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Cobblers! Don't be silly, although I suspect you were perhaps being merely provocative. Many of my drawers were/are dovetailed front and...

I can't recall seeing anything with the joint in that form. It looks to me like a modified box-lock joint, aka finger joint, with the...

Yes, I've seen many an example of what might be known as sloppy dovetails, e.g., angle variations, varied spacing, etc, but in my...

Jacob, fine and freehand in a dovetail joint isn't an incompatibility as far as I know. I give you the example below which I reckon fall...

Only applies in timber framed construction, common in North America, but doesn't apply if the wall is brick, block, etc, pretty common...

I understand what you mean by wanting to put a bit of life back into the cells. Obviously you can't bring the cells back to life because...

Cut to length, split, dry, burn. Slainte.

The rippling you see on that black top surface look like the undulations that sometimes occur during the final sanding to thickness that...

I suspect you will probably need to return the machine for a replacement to get a machine to operate as it should. I located the...

Visually poplar can look interesting and attractive when new as in your case with brown markings with some green in there too. I've also...

Undoubtedly poplar, aka, amongst other names, tulipwood and botanically Liriodendron tulipifera. Slainte.

It's a waste of money for a router table where hand feeding plus guarding is all that's really needed, plus all the stuff you describe...

It's hard to say if it would be fair to ask for a refund. To be honest, I find the before appearance more attractive than the after...

Sorry, I don't know of anyone offering freebies of that nature, so can't help on that front. Slainte.

It looks like you've mostly got away with using that construction. I suspect the reasons for dodging a bullet, so to speak, might be: 1...