I recommend that you approach a local manufacturer who specialises in sheet...

Hi Adam, I would avoid buying a budget pillar drill. Its cheap because it designed to be manufactured using poor quality materials and low tech manufacturing techniques. Strongly recommend either waiting till you can afford a slightly more upmarket machine, or take some time searching for a...

Hi James Impressed with your choice of material. The final look should be very impressive. My own hand made workbench was hand made using wedged through haunched mortice and tennons for the upper rails (front to back) the lower ones were through mortice and tennons again wedged. The lower...

Hi There, I have several power saw blades together with a large number of router cutters which have a build up of resin. Would denatured alcohol remove this build up or can you recommend another cleaner. Thanks in advance.

I am as yet undecided which way to go with the idea of a laminate/formica surface. I can see the idea of not wanting a suface to smooth. However this table as the name suggests it must be a multi purpose one. Having a compact workshop with a traditional workbench with vice it can only be...

👍I will investigate to see if I can source some cheap laminate. However another member has indicated that maybe a smooth top to a mft may be a disadvantage. Food for thought.I learnt something today. Didn't no it was called a balance sheet. If I do decide to attach formica to the top then I will...

👍I will investigate to see if I can source some cheap laminate. However another member has indicated that maybe a smooth top to a mft may be a disadvantage. Food for thought.

👍thanks for your reply

I intend to make a folding MFT very similar to one of my fellow members. The concern I have is that I have a small sheet of formica laminate 2.25mm thick which I am considering fixing to the top surface using an appropriate adhesive ( contact or similar) . My concern is that as I have...