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Looking to treat my Dad to a CSMS as he's had a rough time with his health recently and he'd like to get into a bit of woodwork, making bird boxes, other small items, maybe some furniture and just general DIY. Looking for something accurate and simple to operate that stays in alignment - I used...

No matter what i do i always end up with a slightly concave joint and i can see the gap appear against the fence when i'm about halfway through. I'm using the Jessem Rout-R-Fence with the supplied aluminium shims on the outfeed, the Jessem stock guides and feather boards on the outfeed. Is that...

I would love to buy one of the bigger planer thicknessers like The Axi /CraftTrade or the iTech 260 but for how often i would use it it seems like overkill and whilst i can afford it, too much money. I have a small 3x6m workshop. So i'm wondering if i can get by with something like the Metabo...

I bought some 5/16" x 1" BSW to fit cheeks to my vice and they don't fit. Callipers show the holes to be about 6.9mm although the rear face holes seem slightly smaller. Any thoughts?

Never had a workbench vice but after a recent project decided it was something i needed to add. I have a slightly unconventional bench, 90mm square legs with a 2x4 top frame that supports an 18mm MFT style top. I built it to aid in building my kitchen but it's proven to be solid as and heavy...

First time making a jewellery box and it was a great fun project. I didn't quite make my self-imposed Christmas deadline and had a few issues along the way and some helpful advice from a few people here for which I am very grateful. This box is very much influenced by one made by J Katz Moses...

Hello, I'm making a jewellery box for my daughter with mitred joints and i want to add corner splines. The tools I have available are bandsaw, router table, domino, handsaws. Box is 27x14cm and 8cm high. I don't think my skills are up to it with a handsaw! Wondering if anyone has a jig they...

Afternoon all, I have a small 6x3m workshop and need to extract from a bandsaw with 2x100mm ports and a router table with an Incra cleansweep box (100mm port.) Chop saw and sanders/tracksaw currently using Festool extractors. In the future I will need to extract from a lunchbox planer to also...

I've just ordered a Laguna 14BX with a nice Black Friday discount- it was between this and the Axminster AP3327B - I don't have 16A sockets, I liked the footbrake and the more powerful motor so went with the Laguna. Any advice on what mobile base would be best? There's the Laguna 3 wheeled one...

I get a bit confused about this. Routers tend to produce small chips and fine dust so what type of extractor do i need? HVLP or LVHP? At the moment I just have a Festool CTL26 and CTL MIDI. Are these up to the job or do i need a 100mm hose jobbie? I have a small, already fairly full, workshop...

Hello, I'm trying to decide between a separate surface planer like the Axminster AT150SP 150mm and a lunchbox thicknesser like the dewalt dw733 or even the Axi AT330ST with the spiral cutter at £1000. Or even the floorstanding AT310T but that's £1500! Or a combi machine - had a quote from...

Right then, I've been wanting a bandsaw for years and have finally deciding to set aside a reasonable chunk of cash - up to £2000 - to hopefully get a good one. Hopefully with some great advice from the forum. I've been researching for a while but finding it to be one of the hardest decisions...

Hello, I'm thinking of picking up a dewalt DW 733 for numerous jobs including guitar making and planing glued up chopping boards. It looks like a useful machine. In terms of extraction, I have a festool Midi permanently connected to my Kapex in my small workshop, and i also have a Festool CTL...

Hello, I'm after some advice on making some flat panel internal folding doors to be able to close off an office/cinema room. As it's a home cinema room it would be good to have some acoustic silencing but not essential. I'm wondering what tracks runners people would suggest and what to make...

Hello, I'm renovating a number of old hand planes and chisels and think it's probably time i invested in a grinder and a polisher, or one machine that could do both jobs. I don't really want to spend too much money but never like to buy anything rubbish that will pack in or not be up to the...

Hello, I've almost built all of my carcasses out of pre-lacquered birch ply. Now I need to build the tall unit for the two NEFF ovens; a standard sized single and a 45cm compact microwave combination oven using the Neff Z11SZ90X0 trim kit. There will be two Blum Antaro drawers beneath the...

Any advice on doing this? I was planning on using space plugs to fix my birch ply base units. The wall is aircrete block with about an inch of dab/cavity then plasterboard. The back of the cabinet will be about 35-40mm from the wall. I've used Rigifix before when fixing units dirctly to the...

Hello, I'm planning on getting some Blum Antaro drawer boxes from M&D and getting the bases cut by my local Avon Plywood. I've never done a Blum drawer before. When I look at the companies that sell them with pre-cut MFC bases, they list them as 16mm thick. Avon Plywood has ply and MFC in...

Hello, I'm getting my birch ply carcasses built at the moment and was wondering if anyone can recommend a place with good prices on Blum drawer boxes? Thanks Dave

I'd like to make a shelf hole drilling jig. I was going to just do one with 5mm holes for a drill but thought it would be better to do bigger holes and use a bushing with my Festool OF1400 Router. Has anyone done one that they could share ideas or photos of? Cheers Dave