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I have just built a couple of router tables and was wondering if anyone has ever used a “Jiffy Jack” as a lift. at £10 it seems to answer a lot of questions Thanks

Many thanks to all , most helpful John

New to some tools——-Just got a Stanley Bailey 41/2 from eBay £7– —-Cleaned it and refurbed with help from YouTube Tried it out today on Walnut,Sepele,White Oak and all is OK. Planed some redwood and one way excellent results but planed the other way and it ripped out chunks , not very happy can...

New to some tools——-Just got a Stanley Bailey 41/2 from eBay £7– —-Cleaned it and refurbed with help from YouTube Tried it out today on Walnut,Sepele,White Oak and all is OK. Planed some redwood and one way excellent results but planed the other way and it ripped out chunks , not very happy can...

Many thanks to All Have got some 6mm Acrylic left over from some Scroll work so will use that as an insert John

Hello All, Been a Scroll Sawer since the Forties so all the following is new to me! Was given a load of Black Walnut pieces— did some Scrolling and Intarsia but decided to make a dozen or so cutting/cheese boards and they have turned out ok. Would like to “Roundover “ edges so made a very basic...

Work shed temp is about 18c -- using Wickes varnish--- will try beeswax on top of varnish. May have to go back to French Polish( Shellac) but would prefer not to

80 years old and can't varnish--- what am I doing wrong--- Sanding down to 400-- finishing with wire wool -- one coat -- sand --- 2 coats --- sand third coat--- dry ---- rubbish---no shine/ gloss at all--- Help!!

Milverton Sawmills have (had) the best Western Red Cedar I have ever used and cut it to your specs--- you will have to dry the wood but well worth it. WRC takes stain better than most woods

You will discover that after about 200 broken blades it eases up to about 2 a year if you are lucky, even then it scares the bejasus out of you!

A 2 mm front to back stroke movement is not causing your problems -- blade , speed and tension are the problems. Wait until you get the pinless blades and see how the machine cuts. On a few higher end saws the manufactures offer the ability to " slant" the blades for a more aggressive cut, I...

Fantastic Brian--- good luck with a wonderful project John

Welcome to the forum, I 'm sure you will enjoy scrolling----here is a couple of bits made by recycled 25 mm ply, Can be hard to cut and blunts the blade , but at least it's free

As usual Brian fantastic!!!

Have you changed the size of blade?--- on the 540 you can change the the "clamp" settings by tightening / loosening the bolt on the other side of the clamp John

Great piece of work Brian--- used to watch Geoff battle with Ray Amm in the fifties (or perhaps earlier) John

If you try it and like it I thought about £50---- but try it first--- it's too heavy to post so come and have a look John

If you are ever in the Bridgwater area- you can try a couple of my saws-- RBI Ultra Hawk 26 inch Delta Q3and a 16 inch Delta 540.The Delta has the best quick clamp ever made(imho) I don't use the 540 now as I did use it for fine fretwork and my eyes are not as good as they were so would sell if...

Hi Les, Where in Somerset are you? John

Good try---- you may want to change grain direction to vary effect John