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Thanks for the advise on wedging, I took some packing paper and a after an hour of fiddly adding and removing I managed to close up all the gaps to a nice tolerance. Now I’m sat here typing this, I realise that painters tape on the back of each insert would have been a much quicker mechanism as...

I’ll post updated photos a bit later. Yes I’m not surprised that the general rule is don’t fix them. My fit is good enough to be left as is, no rattle just not perfect aesthetics and I am a perfectionist 🤷🏻‍♂️. I do have to keep reminding myself not to let perfect be the enemy of done. I...

I’ve made a simple sapelle jewellery box that I’m lining with maple. I’ve got a decent but not perfect fit on the sizing and mitres, so I don’t think leaving the lining floating is an option, and I’m unsure how to fix. My current plan is a few dabs of ca for the bottom panel, and more ca for...

Does anybody have any experience with this saw? I’m interested in it as it’s the cheapest compact saw I’ve seen, but I’m struggling to find any reviews. Any info gratefully received.

ive sprayed thatRonseal interior water based wood varnish. Ive thinned with water, and just as it comes, worked fine.

Thanks for the info guys. That's good information, I hadn't considered the wear and tear. I only currently have a thicknesser, tables and router table hooked up and use them 2-3 days a week (weekends), and they don't see a lot of use on those days, so I'd say I'm definitely at the lower end...

I need to replace the canvas bag filter on my dust extractor. Axminster sell this for my AC82E, but the lead time could be a couple of months and my lungs can't wait that long (I sound like somebody pumping up an airbed). Can anybody advise on alternative vendors/cartridges? I understand that...

The price is largely irrelevant, if hours saved * hourly rate is less than the price, then you are the target market for this product. If not, make a note that the product exists and revisit if and when any of those factors changes.

Maybe take a look at this. Obviously much better value if you have the triton router. https://www.ukworkshop.co.uk/threads/foldable-router-table.126632/post-1410067

Thanks, his video was really helpful. I missed this earlier, but precisely this technique was demonstrated in the above video and I think it’s what I’m going to go with. It will maximise the amount of wood left as I won’t need to cut in to the top to form tenons.

I had a chance to try this out today. Initially the results were terrible. However once I’d actually turned on the dust extractor 🙄, results were excellent 👌🏼

I prefer antique tools if I can find good ones at a reasonable price, makes buying sets a little tricky. Gutted I missed on on the stands at Maker Central this year ☹️

yeah that's my fallback if mine fails. I prefer to doctor things that already form a decent connection rather than trying to make something with a decent connection.

right you are! Wife! NickM said I absolutely need a 6mm chisel, I can't use anything I've got, I absolutely have to buy a new chisel. I know, I know, I'm sad that I have to spend money on tools too, but it is what it is 🤷🏼‍♂️.

Hah, a hazard of learning most of my theory from American TV and YouTube. It's good to know and use the correct terminology, particularly when trying to communicate asynchronously like this 👍🏼

I have a 4mm mortise chisel, assuming a 6mm mortise (18/3), presumably that would be adequate?.. or am I better using a chisel that is sized to the correct mortise width? I have no experience with chiseling out mortises (I prefer to lean on the accuracy of power tools), I will practice some and...

thank you for this, it's exactly what I needed to hear. Your lid is approximate to what I intend to make, so that gives me lots of confidence. I would prefer a stopped dado on the breadboard ends, presumably I'd just need to leave the tenon a little short of the stopped dado to allow for...

Stick 6mm mdf on to an otherwise "plain" mdf box to create the raised look of rails and stiles (hopefully I'm using the correct term there). Plenty of YouTube videos on it, Peter Millard has one here Shaker-style doors in MDF [video 405]

18mm or less. Thanks for all the replies, it seems like my main concern was the lack of thickness, and that doesn’t sound like a problem so I’ll go hunting for a mortising router bit thin enough and see where I go from there.

I doctored the original. It seems easy enough to rectify if it doesn’t work 😆