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I am considering a project to make secondary glazing panels to insert between mullions in my bay window. the plan is to make frames with a 4- 6mm wide 15mm deep rebate routed out to take the glass. I want the overall thickness of the frame to be approx 15-18mm ; width around 25. I will fix...

Hi folks, I am looking for a flexible flush cut saw and have seen these two makes on Amazon. Does anyone have any experience of them? also thought about the Stanley, but it’s blade doesn’t seem to flex. I don’t want to spend that much, but £20 seems to be the going rate for them. cheers Steve

Hi folks, I am scratching my head about whether I can cut the joint on hand rail to a rotated newel post using machines, or whether it will need to be hand cut. see photos. The newels are on an angle, so the joint will need a to sit at around 42 degrees from the vertical, but also have a V slot...

I am looking for a description of this oak veneer finish. I am not familiar with it. all comments welcome!

Hi folks Happy New Year! occasionally, I need a pin router. I make guitars and it would be useful sometimes to have an overhead router, rather than use the router table. I have a DM26 drill stand with a 43mm collar. I have been thinking I could probably rig something acceptable up using a...

Hi folks, I am just hoping someone might have a Record Power mortising attachment for my DMS26 drill stand. I have the vice/holder, and so it is the bit that fits onto the drill that I need. otherwise, I may be after a bench mortiser! many thanks steve ps sorry for US spelling of...

Or it could be a cosh! So my other half was clearing her late aunt’s home and found this next to her bed. We think it was there as something to ward off intruders - she was 100! Her late husband was a joiner and I feel it must have been some sort of mallet for wood carving. It is has a...

Dear all I have never tried barley twist work and have a project that might be beyond my skills. The project is to replicate Victorian oak stair spindles. They are unusually chunky. Here are a few pics. Is it possible to get these copied commercially? Need around 24 of them. All advice...

Hello folks I am weighing up another guitar project. This one will by a six string, wrap around bridge, p90s, solid body. I like to recycle wood where possible. My body will be mahogany, about 1 ¼” thick with a cap, probably carved. I have mahogany which I can use for the neck, but...

Hi Folks I have had a bit of a cock-up on the clothing front. I splashed Rustins Shellac Sanding Sealer all down my trousers, which are cotton chino type material. I am sure you, just as will my wife, will ask me why I was not wearing work gear. Well, you know how it is....thinks "this...

Hi folks. I am looking for a m33 x 3.5 female to 1.25" x 8 tpi male thread exert adapter. I can find virtually any other size, except this one! I want to use the chucks from my Nova 1.25" spindle on my jet m33. Any ideas? Cheers Steve

I am a sucker for a discount and bought myself the Jet JWL 1015vs from Axminster in their Black Friday sale. I have been having withdrawal symptoms. My Nova 16-24 has been in storage since we moved two years ago. I don't have the space for it. I used to have the baby Perform 10" lathe, but...

After sanding an area on a finished French Polished alpine spruce guitar top (don't ask why), I seem to have some faint purple staining in the area I have sanded. I used meths to clean off the shellac before carrying out a repair. Any ideas how I might bring the natural wood colour back...

I have a 12-204 plane that I bought new around 20 years ago for not much money. It came packaged on a card in a plastic blister. It has the plastic handles etc and looks just like this: http://www.onlyqualitytools.com/catalog ... 2-204.html I think the spec is identical, so it looks like...

I didn't and spent the afternoon at the local hospital A&E. :oops: I was having real trouble getting a book matched pair of spruce boards jointed with a hand plane on a shooting board to glue up for a guitar soundboard. The more frustrated I got the worse it seemed to get. So I thought "sod...

I'm generally quick to moan about bad customer service, but I often fail to give credit where credit's due. I bought a second-hand SIP 01930 10" table saw, from fleabay. It needed a new motor, which I was happy to replace as it was made clear in the advert. When I put it all back together, I...

One of the hotels in our village is having a big refurb. They are putting nice stuff to one side of the skip (furniture etc). They've just taken out the bar and I struggled home with a ten foot mahogany bar top!! :D :D It is made up of three pieces 7" x 1.25" x 10'. It stinks of beer (could...

Hi folks, I have just bought a 'pig in a poke' on eBay. I have paid £20 for a new customer return faulty SIP 01930 10" Table Saw. I like a challenge and even though this isn't a top (or medium) level saw (by any means), if I can get it working and set it up carefully, it will be a relative...

High folks, I wonder if I could borrow your brains for a mo. I want to put a small 8 x 4' floor over my up and over garage door, so I can store some stuff. In effect this will be a mezzanine. The garage has a pitched roof. This will be in the pitch of the roof adjacent to the gable end. The...

We have sanded and sealed floorboards with loose rugs on all of our downstairs. When we first had it done, we didn't have the dog and the guy used a varnish finish. It has lasted well, but the dog has done too many handbrake turns in the hall and it needs to be refinished. This time I will go...