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    Wood slipping on mitre gauge on router table

    Tada. Works perfectly.
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    Tell if a bandsaw blade is sharp enough

    If you cut curves a lot, the set on one side of the blade can be damaged quicker than the other, which will cause drift. It's a good idea to have a dedicated blade for straight cuts where avoiding drift is important. Also if you've set up the guide bearings incorrectly at any point and run the...
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    Wood slipping on mitre gauge on router table

    So it seems this is the reason coping sleds are a thing. Guess I have to make a jig to start making my jigs. Jigcepton.
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    Wood slipping on mitre gauge on router table

    I have a T-slot cutter and want to put a grid-like pattern of t-slots on a piece of MDF for jig making reasons. For the shorter axis I'm using a mitre gauge rather than the fence to 'crosscut' the channels into the MDF. However, the rotational force of the cutter causes the MDF to get pulled...
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    My first Japanese saw. Deeply impressed!!

    Just don't let anyone else use it. Ever. They'll put a kink in it before you can blink.
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    drum sander?

    I recently bought the Laguna Supermax 16-32. It's pricier than the similarly specced alternative at Axminster, but the Axminster reviews constantly mention what a pain changing the paper is. I had a look in-store and the machine just looked kind of flimsy for something that's meant to be a...
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    Reaction wood/internal stresses - what's really going on?

    Alternating sides, no time to stabilise, but it wasn't a massive change in thickness. The thicknessed piece, which I stopped ripping, is still completely true 24 hours later. It's only the thin-ish offcuts that are springing about. It's not happening each time I try.
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    Router bushings

    If you buy them from Axminster, you'll see the recommended accessories on the right are all Leigh guide bush adapters. You'll probably be able to find one for your Makita among them.
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    Reaction wood/internal stresses - what's really going on?

    Aha! I actually had weird woolly chips thrown at me by the table saw and thought "that's weird for maple"...
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    Reaction wood/internal stresses - what's really going on?

    How common is it that kind of stuff makes it to a timber supplier? Do the suppliers care when they source it?
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    Reaction wood/internal stresses - what's really going on?

    I wanted to batch make a bunch of table saw runners for various jigs out of some maple. I thicknessed some maple down to the same width as the mitre slots using a drum sander, everything was perfect, the wood stayed completely true. I start ripping a bunch of strips off on the table saw, about...
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    Weird pattern inside some maple?

    Other side was fine. The marks were up to around 3mm deep and eventually planed away. I dug one out with a chisel and it went clear through the chip, so wasn't simply on the surface. Hadn't heard of bruising before, which I guess could be more than skin deep?
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    Weird pattern inside some maple?

    Huh, I hadn't considered it could be figuring, which is funny because I've got a bunch of "5A" flamed and birdseye maple. I guess that's what the non-sellable stuff looks like!
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    Advice on handling workpieces on Planer Thicknesser

    If you have a table saw, use a jointing jig. If not, set the crown guard on the P/T the same as if you were planing a wide surface - ie. full coverage of the blade, workpiece goes under. You should still be able to apply pressure to fence before and after the cutter block unless it's a really...
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    Weird pattern inside some maple?

    I just jointed (not thicknessed - ie. no rollers) the surface of some maple and there was this weird pattern inside. It's not on the surface (chiseled away a bit and it's still there) and required about 2-3mm worth of passes to get rid of it. Any ideas what it is or where it came from? It kind...
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    What timber is this?

    I'm tempted to say maple/sycamore based on the grain pattern and the light colour breaking through on the left. You should plane down some of the saw marks to see the real colour which will be the biggest clue.
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    Woodpecker clamping squares

    Surely if whatever joint being used is cut square then when the gap is properly closed (clamps) it's going to be square. If it's not square and you nudge it into square (or use one of these clamping squares) then the gap is going to open up...
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    Axminster Planer Thicknesser Issue

    I have a different version of an Axminster planer (what's called the Craft AC250PT after the rebrand...) and while my fence itself is actually flat, the mechanism allowing for squareness adjustment is a bit iffy. It seems pretty solid to the touch, but when planing heavier pieces of wood, you...
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    Birch ply prices

    Just got a quote from Sydenhams in Bristol: £135 incl. VAT for 15mm B/BB...
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    Birch ply prices

    I just used a sheet of birch as a tool wall... once it was up, I realised I probably could have used construction grade and covered it in felt or something... At this rate, soon the board will be worth more than the tools hanging on it.
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