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I'm looking for a way to make gluing up panels less traumatic; plus the idea of taking up less space is very appealing, but are they any good? I find it slightly worrying that the likes of Axminster has stopped selling them, is there some dark secret I should know? :? Thanks Andrew P.S...

I recently posted about building a Japanese trestle and beam "workbench" which is now well underway. Last time I was agonising over imperial size dowels for draw-bore joints, guidance from this forum put me right, in the end I made roughly sized octaganol "dowels" from scrap and they worked...

I am currently in the process of building a Japanese trestle and beam "workbench" (after the style of Imai and Swenson as described in the Workbench Book by Landis.) Anyone here got any experience of working with this type of setup? If so, what are your thoughts on its' strengths and weaknesses...

Here I am declining into galoot-hood, and I come to think about making some draw-bore M & T joints. Dowels are all metric, but non of my brace bits are! Anyone found a neat solution that doesn't involve a lathe or a lot of sandpaper. Andrew - who's only a beginner but doesn't want to stop! :?